Armenian Evangelical Union of North America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770202388
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Glendale, CA, USA
Phone
8185008839
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,525,105
Expenses
$2,195,733
Assets
$13,045,729
Liabilities
$110,601

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • HENDRIK SHANAZARI (MINISTER UNION): $113,132 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Armenian Evangelical Union of North America ("AEUNA") is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to uniting member churches, pastors, and organizations within the ecclesiastical fellowship for ministry, mission, and service in the name of Jesus Christ.It is Camp AREVs goal to work with Christian and other nonprofit organizations of similar purpose, providing rental facilities that enable these groups to fulfill their missions, enhance the lives of their participants, and bring people closer together and closer to our Lord Jesus Christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Camp AREV mountain conference center is used for youth, adult, and church retreats. Overnight weekend and week-long programs provide opportunities to enrich campers lives through fellowship, Biblical instruction, appreciation of nature, recreational experiences, growth in Christian faith and stewardship, and awareness of opportunities to serve others.Approximately 159 volunteers assisted throughout the year. In FY24-25, Camp AREV held four (4) youth winter camp weekends: 3rd-5th grade camp 46 attendees, Junior High 124, High School 116, Young Adult 80. Camp AREV held three (3) weeklong summer camps in July: 3rd-5th grade 65 attendees, Junior High 124, High School 131. Camp AREV also hosted a weekend long Mens Retreat in March of 2025 with 90 attendees and a weekend long Womens Retreat in April 2025 with 110 attendees, advertised to the AEUNA churches but open to all.When not hosting its programs, it is Camp AREVs mission to provide facilities for Christian and other nonprofit organizations of similar purpose, enabling these groups to fulfill their missions and enhance the lives of their participants. This is accomplished through a rental program that provides lodging and meals, meeting space and recreational activities. In FY24-25, the camp hosted 34 rental groups and 2,342 participants mainly church leadership and Christian/church youth retreats.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.94; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.1% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.