National Asian Pacific Center on Aging

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521266741
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2066493475
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,746,816
Expenses
$21,150,813
Assets
$3,671,091
Liabilities
$1,900,981

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Clayton Fong (President & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Clayton Fong (President & CEO): $272,767 total reported compensation
  • Polly Colby (Managing Dir.): $166,457 total reported compensation
  • Clara Cheng (Controller): $162,424 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Since 1979, empowering older adults through advocacy and access to resources essential to their well-being and independence, regardless of language or culture.

What it reported doing in 2024

NAPCA is one of 19 national grantees for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), a federally funded initiative administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. SCSEP is the only federal workforce program specifically designed to support low-income adults aged 55 and older. The program helps older adults re-enter the workforce by offering paid, part-time, community service-based training opportunities at local nonprofit and public agencies. SCSEP participants gain valuable on-the-job experience, build confidence, enhance employment skills, and receive job search assistance while earning a subsidized wage based on the highest applicable minimum wage in their local area. Training assignments are tailored to each participants goals, interests, and abilities, and typically include placements in libraries, senior centers, food banks, schools, and social service organizations. During FY2025 (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025), NAPCA provided community service training and employment support to 1,018 low-income older adults in 60 counties across 9 states. Participants often face multiple barriers to employment, including limited English proficiency, low literacy, long-term unemployment, and disability. NAPCAs culturally and linguistically responsive approach ensures that services are accessible and effective for the diverse older adult communities it serves. The programs ultimate goal is to help participants secure unsubsidized employment and achieve greater economic self-sufficiency, while also strengthening community-based organizations through the valuable contributions of older workers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.2% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $273K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.