Lend An Ear Outreach Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454712577
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9042851055
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Deaf/Hearing Impaired Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,334
- Expenses
- $68,304
- Assets
- $64,782
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- D BRUCE JONES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
People named in this filing
- MARK BONNER (CHAIR)
- STEVE CROSBY (DIRECTOR)
- MISSY DEKAY (DIRECTOR)
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
The organization's mission is to provide the gift of hearing by furnishing quality hearing AIDS to those with limited or no means, in an atmosphere of dignity and compassion.
What it reported doing in 2024
Lend and ear outreach, inc. Works to make the gift of hearing available to all low-income people. Lend an ear and its community partners target low-income areas within north east Florida to identify individuals in need of hearing devices. During 2024, lend and ear was able to provide 28 hearing devices to recipients at no cost.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -180.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.