Liberian Association of Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
381909860
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,852
Expenses
$73,211
Assets
$216,739

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Manix Kroma (President)
  • Harolyn Nimmo (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Manix Kroma (President)
  • Harolyn Nimmo (Vice President)
  • Lyndon Mabande (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Liberian Association of Michigan LAM was formed to promote the educational cultural social and economic well-being of Liberians and underserved communities. The organization exists to preserve and celebrate Liberian culture and heritage while providing community-based programs and resources that support health education youth development civic engagement humanitarian assistance and economic empowerment. LAM carries out its exempt purpose through cultural programming educational initiatives charitable outreach community partnerships health and wellness activities food access programs entrepreneurship support and services that strengthen families and improve quality of life within the communities it serves.

What it reported doing in 2025

Birth Month Contest

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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

MIXED - 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: 12
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.2%; rating input score 11
  • Program expense ratio: 12.5%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.96; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.2% of revenue deployed · 12.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.