Nlgi

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

23 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Obtain & disseminate information regarding grease use and products; publishing of grease trade magazine bi-monthly

Revenue model: Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 95.5%; rating input score 95; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Fail

Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 13.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 21 of 22 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $190K · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.