Montagnard Association of North Carolina Inc

Overview

Mission

Mda is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community-based organization formed in 1988 to unite and strengthen the fraternal ties of all persons of montagnard heritage, to create a positive environment for all to meet, to build safe, healthy communities, to inspire education and to preserve our cultural heritage. Mda is a refugee service provider recognized by ncdhhs.

What it reported doing in 2024

For the year ended june 30, 2025, mda served 4110 clients by providing one or more the following services: social adjustment, vocation training, job placement, employment services, transportation, education, career development and navigation, youth and community capacity building, community partners professional development training, traditional and contemporary arts programs, community elders support, language and cultural translation and interpretation service, emergency response, distribution of culturally familiar food, healthcare information, education, access and navigation, culturally supported flu vaccine access, emergency assistance, information and access to culturally supported vaccine clinics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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
561558977
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Greensboro, NC, USA
Phone
3363731812
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $583K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • H'YUA ADRONG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $93,113 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.