New American Leaders Action Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831769970
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
3475880048
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,159
Expenses
$204,488
Assets
$691,275
Liabilities
$54,500

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GHIDA DAGHER (CEO & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GHIDA DAGHER (CEO & PRESIDENT): $24,506 total reported compensation
  • SAMANTHA PEDREIRO (COO): $16,433 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

New american leaders action fund empowers and supports new americans who are ready to lead, leveraging research and community engagement to break barriers and strengthen our democracy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Endorsements and candidate support: against the backdrop of increasingly competitive races, nalaf steps in to endorse and amplify new american candidates providing meaningful electoral endorsements, coaching, and strategic connections that equip them with the tools and networks needed to win. We aim to endorse early in the cycle, providing candidates with critical visibility, strategic guidance, and a national organization to lend legitimacy to their candidacies that they may lack in traditional political spaces. We endorse candidates with a demonstrated dedication to being pro-democracy and pro-immigrant. Candidates must be committed to furthering inclusive policies and turning out a diverse coalition of voters.beyond endorsements, we provide campaign skills webinars, referrals to trusted consultants, and introductions to allied organizations. Over six years of endorsements work, we've seen that values-aligned support especially when paired with strategic amplification can significantly improve outcomes for first-time candidates. In 2024, nalaf-endorsed candidates earned a 61% win rate, demonstrating the power of targeted support in helping new american leaders win tough races and build lasting political power.these champions not only shake up politics as usual; they serve on the frontlines for our communities, bringing resources to underserved neighborhoods and calling out systemic injustices. We are proud to support these trailblazing leaders on the campaign trail and beyond.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -967.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.38; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $153K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 8 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.