American Business Immigration Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844206259
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7082475964
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,091,239
Expenses
$3,803,015
Assets
$11,395,266
Liabilities
$240,582

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REBECCA SHI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • ASHLEY E DEAZEVEDO (AFU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • REBECCA SHI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $271,242 total reported compensation
  • ASHLEY E DEAZEVEDO (AFU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $161,791 total reported compensation
  • ANGELENE WINN (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $159,064 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To promote sensible immigration reform that supports the economy of the united states, provides american companies with both the high-skilled and low-skilled talent they need, and allows the integration of immigrants into our economy as consumers, workers, entrepreneurs, and citizens.

What it reported doing in 2025

Public education and narrative shift: abic's public education efforts focus on highlighting how smart, commonsense immigration solutions strengthen the american economy and benefit families, workers, and businesses across the country. Our messaging emphasizes how stable, well-supported workforces help small and large businesses grow, meet labor demands, and drive innovation in key sectors like agriculture, healthcare, hospitality, construction, and technology. Through compelling storytelling, digital engagement, media outreach, and strategic communications, abic connects real-world economic needs with policy solutions that work for all americans.(continued on schedule o)our communications reach expanded significantly. Abic more than doubled total media volume - a 116% increase - with coverage in bloomberg, abc news, rolling stone, the wall street journal, telemundo, and the New York times, alongside strong local broadcast reporting. Total engagement grew nearly five-fold (44,362 to 213,340), and average engagement per article rose 123%, reflecting deeper public resonance with employer-led storytelling.abic's digital presence also saw strong growth this year, led by major gains on instagram, which generated 1.2 million post views, including our first viral video, and added more than 1,000 new followers - up 190%. We also launched a tiktok channel in october, quickly reaching 211,000 views and 11,000 engagements on our shared videos. Linkedin gained more than 1,000 new followers - up 151%, with 82,000 impressions across all posts, while facebook and x saw steady increases in reach and impressions. These gains were driven by a consistent posting schedule, timely content reflecting the news cycle, and expanded video storytelling.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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 - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.1%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 40.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.1% of revenue deployed · 67.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $271K · 19 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $572K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.