World Institute for Action Learning USA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453770333
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 7038421818
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,048
- Expenses
- $57,924
- Assets
- $96,179
- Liabilities
- $34,416
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- ADAM SMITH (VP/TREASURER)
- PETER LOAN (TREASURER)
- ANDREW RAHAMAN (CHAIR)
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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The world institute for action learning-USA (wial-USA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth and advancement of action learning in business and government. Simply put, wial-USA solves problems, cultivates productive teams, and builds leaders in real time. As organizations face new and increasing pressures, action learning is more relevant than ever as an effective solution for solving complex problems and building strong working teams.
What it reported doing in 2016
Certification programs delivered, participants completing the certification process.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -37.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
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- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.