Lev Leytzan-the Compassionate Clown Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201387958
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lawrence, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5166123264
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,404
- Expenses
- $34,417
- Assets
- $29,368
- Liabilities
- $16,014
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR NEAL GOLDBERG (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DR NEAL GOLDBERG (PRESIDENT)
- NOAH GORDON (SECRETARY/DI)
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
Youth development & therapeutic clowning
What it reported doing in 2024
Lev leytzan: the compassionate clown alley, inc.(tm) works with youth who are both at risk and mainstream, as well as adults of all ages. Performing art skills related to clowning, comedy, circus and improvisation are taught. Trainees become therapeutic/hospital clowns who provides services to those persons recuperating from illnesses, convalescing or who otherwise might benefit from encountering clowning, laughter and humor nationally and internationally. Clowning therapeutic visitations included approximately 6 visits to hospitals, nursing homes and orphanages; and approximately 122 visits to private residences. Approximately 1,230 individuals have benefitted from the organization's programs. In addition to the above activities, the organization has an ambassador program. The goal of the ambassador program is to extend the twofold purpose of lev leytzan (to train youth and adults in various performing arts as well as to facilitate the use of those skills in the easing of suffering)to the global community at large. There are places all around the world where children and adults live daily with the threat or reality of gunfire, random explosions, physical harm, psychological mistreatment, famine, preventable illness, rape and genocide. There are many other places where people suffer from the aftermath of was, crimes against humanity, corruption and natural disaster. The ambassdor program will send the trained clowns of lev leytzan to these areas around the world to bring joy, relief, distraction, hope and moments of normalcy and empowerment to those suffering.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.8%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 71.9%; rating input score 72
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.8% of revenue deployed · 71.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.