Left Lovers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815404809
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5303026530
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $198,773
- Expenses
- $136,349
- Assets
- $187,566
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alexandra Hill (President)
People named in this filing
- Ernst Bertone Oehninger (Treasurer)
- Alexandra Hill (President)
- Sabrina Denton (Program Manager)
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
Left Lovers' mission is to encourage sustainability, food access, and reduction of food waste.
What it reported doing in 2024
Microgrant Program: We distribute microgrants to community fridges all over the US. Microgrants normally range between $200 and $500 and are distributed to individuals who apply for them on website, after passing through our vetting process.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 40
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.6%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 48.9%; rating input score 49
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 35.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.6% of revenue deployed · 48.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.