Center for Immigrant Protection

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475301730
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2016
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4242780922
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,171,678
Expenses
$1,388,958
Assets
$850,220
Liabilities
$309,528

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kaytlin Hancock (President)
  • Chris Luquetta-Fish (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rauf Kenan Arun (Executive Dir.): $134,310 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The LGBTAP is the only San Francisco nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing accessible legal representation for LGBT asylum seekers who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or HIV status.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, the LGBT Asylum Project: Served 833 LGBTQ+ immigrants. This number includes intakes, consultations, and full-scope cases. Secured 11 approvals, bringing our total to 138 since inception. Took on 39 asylum cases (22 affirmative and 17 defensive). o Affirmative asylum cases are for LGBTQ+ immigrants who entered the country on a valid visa and whose cases are handled at the Asylum Office. o Defensive cases are for LGBTQ+ immigrants who entered the country through the southern border and have been placed in deportation proceedings. Their cases are handled at the Immigration Courts. Expanded our services to include full-scope representation for all LGBTQ+ defensive asylum cases (previously, we were at capacity to provide this level of representation). Continued offering 100% free legal and community services to our clients, including full-scope representation before the San Francisco Asylum Office and the San Francisco, Concord, and Sacramento Immigration Courts, covering Northern California. Maintained our 99% approval rate. Hosted four fellows through the OCEIA DreamSF program and a legal intern through Legal Services Funders Network (LSFN) Program. Hired one new staff member as Operational Manager. Co-organized key community events, including: o Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) o Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) o SF Trans Expo and MarchAdditionally, in 2025, our Executive Director Kenan Arun was selected as a Grand Marshal for San Francisco Pride 2025 in recognition of his leadership, advocacy, and contributions to LGBTQ+ immigrant communities.In 2025, we also successfully implemented key organizational structural changes. We supported the transition of Parivar Bay Area into an independent entity, which was completed smoothly without operational disruption. In addition, our Co-Executive Directorship model transitioned successfully to a single Executive Director leadership structure. These changes strengthened organizational stability and positioned us for continued growth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 68% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th 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: Limited
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.3% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.