Center for Southeast Asians

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222914654
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Providence, RI, USA
Phone
4012748811
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,709,477
Expenses
$3,949,824
Assets
$4,974,693
Liabilities
$384,831

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHANNAVY CHHAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHANNAVY CHHAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $399,113 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Family harmony and community well-being that employs a family support model that works in collaboration with existing community-based services and systems. Services range from crisis intervention to support with basic needs and social welfare. Working to bridge linguistic and cultural barriers, empowers and enables families to stabilize and achieve success. Csea has worked to bridge the language, cultural and socio-economic barriers between sea refugees and immigrants and mainstream society. The existing needs and challenges facing many sea are primarily due to these barriers and the lack of understanding of their rights as u.s. Citizens and the influence they can have on public policy and decision making in local and state government. Many, if not most, sea are taught from a very early age that questioning authority is seen as a lack of respect. This learned mentality prevents many individuals from voicing their beliefs and advocating for important issues affecting thei

What it reported doing in 2024

Social services- case management: providing case management services, focusing on crisis intervention, goal orientation, etc. Services are client driven and strength based. Also, this service is available to all community members in need of services. Additionally, the majority of clients are low-income and many are eligible and dependent on government benefits such as snap and medicaid. - victims of crime assistance: advocacy, assistance and supportive services for victim of crime.- volunteer income tax assistance (vita): free tax preparation during the tax season.- adult literacy: english as a second language classrooms for beginning, intermediate and advance.- elderly services and meal site: elderly meal site provides hot meals, social networking, and health and nutrition education. In addition, elders receive assistance with basic needs on a walk-in basis.- general immigration services: assists clients with a variety of immigration services including citizenship classes, help to fill out/submit citizenship applications, and support at the immigration office.- community health: covid testing and vaccines, partnership with providence community health center- transitional housing- rent relief

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.4% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $399K · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $537K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.