Alliance of Ai for Equity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933890328
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
2023748458
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$780,000
Expenses
$491,276
Assets
$411,539
Liabilities
$5,587

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AARON CUNY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • AARON CUNY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $200,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ai for equity is a nationwide nonprofit that brings school system leaders together, codifies best practice, and disseminates learning broadly to drive more equitable outcomes for all students.

What it reported doing in 2024

The alliance of ai for equity is a nonprofit organization that helps prek-12 school systems implement artificial intelligence responsibly to drive equitable educational outcomes. The organization serves more than 50 school systems representing over 300,000 students nationwide, with a focus on serving students furthest from opportunity. Core programs include the ai leadership accelerator, which builds the ai literacy of senior school system leaders through role-based communities of practice; the ai innovation index, a first-of-its-kind initiative that enables school systems to gauge their ai innovation progress against national peers; the ai literacy accelerator, which supports systematic implementation of student-facing ai literacy; the ai vanguard fellowship, which identifies and showcases frontline ai innovation; and the ai-in-action video library, a growing collection of over 100 ai use case demonstrations. Ai for equity also convenes the ai literacy implementation collective, a collaboration among 15+ national organizations working on student-facing ai literacy. Through these initiatives, the organization develops leaders, builds community among innovative school systems, spotlights effective ai implementation practices, and drives broader ecosystem change to ensure ai reduces rather than exacerbates educational inequity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.4%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 80.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 79.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 110.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.4% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $393K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $200K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.