I Live Here I Give Here

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900647614
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5127174190
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,234,197
Expenses
$1,388,827
Assets
$532,656
Liabilities
$274,360

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PIPER STEGE NELSON (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • PIPER STEGE NELSON (CEO): $142,294 total reported compensation
  • JARED SLACK (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $114,137 total reported compensation
  • ROBYNNE PARKINGTON (DIRECTOR OF MARKETING): $103,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

I live here i give here is on a mission to amplify giving in central Texas through cultivating and creating deeper connections for givers and the issues they care about.

What it reported doing in 2024

I live here i give here's signature program, amplify austin day, offers every community member the opportunity to give. Since 2013, this annual event has raised more than $122 million dollars, making it the biggest giving event in central Texas. During a single 24-hour period, residents across a seven-county region will come together to support more than 700 nonprofits that represent 19 different cause categories by making a donation through the platform, amplifyatx.org.donations to the i live here i give here amplify fund (amplify fund) support all participating amplify austin day nonprofits. To date, the fund has given back more than $12 million to those nonprofits.started in 2016, the amplify fund was established to inspire individuals, foundations, local businesses, and nonprofits to participate in amplify austin day. The amplify fund serves three critical functions. It provides cash incentives to inspire donors to amplify their giving. It underwrites prizes for participating nonprofit organizations. It brings down the cost of fundraising for nonprofit members.on amplify austin day 2025, 24,846 donors made to support 755 organizations across central Texas. The average gift size of each transaction was $390.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.9%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 65.5%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 29.3%; rating input score 29; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.9% of revenue deployed · 65.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $909K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $142K · 26 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $102K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.