Denakkanaaga Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920111031
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Fairbanks, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9074513900
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $591,943
- Expenses
- $550,265
- Assets
- $337,622
- Liabilities
- $16,289
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- HARVEY BENJAMIN (DIRECTOR)
- GLENN CARLO (DIRECTOR)
- CORA DEMIT (2ND CHIEF)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the physical, economic and social well being of elders, to preserve the traditions, art, cultural values, language and subsistence lifestyle of the native people of the doyon/tcc region; to provide elders with the means of expressing their concerns and to assume leadership in resolution; to promote unity among native organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Title vi program services are administered to elders residing in dot lake, tanacross, tetlin, manley, eagle, tok, minto and nenana. The title vi programs provide outreach, information, and referrals, direct client services and advocacy to the elders in these communities. Scheduled visits are made to these communities in order to provide such services along with conducting various surveys and assessments directly related to senior's needs. Workshops on health and welfare assure elders of their entitled benefits. Title vi family care-giver program works in conjunctoin with the tanana chiefs conference and the fairbanks native association and various other social service agencies in the city of fairbanks. Workshops are presented along with educational information through denakkanaaga's social media and pamphlets. An elders resource directory is printed and distributed in collaboration with other elder service organizations.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.9%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 62.2%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: $193.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd 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; 63rd 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: 7%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.9% of revenue deployed · 62.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $342K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.