The Alliance of Idaho

Legal name: Alliance of Idaho Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852965458
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Hailey, ID, US
Phone
(208) 913-0067
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Migration, Refugee Issues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$277,835
Expenses
$235,163
Assets
$585,331
Liabilities
$16,286

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarah Sentilles (President)
  • Naomi Spence (Vice President)
  • Becky Lopez (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Becky Lopez (Executive Director): $23,833 total reported compensation
  • Sarah Sentilles (President): $21,163 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Alliance of Idaho is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides low-cost immigration legal services for families in Blaine County and the surrounding communities. We advocate alongside our immigrant neighbors, coworkers, and friends for their dignity and a prosperous future.

What it reported doing in 2025

Project Solo: special immigrant juvenile status program: special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) is an immigration classification designed to protect immigrants under the age of 21 who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by one or both parents a situation that is common in Blaine County. SIJS requires that immigration attorneys expand their practices to include representing their child clients in both family/state court and immigration court. Project Solo empowers and shelters this precarious group of children by helping them obtain legal permanent residence in the United States. 1 SJIS case was undertaken through Project Solo in the October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 short year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.4%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 36.4%; rating input score 36
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 90%; rating input score 90; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.4%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.49; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 31.4% of revenue deployed · 36.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.