Friends of Arch Inc C/o Chhaya Patel
Overview
Mission
Community health and reasearch service
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133903010
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Roslyn, NY, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.4; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $113K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.