Ldos Media Lab Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455572542
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
2132191399
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Radio

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,209
Expenses
$86,913
Assets
$15,877

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sandra Tsing Loh (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Sandra Tsing Loh (President & CEO)
  • Ann Hassett (Director)
  • SPIKE DOLOMITE (Chairman)

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

LDOS MEDIA LAB, INC. develops popular science education programming across a variety of media platforms. Its primary activity is the production and distribution of THE LOH DOWN ON SCIENCE, a 90-second educational science radio module, distributed to and broadcast over 140 public radio stations and on Armed Forces Radio Network.The promotion and faciliatation of public science communication is the core of its mission.

What it reported doing in 2024

LDOS MEDIA LAB, INC. develops popular science education programming across a variety of media platforms. Its primary activity is the production and distribution of THE LOH DOWN ON SCIENCE, a 90-second educational science radio module, distributed to and broadcast over 140 public radio stations and on Armed Forces Radio Network.The content of the programming is researched, written and edited by a cadre of graduate research scientists at UC Irvine, supported by a fellowship through the Graduate Division.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 71

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: -127.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.