Advocates for Immigration Rights & Reconciliation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474636795
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Kansas City, KS, USA
Phone
9132296183
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$438,658
Expenses
$304,731
Assets
$414,715
Liabilities
$2,238

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karla Juarez (Executive Director Ex oficio non voting)
  • Robert Sagastume (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Karla Juarez (Executive Director Ex oficio non voting): $73,370 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To educate and inspire public understanding and support for immigrant rights and reconciliation, and to organize and support programs that build inclusive communities. AIRR is committed to empowering and uplifting the voices of the immigrant community and providing them with the tools they need to better protect themselves and their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation (AIRR) recognizes and works to keep families together and end the humanitarian crisis our immigrant community is facing. We believe that all people, no matter where they were born, deserve a chance at a safe and dignified life. AIRR is committed to empower and uplift the voices of the immigrant community and provide them with the tools they need to better protect themselves and their families. In 2024, AIRR expanded programs and partnerships, reaching more than 800 participants through Know Your Rights, Immigration 101, and Accompaniment trainings. The organization also hosted two asylum clinics providing free legal consultations and surveyed over 200 community members to assess immigrant needs. AIRR led multiple advocacy campaigns, including the Safe & Welcoming and Language Access initiatives in both states, helping to defeat 20 anti-immigrant bills and contributing to the creation of the Language Access Office of Kansas City, Missouri. The organization also hosted advocacy days and community forums to elevate immigrant voices. Through nonpartisan voter engagement, AIRR conducted four phone banks, distributed bilingual voter materials, and reached over 53,000 people online resulting in 831 pledges to vote. AIRR's 2024 accomplishments strengthened immigrant leadership, expanded access to justice, and fostered more inclusive communities across Kansas and Missouri.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.6%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $60.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: Fail
    • 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: 30.5%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 54.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.6% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $244K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.