Aiari Architectural Forum
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300020074
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Providence, RI, USA
- Phone
- 4014212727
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,338
- Expenses
- $23,074
- Assets
- $412,319
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VADA SECCARECCIA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- VADA SECCARECCIA (PRESIDENT)
- DOUGLAS KALLAFELZ (VP/SECRETARY)
- PAUL HAUSER (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The aia Rhode Island architectural forum was established by the aia Rhode Island (a chapter of the american institute of architects) to support educational programs within the architectural community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Distribute scholarship awards, including scholarship awards, training fellowships, participation with providence city arts activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 91% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.8%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 62.4%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.87; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.