Apic Spokane Asians for Collective Liberation in Spokane

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872478304
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Spokane, WA, USA
Phone
5099908530
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$479,376
Expenses
$710,934
Assets
$172,534
Liabilities
$21,585

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYANN LOUIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SARAH DIXIT (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • PUI YAN LAM (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RYANN LOUIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $63,051 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

ACL Spokane centers the power of Asians & Asian Americans build a just, healthy, and thriving community for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

Health and Wellness: Our health and wellness program focuses primarily on mental health for Asians and Asian Americans (A/AA) and on conducting the Spokane area's first ever Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for the A/AA community. We host monthly Boba Buddies events for K-12 A/AA students to learn about traditions and celebrations from across the many regions of Asia. These attract a consistent community of about 15 A/AA kids each session. We also These facilitated healing circles, produced an Asian American Heritage Mont series related to healing and mental health, and hosted an Asian therapist hybrid workshop to share about overcoming intergenerational trauma. All of these events were free and open to the public and served about 120 people. See Schedule O for more information.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 67.5%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -48.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 58.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -52.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -78.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 67.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $497K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.