Phila Chapt French-american Chamber of Commerce in Us Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232557508
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2159390028
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$174,994
Expenses
$172,687
Assets
$122,905
Liabilities
$47,177

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BLANDINE CHANTEPIE-KARI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEREMY HEEP ESQ (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • WILLIAM BURNS CPA (PRESIDENT)
  • JUDITH UJOBAI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUDITH UJOBAI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $116,773 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 french-american chamber of commerce (facc-philadelphia) is an independent bi-national, non-profit, membership organization. Our mission is to foster a thriving economic relationship between the united states and france and to welcome and support french businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and southern New Jersey. To achieve this objective: we encourage the sale of goods and services between both countries and strive to promote better international understanding; we cooperate with various french and u.s. Governmental and economic agencies, diplomatic and consular agents, and other associations in france and the u.s. That pursue similar goals; we are committed to providing the highest level of service for our members and to serving the unique interests of our membership; we facilitate interaction between our members in order to foster excellent french-american business relations within the u.s. And with france.

What it reported doing in 2024

Various programs to educate and provide networking opportunities to promote us-french business. 350 members plus approximately 650 non-member contacts invited with 20-100 attending each program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -86.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.