Lancaster Investment in a Vibrant
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201243414
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2010
- Location
- Lancaster, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7173927891
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $122,128
- Expenses
- $123,037
- Assets
- $34,694
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
L.i.v.e.'s mission is to build strong and healthy communities through environmental projects. It organizes and promotes volunteer advocacy and investment in lancaster city's economic development, informs the community of economic development opportunities and initiatives, and secures and distributes resources that promote community revitalization.
What it reported doing in 2010
Urban water initiative - implemented residential and commercial education and outreach programs to reduce stormwater impacts to the conestoga river stemming from city's combined sewer systemenergy conservation and building retrofits - implemented building retrofits to two historic structures to reduce engergy consumption and expenses and continued to provide residential and commercial energy conservation technical assistance
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -114.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -108.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -158.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2010
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.