Jamaican Lives Better Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880882057
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- S Ozone Park, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5164358680
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $9,311
- Assets
- $2,689
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- Tania Barnett (Founder)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Jamaican Lives Better, Inc. has a vision to create a world where underserved communities have access to healthcare and educational services. Our mission is to provide access to healthcare, education and resources necessary to advance the wellbeing and education of underserved communities through fundraising and increasing access to medical services.
What it reported doing in 2023
We advanced educational awareness and support for underserved communities in New York City.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -126.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.