Literacy of Northern New York Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237330120
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Watertown, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3157824270
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $113,937
- Expenses
- $113,678
- Assets
- $69,314
- Liabilities
- $19,052
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DENISE RANDALL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DENISE RANDALL (PRESIDENT)
- DENISE BROWNELL (VICE PRESIDE)
- CHELSEA HAYDEN (SECRETARY)
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 purpose of the organization shall be to promote and foster increased adult literacy in jefferson and lewis counties through the use of trained volunteer tutors.
What it reported doing in 2024
Through the use of trained volunteer tutors, the organization assists illiterate, semi-literate and non-english speaking persons desiring to increase literacy. The people receiving services are primarily individuals who are sixteen years of age or over and who are not enrolled in a middle or secondary school.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 98
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: 0.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.