Ahba Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133997367
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2126867160
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,053,679
Expenses
$2,660,095

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

Overview

Mission

Public Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 25 grants totaling $2,348,076. The stated grant purposes included from passthrough, to provide principals the opportunity to enhance their own abilities, to improve their schools' quality, and to advance their schools' religious and educational missions. the year-long program will be structured around the seven-day summer institutes offered by the principals' center at harvard university (the "summer institutes"). the harvard principals' program will provide principals with year-long coaching by foundation staff and/or consultants, with the expectation that the principals will absorb and process the educational content presented at the summer institute and apply it at their schools., and general support for organization's charitable programming., plus 5 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 95% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 87
  • Cost Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 49

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 87%; rating input score 87; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 18.3; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 87% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 49th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 49/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Grants to organizations not reported.