Ciana
Legal name: Center for the Integration & Advancement of New Americans Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 743184835
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Astoria, NY, United States
- Phone
- (718) 545-4040
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $722,890
- Expenses
- $724,741
- Assets
- $561,268
- Liabilities
- $25,423
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EMIRA HABIBY BROWNE (CEO & MEMBER)
Highest reported compensation
- EMIRA HABIBY BROWNE (CEO & MEMBER): $103,385 total reported compensation
- JOSEPH DEMARIA (MEMBER (EX-OFFICIO)): $73,846 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to prevent the growing marginalization of new immigrants and refugees and facilitate their successful integration into American life, while continuing to maintain their cultural heritage. CIANA is a not-for-profit social services agency that serves new immigrants in New York City, providing culturally competent and language-appropriate services to support successful integration into American life.
What it reported doing in 2024
In September 2020, CIANA was awarded a NYC Health + Hospitals NYC Care grant. The grant has been extended through October 2025. The grant was to educate and assist community members to enroll in the newly expanded healthcare program into Queens. It was designed for all NYC Residents who could not otherwise afford or have access to medical care. During this time period, CIANA has engaged with over 46,000 community members and enrolled 1,570 community members in NYC care.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 83
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.9%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 99.9% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $722K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.