Lens on Life Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474587281
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-PF 2020
Location
New York, NY, USA
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,605
Expenses
$107,154
Assets
$69,841

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dennis Powers (President)

People named in this filing

  • Dennis Powers (President)
  • Jack Powers (Secretary)
  • Sam Powers (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lens on life supports photography and computer literacy training for youth around the world. By cooperating with local organizations lens on life builds spaces to help students overcome trauma grow artistically and gain skills to enter the global marketplace

What it reported doing in 2024

Implementation of photography and computer training program with youth in a support function with CAMME-DRC in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 84% 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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90

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: 2.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.