Marshallese Youth of Orange County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364669816
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Phone
7146020812
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$286,120
Expenses
$305,438
Assets
$101,984
Liabilities
$122,415

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NERITHA KELANI SILK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LIKKIEN RALPHO (PRESIDENT)
  • MELODY SEANOA (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NERITHA KELANI SILK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $48,204 total reported compensation
  • SUKI SMIGGS (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $42,758 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA AMSA (SECRETARY): $32,213 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission and purpose are to advocate for the health, education, and cultural edification of marshallese students of southern California.

What it reported doing in 2024

The national marshallese community coalition (nmcc) implements a series of programs designed to strengthen leadership, ensure compliance, and promote community engagement. The primary programs include the annual leadership summit, document review, and quarterly site visits, each contributing to the overarching mission of enhancing organizational capacity and community empowerment. The annual leadership summit serves as a cornerstone event for nmcc, bringing together community leaders and stakeholders for a series of interactive workshops. The document review program ensures that participant organizations maintain compliance with state and federal requirements. The quarterly site visits provide valuable opportunities for nmcc to engage directly with the community and observe organizational programs in action.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.4%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.8%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.2; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -39.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.4% of revenue deployed · 60.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $184K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.