Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc

Overview

Mission

Atask empowers asian survivors of domestic violence and abuse to rebuild their lives. Our work bridges language and cultural gaps for asian communities and advocates for social change.

What it reported doing in 2024

The boston community based advocacy services (cbs) work with the shelter and legal programs to provide coordinated care. These non-residential services, which are provided at the organization's boston office, include case management and advocacy, support, information and referrals and life skills to assist clients. Each client works with an advocate that provides services in the following languages: arabic, bangla, cantonese, chiu chau/teochew, filipino, gujarati, hindi, indonesian, japanese, khmer, korean, lao, mandarin, manipuri, nepali, oriya, punjabi, thai, taishanese, taiwanese, toisanese, urdu and vietnamese. Services help clients rebuild lives, become self-sufficient and adjust to american culture. English language classes teach reading and writing skills, job and career development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043103354
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6173382350
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Spouse Abuse, Prevention

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 79.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 annual filings from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CRISTINA AYALA (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $158,304 total reported compensation
  • ABEER MASSRI (MANAGING ATTORNEY): $141,779 total reported compensation
  • DAWN SAUMA (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $135,470 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.