Aleut International Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920169320
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Anchorage, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9073325388
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $615,480
- Expenses
- $682,766
- Assets
- $157,985
- Liabilities
- $119,913
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SVETLANA VOZHIKOVA (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JESSICA VELDSTRA (EXECUTIVE DI): $83,200 total reported compensation
- AMY FOSTER (SECRETARY/TR): $150 total reported compensation
- SALLY SWETZOF (MEMBER): $150 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 establish close ties with the russian aleut community and the russian northeastern regions to promote protection of the shared environment, preservation of cultural heritage, and strengthening of good neighbor relations. Aia seeks to improve environment and advocate for indigenous people's interest in the arctics.
What it reported doing in 2024
Other - miscellaneous programs and projects that support the culture, language and environmental health of the aleut region and unangax people. Pawanka fund - 23,424 solid waste - 17,302 cbm/bc project - 11,067 other grants - 3,991 tmu nikolskoye - 2,227
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 83.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $573K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $83K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.