Like a Lion

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462699974
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3173630794
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$175,713
Expenses
$206,929
Assets
$61,943
Liabilities
$216

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Madison Pascascio (Founder/Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Oliva Raugh (Chairman)
  • Austin Smith (Board Member)
  • Kieron Mitchell (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's primary mission is to provide academic, emotional, and spiritual support to youth on the east side of Indianapolis through after-school programs and a summer camp. It offers a supportive environment where students are known and cared for, with the goal of helping them grow into individuals who positively impact their community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Summer camp provides seven weeks of learning, laughter, and unforgettable summer memories! While we do place an emphasis on supporting our students academically to reduce summer slide, we make sure that our days are filled with engaging and fun activities We place a focus on supporting our students academically to reduce summer slide while keeping our days full of unique and fun activities that keep our program well rounded! Our summer camp includes full-day programming Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, an intensive reading program in partnership with the Indy Learning Team, and enrichment classes in STEM, financial literacy, social-emotional learning, Bible studies, art, and more. The program also offers weekly clubs such as Cooking Club, Spy Club, and Pirate Club, daily opportunities for free and creative play, weekly field trips, and daily breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided at no cost.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.8%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 8

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: -17.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.8% of revenue deployed · 8.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.