Jubilee House Community
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
Ministry to the poor by meeting human needs, promoting reconciliation, and by accompanying communities in their efforts to become self-sufficient, sustainable, democratic entities. Significant activities focus on sustainable development including in areas of public health, reconciliation and advocacy work, and educational opportunities.
- Income
- $698,454
- Spending
- $679,060
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- -7.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 57
- Highest pay
- $25,188, volunteer staff full-time / board member
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 35 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 1103% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 3% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 61 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
5 of 2511 of 22 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $170,017 spent. Education: Three newsletters (14,683) including 58% in electronic format with a 40% open rate; one speaking trip of two-and-a-half months in 13 states with 68 in-person events and 2,135 attending with power point presentations; regional / national / international ZOOM meetings; six delegations and nine individual volunteers for 1,489 nights; promoting training and ownership of program by those served; U.S. / Nicaragua monthly health trainings; continued prenatal and New Mothers' support groups; maintained four weekly support groups for at-risk young women and men with 80 participants, and the LBGTQ community; trained medical interns; continued chronic care patient's classes for 100 patients. developed social media educational presentations; hosted 44 cultural and educational events utilizing Casa Ben Linder with 817 participants; hosted weekly lunches for the Nicaraguan solidarity community. Remodeling of CBL space to accommodate larger groups. Support of demonstration aquaponics systems in public schools and communities, carrying out 5 workshops with 59 participants together with the Nicaraguan Fisheries Institute.
- $323,401 spent. Development Ministries - Sustainable Agriculture/Economic Development: participation in international production chain partnerships including direct subscription expansion through Farmer Shares, LLC (4,071 # coffee). Expanded to include a second coffee cooperative. Participating in rural infrastructure improvements including 82 aquaponics systems benefitting 125 people. Support for small business development. Aided organic sesame cooperative in its dissolution process due to external economic factors. Development Ministries - Health: Our full-time radiologist, part-time general physician, family physician, and volunteer doctors saw 2,119 patients. Our family planning program offered free, consistent birth control for 38 women. Our pregnant moms program attended 41 women; breastfeeding program attended 35 women; moms and toddlers program attended 95 women; and the asthma program attended 39 people. Our radiologist performed ultrasound exams on 143 patients with a point-of-care ultrasound machine. Our only paid nurse, with the help of volunteers and 4 interns, did 61 EKGs not to mention other care. Our nurse also did 460 wound care procedures, nebulization treatments, injected medicines, and put in IVs. Our half-time therapist saw 285 clients. Our laboratory completed 1,443 tests in the clinic; also glucose checks, and sent out 225 PAP tests to be read by a pathologist. Our half-time dentist and full-time hygienist saw 1,101 patients at the clinic along with good oral hygiene trainings at the local schools. We took four medical brigades to the remote coffee cooperative El Porvenir. Attended 2,772 patients in their homes using their first aid kits provided by the clinic, and accompanied 75 women for mammograms and six patients for other specialized treatments. Did 578 wound care sessions, gave 415 injections, tested 863 patients for glucose levels and took 1,197 blood pressures. And accompanied both visiting volunteers and our local doctors into 153 homes to treat patients.
- $79,764 spent. Reconciliation & Advocacy Work: Hospitality (daily); transport to medical facilities (weekly); provision of remote rural medical clinics; neighborhood resources community development (daily via WhatsApp & Instagram); liaison between U.S. donors and Nicaraguan recipients via ZOOM; family, developmental, and domestic violence counseling; participation in fair trade networks and in developing new contacts; microenterprise loans and projects (as needed); in-home outreach service with home delivery of medicines. Expansion and maintenance of all spaces for infectious disease protection. Sponsored 13 Health Fairs seeing 731 patients, administering vaccines, and doing PAP and dental exams. Worked with SINAPRED to create & train emergency response brigades for natural disasters, with 6 training for 219 participants.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1980.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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