Live Lead Free Quad Cities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831466183
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Davenport, IA, USA
Phone
5633268618
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
General Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,200
Expenses
$42,777
Assets
$125,364

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONY KNOBBE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AMY THORESON (BOARD MEMBER)
  • DAVID FARMER (TREASURER)
  • DR MICHAEL REISNER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Live lead free quad cities' mission is to protect and oreserve the health of the quad cities by preventing lead poisoning through: 1) collaboration: sharing progress and collaborating with other nonprofit organizations and local governments in the community. 2) advocacy: seeking funds for the mitigation or abatement of lead. 3) remediation: providing funds for the remediation or abatement of lead in homes to an established partner (or partners) in the area. These partner(s) will handle all aspects of the actual mitigation/abatement, including financing loans or providing grants to individuals for work completted, temporarily re-homing families, and properly supervising all work. 4) education: educating the public and healthcare providers on best practices regarding preventing lead poisoning.

What it reported doing in 2025

Live lead free quad cities will direct abatement or mitigation of lead contaminated homes in scott county, ia. Through payments to vendors or individuals, contracted remediation and abatment work will be monitored by the board, pursuant to local, county, and state building codes and ordinances. During 2025, the organization provided grant assistance for 1.5 home remediations projects in scott county.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.9%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94

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: 62.9%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.93; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.9% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.