Americans Away from Home

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352209337
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2011
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9166881574
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,452
Expenses
$6,767
Assets
$5,172
Liabilities
$1,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Reaching out to americans in need in other countries, helping amerasian youth abandoned by us parents, troops fighting for democracy, veterans of war and missionaries.

What it reported doing in 2011

AAFH works with other nonprofit organizations and volunteers in the United States and the Philippines to reach out children abandoned by U.S. parent who serves as members of United States Armed Services, a person working for the U.S. government or any individual with U.S. citizenship. When a child is located, the Organization will assist in providing the basic needs of the child and help locate the U.S. parent. During 2012, AAFH had served 30 Amerasian children and provided for their basic needs. Also in 2012, AAFH sent goods to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 91
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 18th 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.