Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 261733523
IRS 990 coverage: 2015–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone: 6783356040
Rating: 75
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Public Interest Law

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,352,583
Expenses: $2,171,412
Assets: $2,460,445
Liabilities: $304,526

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Highest reported compensation

ALPA AMIN (Executive Dir.): $167,046 total reported compensation
ADRIANA HEFFLEY (LEGAL SERV DIR): $102,654 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To protect and empower immigrant survivors of crime and persecution.

What it reported doing in 2024

Coordinated Community ResponseGAIN leads a coordinated, statewide response to strengthen access to justice and survivor support. Through partnerships with more than 50 organizationsincluding victim service providers, legal nonprofits, and refugee and healthcare agenciesGAIN delivers multilingual outreach, Know Your Rights sessions, and legal clinics in high-need areas such as Clarkston, Savannah, and Gainesville. GAIN also trains law enforcement agencies to recognize the importance of trust within immigrant communities, helping to build relationships that enhance safety for all. In 2024, GAIN launched the Detained Immigrant Defense Project to provide legal representation for detained immigrants and introduced a virtual bond Court Watch initiative to promote transparency and community engagement.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 65
Transparency & Controls: 71
Accountability: 100
Sustainability: 49
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 66.8%; rating input score 67
Program expense ratio: 72%; rating input score 72
Fundraising efficiency: $8.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 66.8% of revenue deployed · 72% of spending went to programs
Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $167K · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 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.
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.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.