The Aasha Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861151901
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Reno, NV, USA
Phone
7758278960
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$167,996
Expenses
$166,220
Assets
$182,226
Liabilities
$3,339

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENN RYAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JENN RYAN (PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN DOFF (DIRECTOR)
  • ERIN ALSOP (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Enriching the lives of girls living in orphanages and shelters in southeastasia.

What it reported doing in 2024

Health and well-being program - aasha provides funding for the health and well being of girls living in orphanages and shelters. Aasha funding includes basic preventative healthcare such as yearly dental exams, eye exams, eyeglasses and physicals. Aasha funding also includes physical well being programs for yoga and basketball class. In addition aasha provides funding for mental health care, including counseling, therapy, and medication as needed. Finally, aasha provides girls with "personal essentials" including deodorant and feminine hygiene products to address personal hygiene and comfort.

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 97% 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.2%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.2% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $160K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.