Little Lamb Preschool

Overview

Mission

To provide special needs and clinical services to disabled preschool children

What it reported doing in 2020

Provide educational and clinical services for children with various disabilities from 3 to 5 years old full day centerbased

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133875724
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Headquarters
Staten Island, NY, USA
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions

The verdict

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 21
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.4%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 77.2%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.27; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.17; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.4% of revenue deployed · 77.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $190K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $102K reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2010 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.