Mass L E a P Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811668473
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
5084506952
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,058
Expenses
$48,310
Assets
$1,960
Liabilities
$1,000

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ALEX CHARALAMBIDES (TREASURER/CLERK)
  • EVE EWING (DIRECTOR)
  • RALPH BOUQUET (DIRECTOR)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Massachusetts literary education and performance(massleap) is dedicated to building and supporting spaces for youth to experience the transformative power of their own voices in community with one another. We exist as a platform for young people, artist-educators and organizers to fosterpositive youth development through spoken word poetry forums. We facilitate arts learning spaces and build relationships among communites throughout Massachusetts.

What it reported doing in 2020

Youth spoken word leaders program - the youth spoken word leaders program seeks to support the development of youth not only as artists but also as organizers and teachers. We work alongside young people and provide them with opportunities to develop their leadership skills and sustain a thriving youth arts culture in the city of boston. Youth spoken word leaders receive stipends, training and mentorship in the planning and management of an ongoing open mic, workshop & youth poetry slam series, where the young people directly serve their peers. Stay lit professional development series - monthly drop in educational series for teachers to learn more about employing spoken word poetry in the classroom.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for member benefits.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.7%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -44.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -62.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.7% of revenue deployed · 14.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.