Local Infrastructure for Local Agriculture Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900514355
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Cold Spring, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5188210004
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $106,030
- Expenses
- $150,548
- Assets
- $437,088
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide education and training to the community regarding humane and safe animal slaughtering techniques, processing of meat, wool and related matters.
What it reported doing in 2011
Local infrastructure for local agriculture, inc. (lila) is a not-for-profit organization created to strengthen the structural foundations of agriculture in the hudson valley. Lila was launched with the goal of accelerating the development of local infrastructure that supports local agriculture and provide producers with efficient access to the information they need to reach emerging markets that seek high-quality regional agricultural products.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.7%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 67.4%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -42%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.9; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -141.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.7% of revenue deployed · 67.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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
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- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.