Lynx Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475496317
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 5134432459
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,870
- Expenses
- $71,772
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Robyn Lustbader (Chair)
- Steven Humes (Treasurer)
- Megan Moore (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Musical performance and educational outreach
What it reported doing in 2023
Educational programming-combination of one-off and long-term outreach serving 150 children yearly.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -41.1%; rating input score 16; 16th 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: 37.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2023
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.