Immigrant Advocate Response Collaborative Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850595592
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Albany, NY, USA
Phone
5188884507
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,836,059
Expenses
$1,541,363
Assets
$932,357
Liabilities
$368,273

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Camille Mackler (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Camille Mackler (CEO): $166,400 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We are a coalition of immigration legal advocates who work on increasing access to justice and access to counsel for all immigrant New Yorkers. How we do this: Mobilize: Network New York state's legal service providers by facilitating communication and information sharing to better support our immigrant communities . Organize: Respond collectively to challenges as they arise by coordinating resources and fostering best practices amoung providers. Resist: Challenge anti-immigrant policies by shining a light on injustices and confronting inequalities faced by our communities in the legal system.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community Outreach/Legal Empowerment - Immigrant ARC's community outreach and legal empowerment program equips immigrant New Yorkers with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate the immigration system. The program develops accessible educational materials, conducts legal orientation sessions for community members, and provides referrals to legal service providers whenever possible. Through this work, I-ARC helps bridge the gap between communities and legal resources, fostering greater confidence and informed decision-making.

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 96% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.7%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $98.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th 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; 76th 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.7% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $166K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.