Lifeshare Community Blood Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341163202
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Elyria, OH, USA
Phone
4403225700
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Blood Supply Related

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,900,583
Expenses
$21,846,543
Assets
$6,404,541
Liabilities
$569,019

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD L CLUCK (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • RICHARD L CLUCK (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $332,058 total reported compensation
  • MIKE DASH (VP OF OPERATIONS): $160,147 total reported compensation
  • DONYAH PERINE (DIRECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES): $135,623 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

LifeShare Community Blood Services is a community-

What it reported doing in 2014

Lifeshare's services included recruitment, collection, testing, processing and distribution of whole blood and components for hospitals. Lifeshare is a member of america's blood centers, the national organization of independent blood centers, is accredited by the american association of blood banks and licensed by the fda. In 2014 lifeshare distributed over 70,000 units of blood products.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 45
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 3.2%; rating input score 3; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $20M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $332K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $2.2M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.