Israeli-american Coalition for Action
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811208165
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Woodland Hills, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8184666400
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $479,509
- Expenses
- $330,664
- Assets
- $113,253
- Liabilities
- $2,137
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSEPH SABAG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JOSEPH SABAG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $267,674 total reported compensation
- JACOB BENNETT (STATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR): $138,671 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The israeli-american coalition for action fights the delegitimization of israel; strengthens the us-israel relationship; advocates against commercial discrimination directed at israel and her american trading partners by the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement; and combats antisemitism and advocates for equal protections for israeli-americans and the jewish community; and advocates public safety and anti-discrimination educational initiatives on a range of related domestic issues.
What it reported doing in 2024
Activities include advocating against the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement; advocating public policies that combat antisemitism and ensure equal protections for jewish persons; advocating for public safety and anti-discrimination initiatives on college campuses in defense of jewish american students; and fostering bi-lateral trade and cultural exchange between the united states and israel.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Affiliate-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
- 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
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.7%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 122.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.7% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $272K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $268K · 6 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.