Partners Relief and Development 
The information on this page was last updated 5/24/2023. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
1 in 6 children globally are living in conflict zones. They shouldn't suffer because the adults are fighting.
We act by providing emergency relief during crisis events. Then, we join hands with local communities displaced by war to co-design sustainable development initiatives that transform community wellbeing, improve health and education, and provide a nurturing environment for children to reach their full potential.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Partners Relief and Development
PO Box 1992
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1992
Website: partners.ngo
Phone: 909-748-5810
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 223786806
CEO/President: Brad Hazlett
Chairman: Gregg Prickett
Board size: 8
Founder: Steve & Oddny Gumaer
Ruling year: 2003
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2009
Purpose
From training medics to helping build schools, it's about sowing seeds for future generations.
We join hands with local communities impacted by war and oppression to find ways to strengthen families, meet their needs in times of crisis and create nurturing environments that allow children to reach their full potential.
Our Vision: Free, full lives for children affected by conflict and oppression.
Mission statement
Ensuring children and communities affected by conflict and oppression are safe, healthy, and have access to education.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Relief and Development
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 628 of 1076 | 51 of 82 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 579 of 1077 | 48 of 82 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 629 of 1077 | 53 of 82 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 568 of 1076 | 46 of 82 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 12% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 12% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 99% | 96% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 12% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 86% | 83% | 87% | 86% | 81% | 82% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 92% | 72% | 97% | 78% | 106% | 98% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 77% | 60% | 85% | 67% | 86% | 81% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 8% | 28% | 3% | 22% | -6% | 2% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 21% | 55% | 7% | 68% | -41% | 20% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 6% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 12% | 6% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.45 | 1.35 | 2.53 | 2.41 | 7.32 | 5.08 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.23 | 1.13 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.02 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.01 | 1.53 | 2.53 | 2.42 | 7.48 | 5.19 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 11.32 | 64.05 | 32.24 | 42.52 | 27.54 | 1.73 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.58 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.11 | 7.72 | 4.59 | 4.84 | 1.55 | 0.98 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 57% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 63% | 73% | 38% | 41% | 13% | 9% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Cash | $2,559,631 | $1,196,270 | $1,298,981 | $380,085 | $585,500 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $111,619 | $253,891 | $37,415 | $34,692 | $15,958 |
| Short-term investments | $97,258 | $0 | $0 | $9,027 | $242 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $2,768,508 | $1,450,161 | $1,336,396 | $423,804 | $601,700 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $6,390 | $1,828 | $4,561 | $4,576 | $9,539 |
| Other long-term assets | $363,947 | $3,183 | $2,994 | $4,502 | $2,839 |
| Total long-term assets | $370,337 | $5,011 | $7,555 | $9,078 | $12,378 |
| Total assets | $3,138,845 | $1,455,172 | $1,343,951 | $432,882 | $614,078 |
| Liabilities | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $43,226 | $44,984 | $31,432 | $15,387 | $347,158 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $43,226 | $44,984 | $31,432 | $15,387 | $347,158 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $43,226 | $44,984 | $31,432 | $15,387 | $347,158 |
| Net assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Without donor restrictions | $2,087,697 | $548,014 | $469,094 | $141,251 | $142,041 |
| With donor restrictions | $1,007,922 | $862,174 | $843,425 | $276,244 | $124,879 |
| Net assets | $3,095,619 | $1,410,188 | $1,312,519 | $417,495 | $266,920 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Total contributions | $5,671,659 | $3,771,406 | $4,127,062 | $2,997,280 | $3,155,562 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $977 | $143 | $512 | ($1,219) | $1,022 |
| Other revenue | $253,695 | $2,073 | $374 | $2,493 | $18,053 |
| Total other revenue | $254,672 | $2,216 | $886 | $1,274 | $19,075 |
| Total revenue | $5,926,331 | $3,773,622 | $4,127,948 | $2,998,554 | $3,174,637 |
| Expenses | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Program services | $3,528,765 | $3,205,413 | $2,765,771 | $2,569,887 | $2,562,982 |
| Management and general | $357,741 | $250,399 | $249,660 | $386,957 | $175,725 |
| Fundraising | $351,448 | $220,141 | $217,493 | $211,861 | $381,518 |
| Total expenses | $4,237,954 | $3,675,953 | $3,232,924 | $3,168,705 | $3,120,225 |
| Change in net assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $1,688,377 | $97,669 | $895,024 | ($170,151) | $54,412 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $1,688,377 | $97,669 | $895,024 | ($170,151) | $54,412 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Steve Gumaer | CEO | $149,634 |
| Jenn Tendero | VP Strategic Development | $112,063 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2020
Response from ministry
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History
It all began in a refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border where Partners Relief & Development founders Steve and Oddny Gumaer encountered a young, orphaned girl.
We started Partners in 1995 in response to the plea of Rose Mu, a widow living in Sho Klo Refugee camp in Thailand. She asked us to please, "Tell your friends in the west what is happening to Myanmar's children." Rose was a wonderful Christian woman who insisted on doing something with her faith, not just talking about it.
Sitting on her bamboo floor drinking weak tea from a dirty tin cup, Rose told us about the four year old girl that was brought to her the night before. She described how resistance soldiers found her hiding in bushes outside of her home village. Her village was attacked by Myanmar Army soldiers and of all the people who called that village home, this young girl was the only survivor the pro-democracy resistance soldiers found.
She went on to say that, "Her parents were probably running with their child, being pursued by soldiers." And that before the soldiers caught up to them, they likely, "hid her in some bushes and ran in a different direction, luring the enemy troops away from their daughter."
When we calculated the cost for comprehensive care for this little girl, living with Rose and her own two children, the total was $30 for an entire year. That's right...about 8 cents a day. We did what you would do: We showed love with our wallets and gave the $30. We also invited our friends and family along for the adventure of delivering help for displaced, orphaned, or marginalized kids like her.
Thanks to people like you, we've been able to help hundreds of thousands of children in conflict zones in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. We have taken the challenge and example of Rose Mu seriously. We also listen carefully to the words of John the beloved. He said that you and I should lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If we have material possessions and see a person in need but do not help them, the Bible says that God's love is not alive in us (1 JN 3:16-18). He implores us to love with our actions, not just our words.
On this website, we at Partners have drawn on our experiences and resources to bring you commentary, information, and first hand accounts of how children growing up in conflict-affected areas in Southeast Asia and the Middle East are treated and what our community is doing to help them. We also offer you a bridge to reach out to them with the healing and hope that we are meant to deliver. With God's help and yours, we can be part of bringing free, full lives to children affected by conflict and oppression.
For the Children,
Steve & Oddny
Program accomplishments
7 countries
31 projects
345,435 assisted last year