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Altruisa Inc

Making impact accessible.

aka Altruisa   |   Newark, NJ   |  www.Altruisa.org

Mission

At Altruisa, we believe finding ways to help the issues you care about should be as easy as finding a place for dinner. Our mission is to design platforms that will help individuals learn, find, and connect with nonprofits tackling the issues they care most about.

Ruling year info

2021

Founder & Executive Director

Jeff Chang

Main address

625 Broad St Ste 240 C/O Andrew Bondarowicz

Newark, NJ 07102 USA

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EIN

86-3425533

NTEE code info

Philanthropy / Charity / Voluntarism Promotion (General) (T50)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Altruisa was founded after our founders spent 30 minutes looking for organizations to support, and at multiple points, nearly giving up. If they were willing to spend 30 minutes, how many people give up after their first Google search? The team at Altruisa is working to make giving-back easier. Our objective is to build platforms that support the organizations around the world and within our communities tackling the issues that we care about. Whether it's helping with fundraising or driving awareness, we want to build platforms that make it easy for individuals to take their first step in giving back to their community. Our mission is to help people recognize that while there may be millions of options in giving back, the first step does not have to be difficult.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Coordinated, by Altruisa

Coordinated is Altruisa's launch project to connect you to the organizations in your community tackling the issues you care about through an online platform. Our intended features will include donation drop-off site listings, hours, and types of objects accepted. The project will initially target the New York Metropolitan area.

Population(s) Served

The Five Dollar Fund is a platform aimed at urging communities to make a recurring $5 donation each month, where Altruisa will share two new nonprofits specific to your location or causes you care about each month for your selection.

The objective of this program is to introduce younger adults, especially those who have not historically donated, to give back and support their communities.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Altruisa launched Protect Palestine in November, 2023, in response to the latest ongoing genocide in Gaza. The project highlights focuses on actions for the community, including key actions to take, upcoming protests, and how to talk to family.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

"Number of Nonprofit Organizations Promoted/Featured"

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Five Dollar Fund, by Altruisa

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Through our reach, Altruisa has featured over unique nonprofits addressing various issues, helping spread awareness on both local and international issues.

Total dollars raised for partner nonprofits.

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

The power of social media and internet has turned the world upside down, making countless people feel hopeless when learning about the countless issues around the world, ranging from the environment to inequity, humanitarian crises and endless racism.

Altruisa is to leverage the same power of the internet and social media to remind people that their frustration and hopelessness can translate into simple actionable steps. Whether it's making donating goods in your neighborhood or promoting organizations to volunteer for, our objective is to encourage individuals to give back to their community and to create platforms that make giving back incredibly easy.

Altruisa is building platforms to help make individuals get informed. Our two priority platforms to be launched in the coming months are:
- The 5 Dollar Fund, where individuals can commit a monthly $5 donation to issues they care about, and we share fully vetted organizations in their community for the donor to direct their donation.
- Coordinated, a platform designed to help individuals find locations to drop off their physical donations, with filters such as items to be donated, hours, and even the organization's mission category.

Core to our strategy is partnering with local nonprofit organizations, where we actively engage and listen to their struggles and concerns, making sure to incorporate their feedback into our design.

To those that challenge the funding viability for our organization, Altruisa's long-term strategy is to leverage the latest no-code or low-code technologies to bring our concepts to reality.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Altruisa Inc

Board of directors
as of 05/29/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Jeffrey Chang

Daniel Lin

Atithya Ghai

Noor Al Ghafari

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 5/29/2024
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Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Asian/Asian American
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/02/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.