APIs Mobilize

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820656108
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
9169556766
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,062
Expenses
$137,275
Assets
$323,308

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Lisa Thong (Chairman)
  • Amber Maltbie (Treasurer)
  • Larry Chung (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

APIs Mobilize seeks to cultivate greater participation of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in public service through educational opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sacramento UNITY Program. Dedicated to promoting solidarity among Asian-Latino-Black-Native communities, the program also nurtures a new generation of empowered leaders committed to driving transformative change through public service. This initiative is hosted in partnership with Sacramento Mayor Pro Tem Mai Vang. The program equips students with the tools to cultivate confidence, discipline, and essential skills for navigating high school, preparing for graduation, and succeeding in college. Speakers serve as role models, inspiring students to pursue their own success and become community leaders. Success stories shared by these role models inspire students to tap into their own abilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -226.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $137K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.