Arizona Russian Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800707665
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6026840294
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development – Citizenship
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,119
- Expenses
- $32,119
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Terri Tchernoivanov (Director)
- Olga Chaikheeva (Gen. Mgr. Director)
- Guene Loshkarev (Treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our Mission is: To foster the betterment of common understanding and appreciation of Russian art, culture, history and to better assist with an improved integration into local main-stream life and services for Russian speaking population primarily in Arizona.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our direction and primary purpose in this program is: to provide Assistance with Benefits, Workshops and Lectures, to and for the benefit of Arizona Citizens, who are interested in learning about, and participation in events that celebrate cultural and historical diversity of Russian heritage and culture, as well as to assist persons who have a language barrier from Russian into English, with functional integration into our American society here in Arizona, and involve adolescent youths in traditional activities, that prevent delinquency in our population. Our organization is established to be better able to provide support services needed to such Citizens, and to be able to offer them help and safe alternatives to their current circumstances, as well as to be able to coordinate assistance to them, from other organizations and agencies that provide different support services to qualified individuals, that request such help. More than 50% of the recipients of our services are individuals whose household income is at, or below the 150% of the Federal Poverty Level Guidelines, and who reside in the State of Arizona. Arizona Russian Center does not discriminate on the basis of: race, creed, color, religion, age, gender or national origin, of any individual, as a basis for their qualifications for assistance. The need, and type of assistance, and the availability of resources to be able to provide the same, are determined by: Arizona Russian Center.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 57
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.2%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $86.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 0%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.2% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.