American Friends of the Ariela Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264084593
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3102740057
Rating
33
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,140
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL GOLDBERG (President)

People named in this filing

  • DANIEL GOLDBERG (President)
  • MARK ROTHMAN (TREASURER/ DIRECTOR)
  • RABBI MITCHEL MALKUS (DIRECTOR)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purposes of this program are to empower underprivileged youth to succeed academically and secure high quality jobs, and to support other organizations conducting charitable activities to achieve these objectives. We further these goals by raising and providing funds to organizations that advance the successful integration, economic self-sufficiency and achvievement of excellence of young ethiopian jews living in israel.

What it reported doing in 2019

On may 23, 2019 with approval from our board of directors, american friends of the ariela foundation was dissolved and the certificate of dissolution was approved by the California secretary of state, effective september 4, 2019. There was one final donation by one of the directors, to cover the deficit carried over from 2018, and subsequently there were no grants or donations and or expenses incurred. The ariela foundation files its final return effective this year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.1%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -47.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.1% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 1 of 1 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2019
  • 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.

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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.