Alex Livingston Scholarship Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814974233
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9145888698
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,805
Expenses
$46,705
Assets
$302,899
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EVAN LIVINGSTON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PRESTON GELMAN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MATTHEW LERNER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • AMY KATZ (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission is to provide scholarships and grants to at-risk and underprivileged children, giving them the opportunity to attend and participate in extracurricular activities and summer camp experiences they would otherwise not be able to afford. The alex livingston scholarship fund will help fulfill alex's dream of helping children reach their full potential by developing skills they would not necessarily learn in a classroom.

What it reported doing in 2025

Preparation and running of extracurricular programs

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.8%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 9

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.49; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -30.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.8% of revenue deployed · 8.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.