Labash Conference Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852145693
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028982444
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$173,478
Expenses
$170,529
Assets
$266,898
Liabilities
$148,082

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SULIN KOTOWICZ (DIRECTOR)
  • KONA GRAY (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTOPHER DELLA VEDOVA (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Since 1970, labash conference is a student-led conference for landscape architecture. Hosted each year by a different north american landscape architecture program, it brings students and professionals together to learn, network, and help shape the future of the profession. Labash conference inc. Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing education and leadership in landscape architecture.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual labash conference. In 2025, the annual student-run labash conference embodied the organization's mission to advance education, leadership, and community in landscape architecture. Hosted at the university of guelph in ontario, canada from march 12-15, the conference drew 466 attendees - 260 students and 206 professionals. The program featured 86 speakers across 45 educational sessions, 10 workshops, and 3 field trips, along with an expo of 39 exhibitors including firms, universities, and nonprofits. The event fostered learning, networking, and collaboration, helping students and professionals shape the future of the profession together.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.3%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.57; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $171K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.