Missouri Operation Lifesaver Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431810240
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Jefferson City, MO, USA
Phone
5736946412
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,409
Expenses
$107,410
Assets
$100,523

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Wasko (President)
  • Cortlin LaBlank (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mark Wasko (President)
  • Alexander Schroeder (Secretary\Treas)
  • Cortlin LaBlank (Vice 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote an active, public education program designed to reduce the number of crashes, deaths, and injuries and trespassing at highway-rail grade crossings and railroad rights-of-way throughout the state.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization received 402 funds from the State of Missouri which were utilized as follows: Conducted 10 Railroad Investigation Safety Courses (RISC) given to 355 law enforcement officers and first responders primarily in our target counties; assisted with one Officer on the Train event in Independence, MO where 31 citations were issued for various traffic and crossing violations.

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
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.2%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 53.8%; rating input score 54

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.3%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.2% of revenue deployed · 53.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.