Life Learning Continuum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141997198
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6465710710
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,177
Expenses
$76,952
Assets
$569
Liabilities
$4,529

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PRENTISS ALTER (PRESIDENT)
  • DIANA ALTER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PRENTISS ALTER (PRESIDENT)
  • DIANA ALTER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GREGORY WEEDEN (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

Promoting health, wellness, and holistic living to urban professionals by bringing the sacred arts of yoga and ayurveda into everyday life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Life learning continuum (llc) is an educational organization which uses innovative and accessible teaching methods to enrich people's lives by bringing to them the benefits of both the theory and practice of yoga as described in the traditional wisdom of the vedas

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 73

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: -1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 7.96; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -29.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.