Provides clean water, hygiene, food, and business training for Turkana and Maasai women.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $404K in revenue, $392K in expenses, and $97K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$404K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$392K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$97K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $12K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
83%
12%
Program services $0.83 Management & general $0.12 Fundraising $0.05
Program efficiency
83%
of spending reaches programs▼ -6% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
2.6mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -4% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+3%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +353% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$404K
FY2025▲ +24%
$404K$202K$0
FY2023FY2025
Expenses
$392K
FY2025▲ +22%
$392K$196K$0
FY2023FY2025
Total assets
$97K
FY2025▲ +14%
$97K$49K$0
FY2023FY2025
Total liabilities
$287
FY2025▲ +16%
$287$144$0
FY2023FY2025
Total revenue
$404K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$392K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$97K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$12K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$97K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B83%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 35
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 45
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $294K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01
Comprehensive Support to Milimatutu Girls Senior Secondary SchoolProvided comprehensive support to students and staff at Milimatutu Girls Senior Secondary School. When third-term school fees did not arrive with returning students, the school faced closure; Alta covered wages for support staff - drivers, cooks, security, secretarial, and…
$147Kprogram expense
02
Water Security and Essential Services in TurkanaAdvanced water security and essential services in the Milimatutu and Nagum communities of the Turkana Desert. After 16 drilling attempts, Alta and its local partners completed the first high-yield borehold at Milimatutu, continued digging wells and trenching pipelines toward the school and…
$87Kprogram expense
03
Other program servicesOther program services included women's economic empowerment and community development in Turkana and Maasai communities. Alta delivered small business training to 30 women, supported table banking and savings groups that continue to operate - now sustained by local community investment - and distributed diginity…
James L Romack JR’s $53K as Executive Dir.
is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1637 $100K–1M international nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual James L Romack JR · Reported title Executive Dir. · Highest reported compensation $53K · Total expenses $392K
14%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $127K · Total expenses $392K
32%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
83%
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Overhead ratio
12%
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Fundraising cost ratio
6%
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Revenue growth
24%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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