National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952627645
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Mesa, AZ, USA
Phone
6023290078
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,998,132
Expenses
$8,315,700
Assets
$4,122,768
Liabilities
$836,516

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS JAMES (CEO/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRIS JAMES (CEO/PRESIDENT): $324,754 total reported compensation
  • RICH YEHLING (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $198,930 total reported compensation
  • GEORGE WILLIAMS (PROGRAM MANAGER-APEX): $114,279 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 national center for american indian enterprise development (ncaied) assists american indian tribes and their enterprises with business and economic development. Ncaied works to develop and expand the american indian private sector which employs indian labor, increases the number of viable tribal and individual indian businesses, and positively impacts and involves reservation commuities by estblishing business relationships between indian enterprises and private industry. Ncaied fulfills its mission by providing the following services, a) supply management and technical assistance to tribal and individually owned indian businesses nationwide; b) serves as a training resource center for native entrepreneurs; c) produce conferences and trade fairs that advance economic development across indian country; d) advocate for american indian and alaskan native business development; and e) expand and create domestic and global economic development.

What it reported doing in 2024

Minority business resource development (mbda) - under the department of commerce, the mbda business center program addresses four identified core needs for american indian, Alaska native, and native hawaiian businesses including training, federal program coaching, access to capital, and fostering, developing and/or implementing entrepreneurial and economic development. Key activities will include four key components that will help to foster, promote, and develop ai/an/nh small businesses. Components include: 1. Native edge institutes (nei); 2. One-on-one business counseling/coaching; 3. Access to native edge platform; 4. Access to capital. In addition, the export center also provided one-on-one counseling services on exporting and international trade by providing marketing assistance services, bid match services, and facilitated introductions and networking opportunities at various outreach events. Ncaied hosted online webinar training on exporting topics and doing business in other countries. Finally, the organization assisted clients with information on trade policies and regulations along with its resource partners, the international trade administration, u.s. Commercial services, export-import bank of the united states, office of international trade, and the phoenix commission on international trade.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 56
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 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: 7.6%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 77.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $325K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $393K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.