Model United Nations at Ucla
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881453067
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7023340880
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $203,389
- Expenses
- $181,874
- Assets
- $141,345
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PRADYUMN ACHARYA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PRADYUMN ACHARYA (PRESIDENT)
- LORI GARAVARTANIAN (DIRECTOR OF TRAVEL TEAM/LAMUN SG)
- RAGHU KOMMALAPATY (DIRECTOR OF TRAINING)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission statement is as follows: to provide a forum for students at ucla and elsewhere to become acquainted with the roles of the united nations (un), inter-governmental organizations (igos), non-governmental organizations (ngos), and other political organizations, primarily at the international level; to provide knowledge about global events and issues to students and encourage them to view these issues from new perspectives; to allow ucla students develop valuable leadership skills as they assist and mentor high school students during our annual conference; to reach out to high school students and provide them with functional leadership and diplomatic skills and encourage them to strive for higher learning. The wide range and number of individuals we reach out to demands the proper resources to properly serve them in fulfilling our mission purpose.
What it reported doing in 2024
Bruinmun: a high school model united nations conference allowing high school students tobuild skills in diplomacy, public speaking, and international aff airs through model un. Also raises money for charity through attendee donations. A total of 2491 members and attendees benefited.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 40
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.8%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 47.8%; rating input score 48
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.8% of revenue deployed · 47.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $87K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 43/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.