League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010890860
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
9177549975
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Coalitions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,307
Expenses
$74,324
Assets
$1,575

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) is a group of artists and technologists who create robotic musical instruments. Founded by Eric Singer, LEMUR creates exotic, sculptural musical instruments which integrate robotic technology. The result is computer-comtrolled mechanized accoustic musical instruments which can perform music by and with human musicians. Lemur presents concerts around the world reaturing their instruments, often in collaboratin with renown composers and performers.LEMUR also creates instruments and installation by commission including musical robots and unusual MIDI instruments and controllers.

What it reported doing in 2012

Director Eric Singer was interviewed by WQED radio (listenership 100,000) and PCN Pittsburgh Cable (viewership 10,000) exposing a wide audience to LEMUR's work.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 128.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.