Lismore Road Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863255649
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2127156763
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Film, Video
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $875,711
- Expenses
- $935,658
- Assets
- $154,547
- Liabilities
- $20,220
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARGARET MUNZER LOEB (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARGARET MUNZER LOEB (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
- PATRICIA YOUNGWOOD (DIRECTOR)
- ORIN SNYDER (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Lismore road funds, produces and distributes educational content through documentary films, podcasts, and other media that the organization has direct control over or are created by other mission aligned organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Program support for documentary films and other educational media or live event content that is mission-aligned and produced by outside organizations. Support is made by direct grants from lismore and through fiscal sponsorships. Notable projects for 2024 were: 1) New York future of cities documentary film which completed production milestones in 2024 and previously restricted funds were distributed to fund operations. 2) support for showtown theatricals project shabbat on broadway, a perfomance at the st. James theatre where the jewish and broadway communities joined for an inclusive shabbat service that blended jewish prayer and showtunes. 3) key to the city productions was supported for their project hanukkah on broadway, a music video filmed in times square featuring broadway performers in the celebration of hanukkah.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 77% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 79.6%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 79.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $745K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- 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: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.