Ariah Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873887912
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
3477214448
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$671,836
Expenses
$208,067
Assets
$980,699
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • OMARI MAYNARD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOUGLAS BROOKS (DIRECTOR)
  • MICHELLE ST JULES (DIRECTOR)
  • DEBORAH KAPLAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The ariah foundation , is a non profit organization that is committed to educating, supporting and advocating for black indigenous people of color (bipoc) who have been impacted by systemic racism and oppression in the reproductive healthcare system. Ariah's programs and services are centered around bipoc mothers, birthing people, their partners and families who have experienced trauma and loss due to disparities and inequities in reproductive healthcare.

What it reported doing in 2025

The in her honor exhibit & tour for lost mothers/birthing people - omari maynard, is a visual artist, teacher and innovator, who chose to channel his pain into power by creating a series of portraits of his life partner, shamony makeba gibson, and 22 other mothers who passed away due to maternal mortality. He name the series in her honor, as a tribute to those mothers and shine a light on the inequities of the reproductive healthcare system and the maternal mortality epidemic in america. Bipoc women in the united states are 3 times more likely to die during childbirth than their white counterparts with the same symptoms. Bipoc pregnant women living in New York city are 8 times more likely to die. Omari's goal is to use his talents as an artist to humanize these horrific statistics and create spaces in which community members can share their birthing stories for the purpose of healing and catharsis. The in her honor series is a tribute to all the women that made the ultimate sacrifice to bring black and brown babies into the world. All the women depicted in the series are mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, partners, friends and contributors. They have left behind communities of people that love them and the portraits have been created to provide a pathway for healing and an opportunity for the women who have been lost to continue to communicate and inspire others from the spiritual realm.

Operating model

Revenue model
Contribution and grant supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and grants. The filing reports them as one total, so it does not say how much was granted.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.7%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 57.3%; rating input score 57
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 69%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.71; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.7% of revenue deployed · 57.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $440K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.