Alliance for Multicultural Community Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760171217
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2021
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7137764700
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,483,549
Expenses
$35,548,942
Assets
$13,351,952
Liabilities
$11,640,814

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL STOECKER (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL STOECKER (PRESIDENT & CEO): $129,851 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create opportunities for refugees, immigrants, and underserved residents to achieve their goals for self-sufficiency and improve their quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2021

See supplemental part iiithe alliance has multiple programs grouped in the following areas of concentration: (1) center for entrepreneurship provides microloans to small business owners and ongoing training and support to ensure they have the knowledge and tools needed to sustain and grow their business; (2) center for literacy and advancement creates opportunities for community members through basic education, english language acquisiton, occupational training, youth engagement, and financial literacy programs; (3) center for new americans provides long-term support to both refugees and immigrants in their cultural adjustment and integration into the united states; and (4) center for resiliency helps community members prepare for and overcome life's unexpected challenges by providing access to information and resources that assists their recovery and to make advances to attain their socieconomic and wellbeing goals, to thrive not just survive, in inclusive communities. Towards achieving those goals in 2022, the alliance provided coaching, counseling, mentoring, instructional, and asset-building servcies for 13,868 enrolled clients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 84% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 60% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2,613.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 70th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 14 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $406K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.