Live Like Norah Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873835916
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- East Bend, NC, USA
- Phone
- 3366820093
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $81,115
- Expenses
- $89,375
- Assets
- $21,913
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNIFER SMITHERMAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JENNIFER SMITHERMAN (PRESIDENT)
- BRENT WINSLOW (DIRECTOR)
- BRENT RUSSELL (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The live like norah (lln) foundation was created in november of 2021, just a few weeks after our youngest daughter, norah rayne, was murdered. Within days of her death, the generous community support given to our family was, and still is, comforting. In norahs memory, the foundation strives to be a resource for local schools, churches, ministries, missions (local, national and international), and other charitable organizations dear to our family and board. The lln foundation strives to be the good and do the good every day while assisting people in need.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided many resources to schools, churches, ministries, and missions in memory of norah. The organization provides scholarships to students in memory of norah. The main event is a golf tournament that raises awareness for norah's story.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.
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: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
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: -10.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 40.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -45.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.