American Turkish Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521787981
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- Arlington, VA, USA
- Phone
- 2027830483
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,588,052
- Expenses
- $1,015,677
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HOWARD G BEASEY (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
- JOSHUA WALKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- FATIH ORHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- FATIH ORHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $83,564 total reported compensation
- HOWARD G BEASEY (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $12,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To engage in activities to promote the us-turkish commercial, defense, and cultural relations through education, instruction, and training programs in the following areas: to help resolve problems and disputes that affect us-turkish commercial, defense, and cultural relations. To encourage trade and investment between the united states and turkey. To educate the public and private sectors on the importance of the strategic alliance between the united states and turkey. To increase the understanding and appreciation of the history, culture, and traditions of the united states and turkey. To promote awareness of us-turkish relations. To facilitate dialogue between the government agencies of both turkey and the united states.
What it reported doing in 2019
Held an annual conference between us and turkish governmentalofficials and business men; maintained a website with articles onturkey and the us, and with links to related sites; held seminars, workshops, briefings, and other meetings to educate and update themembership and the public on us/turkish cultural, commercial, andsecurity issues and to honor those who have made outstandingcontributions to economic and social ties between the republic ofturkey and the united states.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 0
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; 62nd 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: 92.6%; rating input score 93; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 36%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 25 of 27 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 27 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.