America at Work Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202643592
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Mather, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9163681229
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Employment Procurement Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $414,063
- Expenses
- $369,595
- Assets
- $41,128
- Liabilities
- $17,736
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
America at work is the premier faciliator that fosters the economically beneficial job development and placement for displaced and non-traditional workers, while supporting a fundamental shift in perception of this workfoce with empoloyers.
What it reported doing in 2011
Department of rehab grant is through the america recovery and reinvestment act. These monies were used to provide training and in turn future employment opportunities for displaced workers. This program provided contractors, engineers, architects, etc. Education on the California state and federal green building standards. The individuals that completed this program are then ready to take the leed certification examination to become "leed" certified.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 18
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $267K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.