The Living Nativity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461318902
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Nibley, UT, USA
Phone
8013623662
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,366
Expenses
$61,139
Assets
$154,349
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARON LARSEN (PRESIDENT)
  • WILL JONES (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GARON LARSEN (PRESIDENT)
  • ALISON LARSEN (SECRETARY)
  • WILL JONES (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

The living nativity is a community event depicting the birth of jesus christ in a natural setting. The event lasts for 5 days between thanksgiving and christmas. It involves 100 volunteers per night. Donations are accepted. The funds that are received after expenses will be distributed to charities that the board of directors have selected.

What it reported doing in 2024

Runs a community event depicting the birth of jesuschrist in a natural setting.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - 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: 21
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.3%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 25.6%; rating input score 26

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.52; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.3% of revenue deployed · 25.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.