Sewa-aifw

Overview

Mission

Sewa-aifw serves the vulnerable and underserved population of immigrants and refugees in a culturally specific way. There are over 92,000 south asians living in Minnesota. 52,000+ asian indians alone. This is the only social services agency serving this population.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sewa-aifw significantly expanded its community health initiatives in 2024 to increase access to culturally specific medical support and preventative care for minnesotas south asian community. Through free monthly health clinics, health education programs, and public health outreach, sewa provided vital services delivered by volunteer physicians, dentists, and nurse practitioners. Key accomplishments include 12,530 health event attendees, 18 monthly health clinics, 12 vaccination events, and over 160 health-related appointments and referrals. Sewa also partnered with the Minnesota department of health to deliver multilingual covid-19 updates and supported the community by distributing masks, sanitizers, test kits, and providing booster shots. Further, in 2024 sewa provided fiscal sponsorhip to other not for profits to conduct community housing and services initiatives under the Minnesota 245d framework.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 86% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
050608392
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
Headquarters
Brooklyn Center, MN, USA
Phone
7632348301
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3,849.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $115K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ANJULI M CAMERON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $115,150 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.