Center for Asia-pacific Resilience and Innovation USA Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990623102
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Phone
2029840493
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$710,211
Expenses
$177,494
Assets
$669,006
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SYARU SHIRLEY LIN (President)

People named in this filing

  • SYARU SHIRLEY LIN (President)
  • BARBARA CAMMARATA (Secretary)
  • MARGARET FOSTER RILEY (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CAPRI USA is a nongovernmental, nonpartisan, international organization founded in 2024 to enhance global resilience and promote innovative policy by drawing on the experience of the Asia-Pacific region through interdisciplinary public policy research.

What it reported doing in 2025

Capri USA foundation is undertaking a multiyear project on "navigating the green transition in the asia pacific" in partnership with the center for asia-pacific resilience and innovation (capri). As part of this international project focused on energy security, inclusive growth, and sustainability, capri USA foundation organized a public policy forum, "energy challenges of taiwan and asia's ai ambitions," in partnership with capri and the center for asia policy studies at the brookings institution. The program convened policymakers, academic experts, and industry leaders to examine the implications of artificial intelligence on energy demand, energy security, and sustainable economic development in taiwan and the broader asia-pacific region. Discussions explored strategies for balancing technological innovation with reliable and sustainable energy systems, regional policy responses, and the impact of U.S.asia cooperation on energy and ai policy. The program promoted public education, informed policy dialogue, and international collaboration through both in-person and virtual participation, furthering the organization's charitable and educational purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.2%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 75%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.77; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 129.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 105.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 127.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.2% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $165K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.