Aja Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202054545
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7028800005
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,250,678
Expenses
$1,989,920

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

Overview

Mission

Private Grantmaking Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 30 grants totaling $1,461,100. The stated grant purposes included to support afsp mission: for suicide prevention, mental health awareness, survivor support, education, policy advocacy, research, and volunteer programs., one year of tuition for five new university students and 13 current students, laptops and monthly living stipends, career mentorship programming, internship coordination, leadership development workshops and alumni engagement activities, and the program will fund 10 afghan women in tech fellows for a year-long fellowship, including onboarding, stipends, equipment (computers, solar systems, internet), and administrative costs., plus 27 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 78% 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: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 90
  • Endowment Health: 31

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 15 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 79
    • 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: Fail
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Fail
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Fail
    • 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: Pass
    • 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: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 14.5; rating input score 31; 31st 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: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 31th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 34 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 31/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 4 of 19 not reported.