American India Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Education:1. Lampaif's learning and migration program (lamp) provides children in areas of high seasonal migration with access to continuous, quality, and age-appropriate education. Lamp ensures continuity in children's education through the learning enrichment program to offset learning regression or gaps. The program also delivers remedial learning to ensure age and grade-appropriate education for children. 2. Dedigital equalizer (de) bridges the educational and digital divide by bringing technology to schools across india and by using it to transform teaching and learning into a collaborative, project-based approach. It leverages technology to empower under-resourced government schools across india to address learning gaps, improve learning outcomes, and equip students with stem education and 21st-century skills. Through innovations such as flipped classrooms, the de way of teaching (dewot), and the stem innovation and learning center (silc), the program integrates techno-pedagogy and digital content into the teaching-learning process across government schools while bolstering teachers and educators' capacities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
• Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Pass
  • Conducts field audits: Pass
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings