jain.com
jain.comCharity Clarity

Charity Clarity › Look up a charity › New York

Laboratory for Icon and Idiom Inc

New York, New York · EIN 13-3298768 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1987

D

Charity Clarity grade D (score 47.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Graded against 44,780 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.-0.2 months0
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.56% of practices56
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.89
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.51% from one source62
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.50%50
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.9%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.14not scored

Scores compare this charity with its peer group; 100 is best. How Charity Clarity rates charities.

Year by year

2017201820202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2024Form 990$740K$740K−$149−$14K-0.22D
Dec 2023Form 990$479K$488K−$9,169−$14K-0.31F
Dec 2022Form 990$479K$427K$52K−$4,562-0.12F
Dec 2021Form 990$386K$410K−$24K−$57K-1.72F
Dec 2020Form 990$235K$281K−$46K−$18K-0.81F
Dec 2018Form 990$270K$335K−$66K$22K0.80D
Dec 2017Form 990$357K$325K$32K$87K3.20C
Dec 2015Form 990-PF—————

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

Similar arts, culture & humanities charities in New York