Allied Cultures

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204170124
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Reseda, CA, USA
Phone
8186359879
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Minority Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,057
Expenses
$68,037
Assets
$12,572
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Talin Keshishian-Walker (President)
  • Eliza Sahagian (Vice President and Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Talin Keshishian-Walker (President)
  • Eliza Sahagian (Vice President and Treasurer)
  • Nassif Dow (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Allied Cultures celebrated its most impactful year in 2025 by expanding its local Dignity Kits program into a full Hot Meals and Hygiene Distribution Program. Additionally, it provided ongoing operations of its international Direct Aid program in two countries. It hosted 3 events which included one Backpacks and Bites event (school supplies giveaway to needy families), a Toys and Tacos event (toy distribution to low-income children) and its annual World Humanitarian Day community event.

What it reported doing in 2025

Allied Cultures celebrated its biggest and most effective full program year in 2025, providing 1702 pounds of essential hygiene supplies to 1335 individuals who are homeless or low-income in Los Angeles County, California. We also held our first Backpacks and Bites event where we distribute 198 full backpacks with all supplies to students in need. We fed 292 individuals at that event as well. Also, we held our Toys and Tacos Drive which served 274 toys to 137 children, and provided both hygiene items and a hot meal to 300 low-income individuals. We expanded our Dignity Kits program into the Hot Meals and Hygiene Program in September and were able to distribute 204 nutritious hot meals to people with food insecurities. We also distributed 562 Dignity Kits of essential hygiene supplies at these events. We held our 3rd World Humanitarian Day annual event in Santa Monica in the month of August to commemorate the holiday and spotlight the importance of our work locally and regionally.

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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 59.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 58.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.