New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311702032
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2122290345
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,741,933
Expenses
$1,646,300
Assets
$1,338,874
Liabilities
$439,587

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • EMILY MILES (EXECUTIVE DI): $165,678 total reported compensation
  • CLARISSA ESPINOZA (DIRECTOR OF): $131,850 total reported compensation
  • MARK CARDONA (DIR. OF OPER): $115,054 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 alliance leads New York citys mission to end sexual violence through education, prevention programming, research, and policy change. Until we end sexual violence in all forms, we will be here for all survivors and the organizations that serve them. As the only organization representing and advocating for the needs of New York citys rape crisis programs, we serve as a resource hub and convener for survivors, allies, and organizations. Our trainings and programs work to: - empower youth as leaders in preventing harm in their communities - equip college students with tools to address sexual violence on their campuses - teach nightlife staff how to prevent sexual violence and create safety in nightlife settings - give healthcare professionals the skills to provide trauma informed, culturally competent care to survivors - educate legal and human services professionals on how to respond effectively to survivors. In 2024, we impacted over 3,000 professionals who impact the lives of thousa

What it reported doing in 2024

Prevention: the alliance works to prevent sexual violence and reduce the harm it causes through education, research and advocacy. The alliance is a nys department of health-designated regional center for the primary prevention of sexual violence serving New York city. As the lead organization, the alliance collaborated with two partner agencies as subcontractors as well as several others to provide prevention programming to underserved communities in nyc. Through this program, the alliance works to prevent sexual violence in the adult population by promoting safer bars, restaurants, clubs and venues (so-called nightlife spaces) through skill-building training for staff in recognizing warning signs of potential violence and harassment. The alliance also works through this program to prevent sexual violence focused on young people by engaging youth from diverse communities in a curriculum covering healthy relationships, consent and bystander intervention. This initiative, project dream, own, tell (dot), engages youth (aged 13-21 years) from historically marginalized communities including young people of color, lgbtqia+ youth, young muslim women, and teens of incarcerated parents in New York city.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 68% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

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: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 5.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.5% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $166K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.