Anatolia Cultural Centers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462549837
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Lake Forest, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6573455760
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,602,185
- Expenses
- $1,597,597
- Assets
- $993,191
- Liabilities
- $499,013
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MUSTAFA AYDIN (PRESIDENT)
- MUSTAFA SERTDERE (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MUSTAFA ULUKAYA (PROGRAM COORDINATOR): $115,844 total reported compensation
- MUSTAFA SERTDERE (CEO): $107,652 total reported compensation
- AKSU EREN (PROGRAM COORDINATOR): $104,236 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 promote harmony and multicultural richness in the diverse cultural settings of united states of america by introducing, informing, and promoting culture richness in the united states
What it reported doing in 2024
Anatolia Cultural Centers (the Organization) organizes community picnics, community breakfasts, lectures, seminars, cultural art courses, cultural music courses, language courses, cultural cooking classes, cultural fairs and weeks, cultural nights, movie nights, cross-cultural events and cultural art-photography-handcrafts exhibitions; and participates in all type of cultural events. Most of these events and activities are carried on throughout the year.During 2024, the Organization organized a major cultural and language festival International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC). The IFLC is an annual celebration of language diversity that showcases talent from across the globe. The IFLC first started in 2003 with only 17 countries participating. As of today, over 2,000 performers and production members from more than 160 nations have taken part in our events.Additionally, the Organization contributes to wider education and society through its programs such as scholarships, mentoring programs and weekend schools.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $67.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.6% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.