Liddo Grannies Touch

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863810563
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3239495143
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$300,000
Expenses
$347,520
Assets
$9,954
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erica Dantzler (President of Board and Chief Executive Officer)
  • Cynthia Curtis (Vice President and Resident Manager)

Highest reported compensation

  • Erica Dantzler (President of Board and Chief Executive Officer): $45,000 total reported compensation
  • Jeremiah Coran (Treasurer and Program Coordinator): $31,349 total reported compensation
  • Cynthia Curtis (Vice President and Resident Manager): $28,756 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Liddo Grannies Touch's mission is to provide tangible assistance for the needy, homeless, and less fortunate such as food, clothing, and access to medical care and shelter, as well as counseling and referral services.

What it reported doing in 2025

1. Successfully enrolled and provided comprehensive services to 65+ students in the Housing Empowerment Program 2. Achieved 80% occupancy rate with all 8/10 resident suite positions filled 3. Completed organizational staffing structure with the addition of specialized roles 4. Facilitated the submission of 65+ job applications, with multiple residents advancing to interview stages 5. Hired 4 full-time staff members 6. Trained and supervised interns and Volunteers 7. Provided resources to over 50 students enrolled into the program so far 8. Provided resources to over 50 students enrolled into the program, and 9. Donated supplies, food and clothing to people in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 88.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -141% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $334K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.