Ethiopian Community Support & Advocacy C
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 874818694
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 5713516117
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,586
- Expenses
- $34,036
- Assets
- $28,525
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GENNET NEGUSSIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOUNDER)
- DR MESFIN WOLDESENBET MD (BOARD PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GENNET NEGUSSIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOUNDER)
- AMARE WORKU (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE/TREASURER)
- HERMELA HAILEMARIAM (PROGRAM DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Primary exempt purposes : our mission at ecsac is to empower the ethiopian american community by providing essential support and resources. We aim to cultivate a network that fosters cultural integration, promotes social and mental well-being, and inspires individuals to achieve their highest potential.
What it reported doing in 2025
Cultural programs: *amharic language classes (fall & spring) - offered in october (fall) and february (spring), these classes help youth build a deeper connection to their ethiopian heritage by learning to read, write, and speak amharic. The program fosters cultural pride, identity, and confidence.*ethiopian dance classes - youth participate in traditional ethiopian dance lessons that promote artistic expression, cultural education, and a strong connection to heritage.*annual ethiopian fall festival - a vibrant, family-friendly community event that celebrates ethiopian heritage while promoting cultural exchange and unity. Attendees enjoy live music, traditional dance performances, cultural activities, art, food, and storytelling. The festival welcomes everyonewhether reconnecting with their roots or experiencing ethiopian culture for the first time.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.6%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 14
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -82% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 51.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 10.6% of revenue deployed · 13.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 11/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.