Life Link

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
651160881
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Owasso, OK, USA
Phone
9182823132
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,263
Expenses
$67,521
Assets
$10,428
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Connie Alessi (President)
  • David Alessi (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Connie Alessi (President)
  • David Alessi (Vice President)
  • Janet Ruckman (Board Member)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide worldwide relief & reduce human suffering.

What it reported doing in 2018

Children & Youth Services, General/Other: Canaan Center - a small orphanages in Ivory Coast where 26 children are feed, clothed, educated and provided with medical assistance. About 20 children outside the home are occasionally helped with food and educational expenses. (38 Number of children help.)We now have more homes open Canaan Center 2 and Canaan Center 3 and Canaan Center 4, (125 children helped) These homes are in bush villages where rent is cheaper.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.4%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 4

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.4% of revenue deployed · 3.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.