Literacy Volunteers of Livingston County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161386446
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Leicester, NY, USA
Phone
5856587970
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,294
Expenses
$68,430
Assets
$40,044
Liabilities
$40,583

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DIANNE KRENZER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DIANNE KRENZER (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT LYNCH (TREASURER)
  • DAVID W PARISH (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

It is the mission of literacy volunteers of livingston county, inc., to improve literacy in livingston county, New York, by utilizing professionally trained volunteer tutors to assist adults in gaining the literacy skills needed to reach their full potential as individuals, parents, workers and citizens.

What it reported doing in 2016

Literacy volunteers of livingston county, inc. (lvlc), serves the county by training volunteers to tutor adults in basic literacy and english to speakers of other languages. Lvlc provides free, confidential, and learner-centered services to adults who need assistance improving their full potential as individuals, parents, workers and citizens. Lvlc served 60 individuals

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.