Lead Pittsburgh

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800068649
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4124443500
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,389
Expenses
$215,368
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SHEILA FINE (CHAIR)
  • ANN MCGUINN (VICE CHAIR THROUGH 5/2019)
  • MARK LASKOW (TREASURER)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lead pittsburgh (lead) is a non-profit corporation founded to increase community understanding about issues relating to depression. Lead believes that depression can impact anyone in the community. The initial focus of lead was broad: to increase education and awareness about depression. Lead stressed the need to de-stigmatize depression. Lead has learned that 20% of college students present with depression. Concern for young adults resulted in lead's decision to focus on what could be done to make a difference for this population. College freshman face opportunity, excitement and challenge; launching a college career is fraught with excitement, transition, and change. Thus, it is a time of stress, which can lead to anxiety and depression.

What it reported doing in 2019

Lead pittsburgh functioned as a non-profit, community-based initiative established to increase community understanding about issues relating to depression. It terminated as an entity as of december 31, 2019.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 72%; rating input score 72

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,071.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 72% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $155K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2019
  • 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: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.