Acceso Impact Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863125507
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
9172259259
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,188,668
Expenses
$10,573,559
Assets
$26,951,015
Liabilities
$2,695,848

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Johnson (CEO/DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • Robert Johnson (CEO/DIRECTOR): $285,790 total reported compensation
  • Rebecca Wammack (Chief Development Officer): $222,547 total reported compensation
  • Jacquelyn Hunter (cfo eff. 7/2024): $186,163 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alleviating rural poverty and facilitating economic development in low-income countries: acceso unlocks rural prosperity by helping smallholder farmers and their communities thrive in food systems that too often leave them behind. We provide better inputs, climate-smart training, reliable markets, and stable jobs, operating across the value chain from seed to sale.

What it reported doing in 2024

Acceso operates social enterprises in underserved rural areas that help smallholder farmers grow more, sell more, and earn more. Acceso provides quality inputs, tailored training, and reliable purchasing, creating a dependable path from seed to sale. This model increases farm productivity and incomes while creating stable jobs in rural processing hubs and delivering locally grown food to local buyers, including feeding programs. By integrating climate resilience and market sustainability, acceso strengthens long-term food security and local economies. Acceso operates in latin america and the caribbean.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $47.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.8%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 87.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 75% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 114.5% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.5% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $286K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $414K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.