Uyghur Cultural Advancement Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853580174
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2024
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4083861588
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,430
Expenses
$51,140
Assets
$31,648
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Omerjan Sidike (Vice President)
  • Nurbiya Turxun (Vice President)
  • Tursunjan Yasin (President)
  • Mubarek Uyghurturk (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Omerjan Sidike (Vice President)
  • Anwer Abla (Tresurer)
  • Nurbiya Turxun (Vice President)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Uyghur Cultural Advancement Association aims to strengthen the Uyghur community in diaspora by providing spiritual, mental, and financial support. It strives to ensure the vibrant culture of Uyghur people will continue to flourish by offering cultural and educational programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Uyghur Cultural Advancement Association aims to strengthen the Uyghur community in diaspora by providing spiritual, mental, and financial support. It also strives to ensure that the vibrant culture of Uyghur people will continue to flourish by offering cultural and educational programs. And it makes continous efforts to raise awareness about the ongoing genocide and political repression of the Uyghur people in their homeland by the Chinese government. The Uyghur Cultural Advancement Association (UCAA), founded by the Uyghur community in the Bay Area, makes efforts to raise the awareness about the ongoing Uyghur atrocities among other communities and is dedicated to preserving and promoting Uyghur language, culture and history within the local Uyghur community. The UCAA will also provide support for the concentration camp survivors and for other newly arrived Uyghurs who need help to smoothly integrate into American society.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 2nd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.