New Mexico Asian Family Center

What it reported doing in 2024

Founded in 2006, NMAFC is a community-based organization that provides culturally sensitive programs and services creating a Pan-Asian community that advocates for and supports itself. The Organization remains the largest and most comprehensive social service agency in the state of New Mexico tailored to the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian population. NMAFC provides direct social services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes including case management, counseling, legal consultation and representation, healing circles, and peer support groups; offers multigenerational youth and family engagement programming, language access services, leadership development, community building, financial literacy workshops, and civic engagement efforts; invests in cross-racial coalition building; and advocates alongside the community with the goal of ensuring all New Mexicans voices are heard. This year, through direct social services, the Organization served 634 clients who were low-income, immigrant or refugees, survivors of crimes, and/or LEPs from 9 New Mexican counties. Services included case management, legal aid, counseling, resource navigation, community health support, and various support/healing groups. 90% of these clients received services in a language other than English, represent 22 different ethnicities, and spanned ages from under 13 years-old to over 86 years old. NMAFC also served over 628 families through multi-generational family programs (informational outreach; registration for early childhood education programs, schooling, and other activities; focus group support, and workshops with parents and APS staff). The Organization hosted 7 in-language financial education programs with 219 participants, collectively, and multiple voter education workshops with more than 130 participants in attendance. Additionally, NMAFC engaged with 459 individuals through in-language civic engagement efforts, contacted 12,737 voters through mailers translated into 9 Asian languages, and reached over 22,569 through digital outreach. The Organization also expanded its language services this year, by recruiting and training 5 new Language Access Liaisons (LALs), totaling 37 active LALs; and by establishing 4 new contract agencies receiving these services, totaling 11 local and state contracts. Language services were provided in Vietnamese, Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Thai, Farsi, Dari, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.04; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings