American Lebanese Tripolian Organization Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871719644
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Irvine, CA, USA
Phone
9496978181
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$815,878
Expenses
$762,840
Assets
$63,955
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mohamad Haffar (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mohamad Haffar (President)
  • Toufika Awayda (Treasurer)
  • Lamiaa Khayat (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to mobilize the Lebanese diaspora and all non-profit organizations to support the poor and underprivileged communities in Northern Lebanon. We partner with charitable NGOs who provide basic resources, food, medical and educational needs to families most in need to endure one of the most challenging economics crises that Lebanon is facing.Our work aims to break the vicious cycle of poverty and social isolation and to restore hope for a better future. We believe that every person has the right to access resources and opportunities in order to live and develop with dignity and to become an active and contributing member of the society.

What it reported doing in 2025

American Lebanese Tripolian Organization raised funds for providing assistance to the children, needy and families most in need in Northern Lebanon. We partnered with the following charitable NGOs who provide basic resources, food, medical and educational needs: Sanabel - NGO providing education, food and medical attention to more than 10,000 people and 3,000 families Associates Des Services - NGO providing elder care to approximately 200 elderly living in the (region) north of Lebanon Rotary - assisted disabled and injured children living in Tripoli El Hamidi - NGO providing health services in Tripoli to poor and underprivileged patients. W Welfare - NGO orphanages for girls served 250 girls living at the orphanage with education, food and lodging. Rwaad; NGO youth centers providing education; social services and activites and training. Think Of Others; Providing free meals and food boxes to people in need and organizing cultural seminars.Our work continues to aim at breaking the cycle of poverty and social isolation and to restore hope for a better future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 48
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $756K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 15 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • 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.
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.