Learning First Alliance EIN 52-2085368

Learning First Alliance FY2020 filing

EIN  52-2085368 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Alexandria, VA Founded 1997
Form 990 (PDF)
You’re viewing the FY2020 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2024) →
Compare with another nonprofit →
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Learning First Alliance claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Improves student learning in America's public schools.
Leadership
Richard Long · Executive Director · $98K
Money in and out
$282K revenue, $304K expenses
Bottom line
83% program efficiency

Improves student learning in America's public schools. For fiscal year 2020 it reported $282K in revenue, $304K in expenses, and $504K in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$282K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$304K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$504K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$22K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.83 Management & general $0.17
Program efficiency
83%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
20.1mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-8%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$282K
FY2020
Expenses
$304K
FY2020
Total assets
$523K
FY2020
Total liabilities
$19K
FY2020
Total revenue
$282K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$304K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$504K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$22K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$523K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B83%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 311
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 411
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $253K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2019.
01

Lfa is an unprecedented partnership of leading education organizations that have come together to improve student learning in america's public elementary and secondary schools. Lfa leverages the power of its members to elevate all american public schools to world-class standards and prepare all students for successful lives and active…

$253Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CLearning First Alliance
EINHdr · item D52-2085368
Principal addressHdr · item CAlexandria, VA
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.learningfirst.org
Year of formationHdr · item L1997
State of legal domicileHdr · item MVA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFArts & Culture (A99)
Ruling yearIRS BMFJul 1998

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a11
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b11
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$97,629Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Immediate Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Richard Long’s $108K as Executive Director is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2213 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Richard Long$108,218$109,440$105,378$101,903$98,942$97,629

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Learning First Alliance executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants100%$282K
Investment income$382
Total revenueLn 12$282K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.83 Management & general $0.17
Program services83%$253K
Management & general17%$51K
Total functional expensesLn 25$304K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$510K
Total assetsLn 16$523K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$19K
Total net assetsLn 32$504K
Months of cash on handcomputed20.1

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2020 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $510K · Operating expenses/yr $304K
20.1 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $253K · Total expenses $304K
83%
Management & General
Management & general $51K · Total expenses $304K
17%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $304K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $0 · Solicited contributions $282K
Solicited contributions below reporting floor
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $282K · Total revenue $282K
100%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $282K
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $282K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $382 · Total revenue $282K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $304K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $282K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $504K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $282K · Expenses $304K
-8%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $523K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $504K · Total assets $523K
96%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $523K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Richard Long · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $98K · Total expenses $304K
32%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $213K · Total expenses $304K
70%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 83%
Overhead ratio 17%
Fundraising cost ratio 0%
Accounting fee ratio 6%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2021
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$90K

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Learning First Alliance →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024$423K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$486K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$393K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$339K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$282K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.