Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471500245
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Glenview, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8476565814
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,851
- Expenses
- $45,605
- Assets
- $86,082
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATHEW LEY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MATHEW LEY (PRESIDENT)
- DIMA ABUSHAABAN (TREASURER)
- SANA'A M HUSSEIN (COMPLIANCE)
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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of americans for a vibrant palestinian economy ("avpe") is to link american and palestinian communities, particularly the business and education sectors, to promote social welfare within the palestinian community. By providing support to the disadvantaged businesses in the palestinian community, avpe promotes positive, local, economic development in communities that struggle to maintain vibrant economies due to the israeli occupation and other burdens.
What it reported doing in 2020
To recruit and screen palestinian businesses that are interested in doing business with americans. This process includes an application, interviews, and other sources of information. Once it has been determined that the palestinian organization is ready to do business with americans, avpe decides whether to add it to the portfolio of sponsored palestinian entities. After being approved, avpe facilitates finding american business relationships through their website and personal networks. Avpe also uses their website to provide registered accredited investors a screened list of palestinian investment opportunities and to provide the public with links to existing educational information about related investment opportunities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.4%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -138.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.4% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.