Asekia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
661068162
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Winston Salem, NC, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,118,173
Expenses
$1,075,141
Assets
$406,837
Liabilities
$363,591

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ismael Reyes (President)
  • Monica Hernndez-Melancon (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Heriberto Martinez (Executive Dir.): $47,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Asekia Inc. (the Organization") is a nonprofit organization established to empower and advance Hispanic farmers, forest landowners, and historically underserved agricultural and rural communities across the United States and its territories, with primary operations in Puerto Rico, Florida, and New Mexico. The Organization works to increase access to USDA and other conservation programs through culturally competent, bilingual outreach, technical assistance, workforce development, and community-based partnerships. The Organization's activities include education and training, capacity building for community-based organizations, support for conservation and regenerative agricultural practices, conservation incentive payments to farmers, and the development of pathways for participation in emerging environmental and agricultural markets, including commodity futures education for underserved producers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Asekia Inc. (the Organization") is a nonprofit organization established to empower and advance Hispanic farmers, forest landowners, and underserved agricultural communities across the United States and its territories. The Organization works to increase access to USDA and other conservation programs through culturally competent outreach, technical assistance, workforce development, and community-based partnerships. The Organizations activities include education and training, capacity building for community-based organizations, support for conservation and regenerative agricultural practices, and the development of pathways for participation in emerging environmental and agricultural markets.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $107.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $990K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.