Brown Alumni Association the Brown University Club in New York

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
136221645
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2123308340
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,769
Expenses
$9,153
Assets
$133,700
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONY PILLARI (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ALI LAKDAWALA (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TONY PILLARI (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ALI LAKDAWALA (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL DORDINE (TREASURER)

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

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the brown university club in New York is to foster connections within the community of New York city brown alumni, to foster connections between that community and the university, and to support the educational purposes of brown university in association with and under the general supervision and control of the brown alumni association.

What it reported doing in 2023

Club programs & outreach: programming that keeps club members involved in the brown university community. Event programming is both educational and social in nature, is designed to promote interest in brown university, and often features brown university staff as speakers/presenters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -417.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.61; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.