American-arab Center for Civil & Human Rights

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
511466133
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022442990
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$1,270
Assets
$520
Liabilities
$27,945

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SAFA RIFKA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SAMER KHALAF (SECRETARY): $118,710 total reported compensation
  • NABIL MOHAMAD (DIRECTOR): $70,900 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

As the only civil rights organization to protect the rights of arab-americans, the american-arab center for civil and human rights (acchr) has created an education and resource center that will enable the organization to strengthen its advocacy services to the community and maintain a respected and trusted image through advocacy, intervention, counseling, and cultural promotion, and to grow its services to match the growing demands of arab-americans, as well as agencies and organizations demonstrating a need to increase their knowedge of the arab culture.

What it reported doing in 2022

Education, research and advocacy to individuals, agencies and organizations to increase their knowledge of the arab culture.

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: 100
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 4
  • 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; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 53.74; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -39.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -29.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.