Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 526041153
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Arlington, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7038205420
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $153,136
- Expenses
- $191,338
- Assets
- $479,562
- Liabilities
- $17,205
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CELINE ERICSON (PRESIDENT)
- SILVIA DIAZ DE MOORE SECOND (VICE PRESIDENT SEPT. 2024-FEB. 2025)
- LARA CENTER (PRESIDENT EMERITA)
People named in this filing
- CELINE ERICSON (PRESIDENT)
- CATHERINE PIERCE SECOND VP (UNTIL SEPT. 2024, THEN FIRST V.P.)
- SILVIA DIAZ DE MOORE SECOND (VICE PRESIDENT SEPT. 2024-FEB. 2025)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Promote educational programs and exchange of information.
What it reported doing in 2024
Scholarships and awards: the association contributes funds to the american foreign service association scholarship program. Additionally, the association administers its own merit scholarship awards. The association also established and continues to administer and select the recipients for the secretary of state's "award for outstanding volunteerism abroad."
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 32
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.8%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 27.8%; rating input score 28
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -24.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 34.8% of revenue deployed · 27.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.