Armenian Youth Federation Youth Org Arf Eastern USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208121389
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Watertown, MA, USA
Phone
6179231933
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,205,967
Expenses
$1,051,781
Assets
$1,831,535
Liabilities
$40,901

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NAREG MKRTSCHJAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NAREG MKRTSCHJAN (PRESIDENT)
  • ISABEL HAGOBIAN (TREASURER)
  • LORI SAMUELIAN (CLERK)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educate youth about armenian heritage, history, and culture. Create opportunities for american-armenian youth to gain leadership experience in their communities around the united states. Provide opportunities for armenian-american youth and their families to meet and interact in social and athletic environments, such as the annual ayf olympics.

What it reported doing in 2023

Other programs, including: 1) junior seminar - the junior seminar is held on memorial day weekend each year at camp lutherlyn in prospect, pa. An educational event geared toward the younger members ages 10-16. The junior seminar attracts between 250 and 350 youths each year. Junior seminar educates participants about armenian leadership, history, culture, dance, and current affairs. It also serves as a social event to allow an opportunity for armenian-american youth from the midwest, southeast, mid-atlantic, and new england areas to meet. 2) camp javakhk - javakhk is an international camp that takes place in the southeastern region of Georgia. The camp educates youth from ages 8-15 about armenian history, culture, tradition, dance, music, and hygeine. The camp belongs to the armenian relief society. However, our organization's role is to help provide counselors and educational material for the camp.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.9%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 15th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.9% of revenue deployed · 71.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $749K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.