Americans for Immigrant Justice Inc F/k/a Fla Immigrant Advocacy Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650610872
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Miami, FL, USA
Phone
3055731106
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,417,471
Expenses
$6,835,746
Assets
$6,708,313
Liabilities
$1,174,846

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • IAN M ROSS (PRESIDENT)
  • ANA FERNANDEZ BURAGLIA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHANNA OLIVER ROUSSEAUX ESQ (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • WALTER CORTES (CFO): $157,976 total reported compensation
  • ARTHUR HERNANDEZ (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $124,018 total reported compensation
  • CYNTHIA C SUPRIN (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $120,624 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To protect and promote the basic human rights of immigrants through a unique combination of free direct services, impact litigation, policy reform, and public education at local, state, and national levels.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy in 2024, ai justice continued to litigate several important impact cases. In the constitutional challenge to section 10 of Florida's infamous sb 1718 (fwaf v. Desantis) plaintiffs motion for preliminary injunction was granted in may 2024. Ai justice continued to litigate two family separation cases (rymr v. USA and sebm v. USA) primarily under the federal torts claims act (ftca). Ai justice was able to secure successful settlements for our clients in both cases. An additional ftca matter, challenging the mistreatment of our client by ice and cbp continued to move forward (hinestroza v. USA). In august 2024, the d.c. Circuit court upheld a rule allowing the lawfully-admitted spouses of h-1b visa holders to obtain authorization to work while awaiting lawful permanent residency. Ai justice partnered with boies schiller flexner to represent immigration voice, as an intervenor in savejobs v. USA, in advocating for this rule. Finally the team joined the brown v. Ramsay, a law suit filed on behalf of a natural-born u.s. Citizen who was unlawfully detained by the monroe county sheriff based on an erroneous ice detainer, transferred to ice custody, and almost deported to jamaica because of the sheriff's improper collaboration with ice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $871K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.