Liberian Community of Syracuse
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880619693
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Liverpool, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3153786685
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $75,015
- Expenses
- $73,015
- Assets
- $2,000
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nat Mowon (President)
- Seleke Komala (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Nat Mowon (President)
- Seleke Komala (Vice President)
- Victoria Campbell (General Secretary)
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 Community of Syracuse, NY is a dedicated, non-profit cultural organization that serves local Liberian immigrants through social support, cultural celebrations, including Liberia Independence Day, and community organizing. The association provides a network for families, offering a sense of community and connection to their heritage.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provided community-based support services to immigrant and refugee families in the Syracuse area. Services included case management, resource referrals, cultural orientation, and assistance accessing housing, employment, and social services. The organization also conducted outreach and informational sessions to help community members navigate local systems and improve self-sufficiency.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.