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Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$259krevenue
FY2025 · +13% in 3 yrs13staff
7 of 7years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−5.7%
Months of reserve4.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+25.5%
Middle half of peersMedianElla Library
Where the money goes FY2025 · $273k spent
Programs$273k100%Management and general$5880%Fundraising$1450%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$34k in FY2024 and −$15k in FY2025. Cash covers 4.2 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 26% a year since FY2019, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort13funders
$78ka year, last 3 years
38%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20’21’22’23Lyndhurst Foundation IncSince FY2020$100$25k$30k$35kThe Trust for Public LandOn and off$35k$40kBenwood Foundation IncOn and off$15k$5k$10k$10kFootprint Foundation IncSince FY2021$3k$2k$17kHumanities TennesseeOn and off$15kLillian L Colby Charitable Fdn IaNew in FY2023$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$41$6k$17k2 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$15k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund