Locally Grown

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842148701
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4125012055
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neighborhood Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,783,023
Expenses
$2,585,634
Assets
$3,919,761
Liabilities
$693,440

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL SKIRPAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL SKIRPAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $95,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Equitable community development for the 21st century that forges relationships, inspires creativity, and teaches the tools of the future.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 the organization ran a physical community center out of its hq facility and operated 5 core programs: 1) a program to create economic mobility pathways for individuals residing in economically distressed communities, a technology education and youth empowerment program, a violence prevention and public health program, and an arts and culture event series, 2) removed barriers to work for 50 individuals, performed 98 family stabilization projects, served 29 people in workforce cohorts, and supported 200+ families through food and pantry services, 3) served 250 youth through a mixture of in-school and out-of-school time programming, 4) performed 80+ de-escalations and mediations, ran 26 free community events, and supported 42 high-risk participants, and 5) carried out 12 events that brought together over 600 people from the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $210.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.