Hmong American Farmers Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460928003
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- West Saint Paul, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6514938091
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,905,108
- Expenses
- $1,326,748
- Assets
- $10,017,045
- Liabilities
- $563,538
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JANSSEN HANG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JANSSEN HANG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $191,152 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 advance the economic, social and cultural prosperity of hmong american farmers in Minnesota through economic development, capacity building, and advocacy and research.
What it reported doing in 2024
The hmong american farmers association (hafa) is a membership based non-profit organization advancing economic prosperity of hmong farmers through capacity building, strategic partnership, cooperative endeavor, community engagement and advocacy. Hafa focused its work in four area; land access managing a 155 acre farm in dakota county providing land tenure and innovative sustainable farm practices; financial assistance- training farmers on farm financial, business plan and loan access; training- provide bi-lingual and bi-cultural training on whole farm planning, soil health, perennial production and food safety; alternative market support in diversifying market outlet and aggregation of produce for wholesales, institutions and farm to family community support agriculture (csa) program. Hafa secured funds to support the construction of a year-round wash, rinse and packing facility to be built on the hafa farm.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.2%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $52.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 54.3%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.55; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.2% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $913K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $191K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.