The Liv Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861722570
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Wayne, PA, USA
- Phone
- 3035872304
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $129,443
- Expenses
- $172,695
- Assets
- $201,425
- Liabilities
- $1,550
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HELEN HONEY BEUF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- HELEN HONEY BEUF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD DIRECTOR)
- SUSAN CASO (BOARD DIRECTOR)
- MELISSA GRUMHAUS (BOARD CHAIR)
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
The liv project is a non-profit organization that develops creative tools that encourage fearless conversations to turn the tide of youth suicide.
What it reported doing in 2024
We envision a global shift where fear of judgement does not hold anyone back from speaking openly about their mental health. A world where we all have the skills to compassionately listen, support and safely guide those in crisis, so that youth suicide is no longer an option. We are a group of artists, filmmakers, and creative humans from around the world, whose lives have been touched by youth suicide. We are collaborating with youth and mental health professionals to create thoughtful experiences and tools aimed at sparking the kind of fearless communication that can save lives. We're constantly imagining and building new tools and resources designed to eliminate the stigma of mental health issues and reverse the soaring rate of youth suicide. Some of the tools and resources the liv project provides includes: speaker series: virtual presentations and in-person talks on the power of fearless conversation to turn the tide of youth suicide by sharing lived experiences, stories, and empowering others to share their own experiences.creative workshops: these workshops are designed for high school and college youth as well as adult multigenerational audiences. What we need most when we are struggling is connection, and a great way to connect is through artistic collaboration. These workshops use the game that goes there, a proprietary game that guides players to a deeper level of connection by inviting dialogue about difficult topics, encouraging self-discovery and vulnerability that doesn't feel so exposing because everyone is sharing during the process of play, along with storytelling, and creative arts prompts to cultivate and inspire connection and fearless conversations among participants. Workshop content is tailored and customized for each school and/or organization's needs and goals. Based on availability, mental health professionals often join to share resources and as emotional support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -33.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 46% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.