Hastings Literacy Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470765972
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Hastings, NE, USA
Phone
4024637323
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,904
Expenses
$99,938
Assets
$229,074
Liabilities
$538

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIM LENTZ (PRESIDENT)
  • ITANDEWI MENDOZA (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRYSON HENKEL (TREASURER)
  • JENIFER KNUTH (SECRETARY)
  • BECKY FAUSETT (AE DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide educational services (adult basic education)

What it reported doing in 2024

Other program services including a family literacy program (which provides childcare for parents who are participating in the english as a second language program), volunteer coordination, and a workplace literacy program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 52% for direct work, and 48% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 70.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.