Indian American Community Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911268802
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2532349989
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,321,725
- Expenses
- $2,711,788
- Assets
- $6,103,388
- Liabilities
- $338,232
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISHNAN MENON (PRESIDENT)
- LALITA UPPALA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANNU LUTHRA (YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $104,525 total reported compensation
- LALITA UPPALA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $102,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Indian american community services is committed to supporting the local indian community with critical programs and services, especially for those most at-risk members of our community. We seek to work together to increase the well-being of the community by addressing individual needs ranging from healthcare, financial assistance, family assistance, mental health and counseling.
What it reported doing in 2024
The iacs youth program has several tracks that include youth leadership development, youth board, youth council, youth advocacy, youth outreach, mental health advocacy, and the annual camp bharath. The youth program recruits students from middle school and high school. There is heavy emphasis on mentoring and training, including leadership development. The overarching goal of the youth program is to inspire the youth to take on civic responsibility, be empathetic, develop leadership skills, and active participation in projects bridging the mainstream and the indian american communities. The youth provide community services year-round, and the impact areas include advocacy on racism, mental health, wellness, yoga through connected motion, small business relief efforts, volunteer at senior centers and retirement homes, and deliver care packages at shelters and for the homeless.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 96
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $59.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.25; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and related organizations
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.