Pilgrim Africa 
The information on this page was last updated 10/17/2022. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Pilgrim Africa works to create a future of sustainable prosperity in Uganda.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Pilgrim Africa
8001 14th Ave NE
Suite #A
Seattle, WA 98115
Website: pilgrimafrica.org
Phone: 206-706-0350
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 810661745
CEO/President: Dr. Dorothy Echodu
Chairman: Grey Frandsen
Board size: 12
Founder: Calvin Echodu
Ruling year: 2007
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
We're working to make malaria control faster, cheaper, and safer. Our ultimate goal is elimination. We're bringing a STEM program with hands-on, project-based learning to the rural Ugandan classroom.
Mission statement
To challenge despair, love boldly, and create a future of sustainable prosperity and health. We give ourselves in service to others regardless of economic, religious, or social standing, working to empower and love others to the glory of God.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 597 of 1077 | 65 of 140 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 768 of 1078 | 97 of 140 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 539 of 1078 | 56 of 140 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 408 of 1077 | 50 of 140 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 4% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 104% | 105% | 103% | 100% | 121% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | -4% | -5% | -3% | 0% | -21% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 84% | 85% | 85% | 85% | 88% | 60% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 89% | 157% | 62% | 105% | 105% | 235% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 75% | 133% | 53% | 89% | 92% | 141% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 11% | -57% | 38% | -5% | -5% | -135% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 15% | -56% | 54% | 3488% | -170% | -209% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 37% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.15 | 1.52 | 0.88 | 2.35 | 13.89 | 2.71 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.18 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.64 | 1.52 | 0.88 | 2.35 | 13.89 | 2.71 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 23.96 | 92.86 | 129.01 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 3.91 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.59 | 0.26 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.68 | 7.79 | 13.51 | -0.02 | 0.35 | 3.29 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 6% | 1% | 1% | 100% | 59% | 26% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 82% | 65% | 113% | 0% | 3% | 27% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Cash | $850,099 | $1,466,218 | $685,470 | $69,058 | $140,031 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $130,682 | $56,279 | $22,127 | $115,127 | $142,072 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $980,781 | $1,522,497 | $707,597 | $184,185 | $282,103 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total assets | $980,781 | $1,522,497 | $707,597 | $184,185 | $282,103 |
| Liabilities | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $10,562 | $11,801 | $7,327 | $30,619 | $72,151 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $702,497 | $78,118 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $10,562 | $11,801 | $709,824 | $108,737 | $72,151 |
| 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 | $10,562 | $11,801 | $709,824 | $108,737 | $72,151 |
| Net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Without donor restrictions | $61,318 | $376,294 | ($704,724) | ($102,720) | $29,897 |
| With donor restrictions | $908,901 | $1,134,402 | $702,497 | $178,168 | $180,055 |
| Net assets | $970,219 | $1,510,696 | ($2,227) | $75,448 | $209,952 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Total contributions | $992,143 | $2,251,877 | $1,641,353 | $2,417,803 | $394,497 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $1 | $3 | $5 | $4 | $89 |
| Other revenue | ($38,675) | ($99,505) | ($54,424) | $0 | ($80,750) |
| Total other revenue | ($38,674) | ($99,502) | ($54,419) | $12,004 | ($68,661) |
| Total revenue | $953,469 | $2,152,375 | $1,586,934 | $2,429,807 | $325,836 |
| Expenses | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Program services | $1,267,616 | $1,141,783 | $1,412,264 | $2,238,586 | $460,528 |
| Management and general | $156,347 | $138,337 | $173,022 | $168,741 | $282,221 |
| Fundraising | $69,983 | $61,829 | $79,323 | $150,898 | $22,833 |
| Total expenses | $1,493,946 | $1,341,949 | $1,664,609 | $2,558,225 | $765,582 |
| Change in net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($540,477) | $810,426 | ($77,675) | ($128,418) | ($439,746) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($540,477) | $810,426 | ($77,675) | ($128,418) | ($439,746) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Amha Woldegebreal | Finance Director | $58,927 |
| Dorothy Echodu | Chief Executive Officer | $23,648 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2019
Response from ministry
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History
Led by Ugandan native Calvin Echodu, Pilgrim Africa was founded as an indigenous Christian response to the plight of more than 1.5 million refugees living in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the war torn regions of Northern Uganda. From its inception over a decade ago as a small organization providing simple medical and nutritional relief and psycho-social support to desperate refugees, Pilgrim Africa has grown to be an international organization with regional and national interventions in Public Health and Education.
After several years of providing relief support to those suffering in the camps, Pilgrim Africa began to look to the future by working to resettle over 1,000 families from IDP camps to ancestral lands. Later, the Beacon of Hope Secondary School was founded in 2005, focused on educating abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), and war orphans.
Driven by Uganda's suffering the worst malaria intensity rates in the world, Pilgrim Africa was moved to enter the world of malaria control in 2008, and pioneered a comprehensive set of interventions in two different districts in Teso (Katakwi and Kumi). Since 2009, Pilgrim Africa has been engaged in an effort to enroll more administrative support for effective malaria control at the governmental level.