New Immigrant Community Empowerment Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113560625
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Jackson Heights, NY, USA
Phone
7182058796
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,428,230
Expenses
$3,386,081
Assets
$2,864,792
Liabilities
$1,080,970

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • NILBIA COYOTE (EXECUTIVE DI): $142,362 total reported compensation
  • HILDALYN COLON HERNANDEZ (COSO): $119,610 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 immigrant community empowerment (nice) is a community-based, non-profit organization that works to ensure that new immigrants can build social, political and economic power in their communities and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2024

The pre-apprenticeship for life and work (pre-aplw) program advances nices mission to empower immigrant adults with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to thrive as active community members and workplace leaders. Building on nices education and workforce development initiatives, pre- aplw equips participants with essential tools to enter and succeed in pre- apprenticeship and apprenticeship pathways. The program offers english language instruction, financial education, occupational health and safety training, digital literacy, and hands-on skill development, providing a strong foundation for stable, dignified employment. Additionally, participants benefit from know-your-rights workshops and access to legal clinics, ensuring they are prepared to protect their rights as workers, immigrants, and consumers. Pre-aplw also embodies nices community organizing and advocacy framework, emphasizing leadership development and civic engagement. Participants are encouraged to take part in advocacy efforts around workers rights, consumer protections, and immigrant inclusion, linking personal growth to broader movements for economic and social justice. Through this comprehensive approach, the program prepares participants for employment and empowers them to be agents of change in their families, workplaces, and communities.

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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.6%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $34.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.6% of revenue deployed · 71.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $142K · 7 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $127K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.