Friends of the Americas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721014940
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Greenwell Springs, LA, USA
Phone
2252610050
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$316,407
Expenses
$267,990
Assets
$797,633
Liabilities
$24,213

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DIANE A JENKINS: $75,600 total reported compensation
  • DEIDRA PERKINS: $59,010 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Friends of the americas is a non-profit public charity dedicated to providing asistance to children and other persons who are victims of war, natural disasters or economic distress. It provides medical care, medical supplies, clothing, relief supplies, disaster assistance, education, and economic development to needy persons. Friends of the americas operates medical clinics and various self-help projects. It sends disaster assistance teams to natural disaster sites in order to render on-the-scene medical care and provide relief supplies. Friends of the americas works to create a climate of mutual understanding, friendship, and respect between the people of the united states and the peoples of latin america to build support for democratic values, such as free elections, private property, free enterprise, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion by conducting seminars promoting those values.

What it reported doing in 2024

During 2024, friends of the americas' work focused on community development, medical care, nuturition, education, housing, agriculture and creation of small businesses for people suffering from poverty in honduras. In honduras, friends of the americas' clinics provided medical care and preventative medical services to large numbers of poor people in rural communities including health screening for high risk pregnant women and children. Friends of the americas also provided nutritional programs, vocational education, housing, assistance to agricultural cooperatives and the creation of small businesses for single mothers and other poor people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 51
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.98; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $235K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.