Live Green Connecticut Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271528832
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Fairfield, CT, USA
Phone
2035364695
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$415,786
Expenses
$410,543
Assets
$32,113
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAPHNE DIXON (PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE MONAHAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAPHNE DIXON (PRESIDENT): $168,267 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To address conservation, environmental, and sustainability issues by creating structures and programs that merge global issues with local, scalable, measurable, and meaningful initiatives and projects. Engage community members, businesses, ngos and municipal leaders, and shift public awareness to create positive, sustainable change for our world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Live green programs: our organization integrates the 17 global sustainable development goals into businesses, municipalities and communities through integrating scaleable, metric - driven programs and initiatives that change behavior. Some of our programs include the following: 1) charging smart - technical assistance, resources and coaching is provided to 6 municipalities to set and achieve impactful ev readiness goals; 2) empower - accelerated employer interest and adoption in workplace charging implementation by providing tools, resources, information and recognition needed to support rapid buildout of ev infrastructure - 52 businesses signed workplace pledges, 24 recognized for installations; 3) drive electric ct/deusa2 - develop a state-based "drive electric" program that engages individuals, utilities, legislators, dealerships and others towards removing adoption barriers and accelerating plug-in electric vehicle use; 4) solar - provide solar education to community members; 5) ne ev symposium - support this electric ride and drive event in the parking lot of the zero-emission hotel marcel in the long wharf area of new haven, ct hosted by the ev club of ct; and 6) ev readiness/zoning regulations - collaboration with municipal zoning staff to develop model electric vehicle zoning regulations that support a safe, consistent ev charging experience by enhancing public safety, promotion of clean transportation and prioritize community involvement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.3%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.3% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $392K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $168K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.