Island Liaison Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471507140
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
4802510853
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,996
Expenses
$43,802
Assets
$38,196
Liabilities
$5,416

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Claudia Kaercher (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Kathy Nakagawa (Director)
  • Joanne Rondilla (Director)
  • Miriam Aneo (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Island Liaison, Inc.'s mission is to serve as a resource for educational and cultural enrichment as well as health and government services locally to the Pacific Islander community in Arizona.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community Outreach collaborations with other organizations Girl Scouts Believe in Girls event - Nov 16, 2024, Pacific Island Heritage Month - May 2025, South Pacific Festival - March 2024

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.1%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 18.3%; rating input score 18

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: -108.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 54.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -58% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.1% of revenue deployed · 18.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.