Asian American Recovery Services Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943007538
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4157623700
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,803,945
- Expenses
- $5,591,128
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TONY DUONG (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- VITKA EISEN - POST MERGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- TONY DUONG (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $115,688 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of asian american recovery services, inc. (aars) is to reduce the impact of substance abuse in the asian and pacific islander and other affected communities of the san francisco bay area.
What it reported doing in 2013
For the 6 months ended december 31, 2013, aars provided substance abuse and mental health treatment, intervention, education, and prevention services to youth and adults in san francisco, san mateo, and santa clara counties.on august 28, 2013, the organization entered into an agreement to merge with healthright360 ("hr360"). In accordance with the merger agreement, hr360 is the surviving entity and aars dissolved as a legal entity on january 1, 2014.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 3.7%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.