Let the Children Live Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461215641
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7138176505
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,094
- Expenses
- $155,391
- Assets
- $60,768
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PETER WALTERS (President)
People named in this filing
- PETER WALTERS (President)
- MARGARET PICHON (Secretary)
- LYNN FORRESTER PITOCCO (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
The mission of let the children live! Is to raise funds in the united states to support innovative, small-scale, high-quality programs conducted in accordance with christian teachins and principles, to promote the welfare and education of street children, address the issues of food insecurity, and provide shelter and support to young people who aer in conditions of hardship, danger or distress in colombia, particularly in the city of medellin.
What it reported doing in 2024
To support activities of "fundacion vivan los ninos" (aka funvini) which is a columbian NGO that partners with worldwide charities to address the needs of street children and other disadvantaged young people in medellin, columbia.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
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: -55.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 31; 31st 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: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $152K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.