Livingston Promise

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 463149064
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2016–2021
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2017
Location: Howell, MI, USA
Phone: 5175406829
Rating: 83
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Child Day Care

Reported finances

Revenue: $3,655
Expenses: $49,804
Assets: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

ROBIN SCHUTZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

ROBIN SCHUTZ (PRESIDENT)
CANDICE DAVIES (TREASURER)
KATHY VIRDEN (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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide access to quality preschool for all children in livingston county through collaboration with community partners, educators, businesses, and families.

What it reported doing in 2021

Provide funding for high-quality, early childhood preschool programs for livingston county children.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 95
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 8
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -1,262.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -22.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2021
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.

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High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.