Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance Dba NAFSA

Overview

Mission

NAFSA was formed to restore & support Native American food systems nationally, in Mexico & Canada through education, advocacy & policy, while promoting better health & creating economic opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fiscal Sponsorship: NAFSA provides advocacy, education & networking to Indigenous communities nationally as they revitalize their Indigenous food systems. NAFSAprovides fiscal & project sponsorship to organizations, individuals, & businesses that are aligned with its mission & values & those that further NAFSA's tax-exemptpurposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464578553
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
Headquarters
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Phone
9282242958
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 56.5%; rating input score 57
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 54th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -209.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 56.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $748K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • TED WRIGHT (Executive Dir.): $109,889 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.