Future Perfect Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874650805
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Stone Ridge, NY, USA
Phone
9176085992
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lesbian, Gay Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,508
Expenses
$483,538
Assets
$955,257
Liabilities
$1,639

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALIA LAHLOU (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CELESTE LECESNE (CO-FOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $67,320 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help lgbtqia+ youth amplify their voice and tell the story of their generation by producing and facilitating creative workshops, media projects, and live performances of their original work.

What it reported doing in 2025

General program - fpp's general programs are a connected pathway that help lgbtq+ young people find, develop, and present their written and spoken voice from first contact to finished work, both in-person and virtual. Since founding, we've made over 100 in-person workshops and visits to lgbtq+ centers and schools across 23 states, meeting young people where they live. We conduct 5-10 in-person workshops nationwide annually, with participant numbers ranging from 10-30 people, totaling up to 300 participants yearly. Writers ages 13-19 apply to join fpp's writer's room, a free, year-round, bi-monthly workshop where they draft new work, read aloud, and build their craft alongside a national online network of 400+ active members. The most committed can apply into the julie novak original voice residency, a selective four-month mentorship that pairs them with working professionals to develop a signature project from concept to completion, culminating to a weeklong residency in provincetown, Massachusetts, in partnership with the fine arts work center. Other programs include future perfect records (fpr), fpp's songwriting residency in which lgbtq+ artists ages 15-22 develop, record, and release original work alongside professional mentors; and i'm feeling queer today! (ifqt), a youth led and produced original podcast. Our programming is inclusive and free, including "love on wheels," fpp's annual community event in New York welcoming queer youth and their families for a skating experience. We cater to lgbtqia+ youth, especially those who face barriers to accessing the arts or safe spaces for self-expression. We focus on serving marginalized communities, including queer and trans youth, low-income youth, and those residing in regions marked by homophobia and anti-lgbtqia+ legislation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -199.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 50.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 70.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $340K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.