Ghp & Associates Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208220468
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$1,420
Assets
$46,429
Liabilities
$14,773

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SABASTIAN HUYNH (President)

People named in this filing

  • SABASTIAN HUYNH (President)
  • VINCENT HUANG (Secretary)
  • DONNA L HUYNH (Treasurer)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

GHP & Associates Ltd. is organized and operated exclusively for public and charitable purposes. The specific purpose of this corporation is focused on sustainable development initiatives and leadership development nationally and globally.GHP & Associates Ltd. seeks to serve the needs of developing communities in the Third World by working with ethnic leaders in these impoverished communities to provide them with the economic resources and training necessary to develop and manage micro-business with the eventual goal of helping the communities achieve the independence that comes from the ability to provide for themselves through financial sustainability. GHP & Associates Ltd. current activity: GHP & Associates Ltd. has currently partnered with a non-governmental foundation in Thailand and is working with this organization by support to build and expand its aquaculture research and fish-farming business.

What it reported doing in 2017

GHP & Associates Ltd. has served the needs of developing communities in the Third World by working with ethnic leaders in these impoverished communities to provide them with the economic resources and training necessary to develop and manage micro-business with the eventual goal of helping the communities achieve the independence that comes from the ability to provide for themselves through financial sustainability.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 32.7; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -110% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -120% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 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: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.