New Life Family Alliance

Legal name: New Life Family Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464850869
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Omaha, NE, US
Phone
402-505-3912
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$348,381
Expenses
$256,786
Assets
$94,927
Liabilities
$3,332

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABAN O LAA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT KENYI (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR): $79,040 total reported compensation
  • ABAN O LAA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $67,500 total reported compensation
  • DHALBANY MALUAL (DIRECTOR FOR IMMIGRATION): $35,352 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 Life Family Alliance's mission is to support the well-being and growth of Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees, immigrants, and their families through information sharing, community outreach, and support services so they can rebuild their lives and become healthy, confident, and productive citizens.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth services nlfa takes a three-pronged approach to our youth services program 1. Case management we work with youth to support them with family challenges job readiness and personal and family needs including creating native language programs so they can communicate with their family members. 2. Our juvenile services program is designed to provide support to children who are at-risk of entering into the juvenile justice system. We do this with referrals to our youth prevention and intervention program parent and family engagement and community outreach and advocacy. We collaborate with douglas county and other agencies for youth at risk of getting involved in dependency and delinquency proceedings and provide home visit services for youth who interact with the juvenile justice system. 3. We also work to connect youth from the south sudanese community with other existing programs such as educational help sports and cultural programs. As a result of our work parents youth and families feel empowered and have the knowledge and skills to work with at-risk youth. Young people are also able to connect with programs that connect them with their culture and keep them active.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 5
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 14
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.4%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 7
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 78.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 5.4% of revenue deployed · 7.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $221K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.