Lightup Lawndale Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863435706
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7738222520
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $222,475
- Expenses
- $206,368
- Assets
- $1,840
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- SCHANEL SHAW (BOARD CHAIR): $51,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Light nbsp; up nbsp; lawndale nbsp; is nbsp; a nbsp; certified nbsp;501(c)(3) nbsp; nonprofit nbsp; headquartered nbsp; in nbsp; chicagos nbsp; lawndale nbsp; community nbsp; our nbsp; mission nbsp; is nbsp; to nbsp; change nbsp; the nbsp; narrative nbsp; of nbsp; chicagos nbsp; west nbsp; side nbsp; communities nbsp; through nbsp; education nbsp; empowerment nbsp; engagement nbsp; housing nbsp; and nbsp; economic nbsp; development nbsp; we nbsp; collaborate nbsp; closely nbsp; with nbsp; residents nbsp; and nbsp; organizations nbsp; in nbsp; lawndale nbsp; to nbsp; foster nbsp; a nbsp; healthier nbsp; more nbsp; cohesive nbsp; and nbsp; flourishing nbsp; community
What it reported doing in 2024
Light up lawndale is a certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in chicagos lawndale community. Our mission is to change the narrative of chicagos west side communities through education empowerment engagement housing and economic development. We collaborate closely with residents and organizations in lawndale to foster a healthier more cohesive and flourishing community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 90% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $42.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $200K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $51K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.