Long Island Blues Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201457701
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Ronkonkoma, NY, USA
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,659
Expenses
$51,467
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL RUSSO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL RUSSO (PRESIDENT)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization was formed to be able to provide a place for physically disabled and learning diabled children to be able to learn and play ice hockey, primarily on long island, in nassau and suffolk counties. The organization's founder has many years of experience working with children as an ice hockey coach. He has achieved a level 4 coaching certification from USA hockey, a national hockey certifying organization. This is the highest level certificate available for youth hockey in the united states. The founder has had experience working with disabled children in the past. Since there is no organization on long island that provides the type of teaching available, he has decided to form this organization so that these services will become available to eligible children on long island.

What it reported doing in 2017

Several dozen physically and learning disabled children were able to participate each week in ice hockey clinics. Also, they were able to play against other similar organizations.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 52.1%; rating input score 52

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -79.6%; rating input score 8; 8th 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: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 52.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.