The League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421661464
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
Newark, NJ, USA
Phone
9736436373
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Community Coalitions

Reported finances

Revenue
$264,979
Expenses
$2,129,342
Assets
$611,564
Liabilities
$12,907

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the league is to create a school and web-based system for service learning that builds character and empowers young people to "do good" in their community, the nation and the world.

What it reported doing in 2010

The league programming: k-12 grade level lessons by learning to give, the curriculum division of the league, are specifically developed and coded to all state academic standards. The lessons teach the importance of giving, serving and civic engagement. Learning to give is the world's leading youth service and character building curriculum with over 1,400 lessons on philanthropy education, civic engagement and service. Continued on schedule o... Four league service learning events throughout the academic school year where students develop design and execute a service project in their community that affects an issue of their choice. The max m. Fisher online institute provides professional development for teachers in the methods of thoughtful service and civic engagement; teaching the benefit of philanthropy education. Training is offered online through the league website and offline in the league key markets. A national awards system which is a threshold-based model in which everyone can achieve success and recognition. Individual class and school recognition as well as a national awards celebration held in june to honor the top league achievers nationwide. In partnership with parade magazine, the league has established the all-america high school service team that recognizes students that have exhibited exemplary service achievement and are making a measurable impact on issues in their community. School bridge league, a program of the league, provides teachers and students with resources to learn and discover that the game of bridge can help young people develop their critical thinking and math skills as well as socialization and teamwork - teaching them how to address issues within their communities with positive resolutions; and strengthening their communities through intergeneration interaction. In 2009, the league the following services and use of material not refelcted on the form 990: ceo donated time: 250,000 travel vouchers: 100,000 advertising and promotion: 269,000 use of a facility: 3,500

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 100
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -703.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.