I-act

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270469436
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Phone
8056376876
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$763,793
Expenses
$1,162,249
Assets
$1,497,843
Liabilities
$10,703

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARA-CHRISTINE DALLAIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARA-CHRISTINE DALLAIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $93,948 total reported compensation
  • CORRIE HULSE (COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR): $77,275 total reported compensation
  • FELICIA LEE (GLOBAL PROGRAMS MANAGER): $60,011 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Iact's mission is to resource and partner with people affected by war and conflict, to amplify their voices and create opportunities for them to thrive. We do this by listening deeply to their needs, then together, we create safe and joyful programs that include preschools, soccer academies, employment opportunities, and training-all led by the affected communities themselves.

What it reported doing in 2024

Refugees united soccer academy - iact is serious about soccer, and serious about creating safe and joyful spaces for play. The refugees united soccer academy (rusa) blends skills, drills, and team-building exercises with a coaching pedagogy designed to support the social and emotional well-being of girls and boys ages 6 to 13. This community-led program is rooted in trauma-informed care, strength-based coaching, gender equality, inclusion, and a uniting passion for soccer. Rusa is led by two men and two women team from the community. Each rusa session begins with a mindfulness exercise, followed by drills that focus on foundational soccer skills and small-sided play. Coaches incorporate lessons around key issues such as hygiene, safety, child rights, peacebuilding, and gender equality. Each academy strives to ensure that at least 50% of players are girls. Rusa is operating in 12 camps in eastern chad, the u.s.-mexico border, central african republic, and cameroon.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 13th 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: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -52.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 69.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $804K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.