Alliance for Workers Against Repression Everywhere

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810703211
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
4439614833
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$262
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONALD LEE MOAK (PRESIDENT / BOARD MEMBER)

People named in this filing

  • DONALD LEE MOAK (PRESIDENT / BOARD MEMBER)
  • STACY E COSTELLO (BOARD MEMBER)
  • JOEL K SMITH (BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alliance for workers against repression everywhere (aware) is a coalition of organizations committed to fighting abuses of human rights worldwide, with a specific focus on the rights of oppressed workers who endure a range of abuses, including overwork, forced confinement, non-payment of wages, food deprivation, and psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. Aware wants to be an information arm and communications hub for the human rights movement, working to hold countries, companies, and individuals, honest and accountable for the human rights abuses they commit. In this spirit, aware serves as a watchdog against corruption and abuse of power and acts as a catalyst for change.

What it reported doing in 2018

Aware seeks to raise awareness and bring attention to abuses of human rights worldwide by championing the rights of workers, women, lbgt people, and others who are too often abused by those with power and money. This includes shedding light on corporate abuses through aggressive social media campaigns, demonstrations, paid media advertising, media relations, and other activities that spotlight those governments, individuals and corporations that repress workers and other peoples. Aware has been featured in the media, partnered with other like groups and actively promotes policies that protect the disenfranchised.in the prior administration, more attention was paid to human rights thanks in part to aware's efforts to spotlight particular issues related to current events. In the current administration, geopolitics have afforded a recent opportunity to shed further light on human rights issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -64.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -94.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -107.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $361K reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.