Gishru Assyria - Atraright Trip

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462951652
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7735423753
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,192
Expenses
$123,834
Assets
$77,140
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Audrana Esho (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Joseph Danavi (Board Member)
  • Renya Benjamen (Board Member)
  • Suzan Younan (Board Member)

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

GISHRU is dedicated to preserving and promoting Assyrian cultural heritage and identity by engaging young Assyrians through transformative educational and humanitarian initiatives. Through immersive homeland trips, youth-led community projects, and cultural preservation efforts, GISHRU strengthens global connections to Assyrian history, language, and traditions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Spring 2025 GISHRU Trip. The Spring 2025 GISHRU Trip provided 120 young Assyrian participants with a cultural and educational immersion experience connected to Assyrian heritage, identity, and community life. Participants engaged with archaeological and historical sites, ancient monasteries, Assyrian ancestral villages, cultural exchange activities, and heritage-focused workshops. The program strengthened participants' connection to Assyrian history, language, and traditions, while encouraging continued community engagement and cultural preservation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 57% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -53.3% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $119K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.