North Shore Area Partners

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Supporting the independence of older adults in eastern lake county MN who wish to live at home as long as possible by coordinating community volunteers to provide transporation and other services, offering care navigation and in-home services, and organizing social and education programs and opportunities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 45 volunteers and 19 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $90K a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $350K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $33K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$556K
-21% vs prior year
Spent
$629K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$898K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$556K
FY2025▼ -21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$555K
FY2021$527K
FY2022$687K
FY2023$641K
FY2024$701K
FY2025$556K
Expenses
$629K
FY2025▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$258K
FY2021$474K
FY2022$478K
FY2023$612K
FY2024$677K
FY2025$629K
Net assets
$898K
FY2025▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$649K
FY2021$703K
FY2022$870K
FY2023$918K
FY2024$961K
FY2025$898K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $479K Management & general 22% · $136K Fundraising 2% · $14K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $60K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Former Exec
$60,140Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secret
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kelly Looby’s $60K as Former Exec is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lise Abazs—$29,994$68,700$65,817$56,237$52,264
Kelly Looby$60,140$54,600————

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Connects volunteers and services to help seniors live independently at home.

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3 programs · $367K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Home Care & Caregiver Support

Provide aging services care navigation assistance to older adults and their caregivers, offer individual and group counseling and education, provide in-home personal care and homemaking services.

$249Kprogram expense
02

Senior Community Center

Operating a senior community center in silver bay MN at 36 shopping center RD in the former wells fargo bank building

$73Kprogram expense
03

Volunteer Program

Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers to provide services and support to older adults, including transportation, chore assistance, grocery and meals-on-wheels delivery, friendly visiting etc.

$45Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$33K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$556K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$386K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$125K
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Money outPt IX
$629K
Ln 25
Programscol B$479K
Managementcol C$136K
Fundraisingcol D$14K
Owns and owesPt X
$898K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$53K
Total assetsLn 16$903K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$386K
Government grantsLn 1e$291K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$125K
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Gains on assetsLn 7$19K
Total revenueLn 12$556K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$21K
SavingsLn 2$32K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$53K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$350K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$479K
Total assetsLn 16$903K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$898K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 645
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$48K$53K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$382K$350K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$498K$479K
Total assetsLn 16$962K$903K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$961K$898K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$60K$60K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$353K$321K$32K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$9K$573
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$32K$26K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Investment management feesLn 11f$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$14K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$7K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$30$5K
OccupancyLn 16$25K$25K
TravelLn 17$18K$18K$124
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$487$487
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$35K$35K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$10K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$24K$17K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$8K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$629K$479K$136K$14K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 20, 2026 $556K$629K−$73K$898K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 6, 2025 $701K$677K$23K$961K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 19, 2024 $641K$612K$30K$918K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 7, 2023 $687K$478K$209K$870K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 $527K$474K$53K$703K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $555K$258K$296K$649K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $556,095 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $516,397$386,442
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $151,085$125,219
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $12,936$27,707
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,404$16,727
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $700,822$556,095
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $496,378$465,651
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $180,994$163,407
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $677,372$629,058
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $23,450−$72,963
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $556,095 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$7,929
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,200
VIII-1e Government grants$291,357
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$85,956
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$386,442
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $125,219$125,219
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $8,416$8,416
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $19,291$19,291
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$16,431
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $296$296
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $153,222$556,095
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $629,058 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $60,140$60,140
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $321,031 · Management $32,353$353,384
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,825 · Management $573$9,398
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $10,245$10,245
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,669 · Management $6,815$32,484
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,150$3,150
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,819$2,819
IX-11g Other fees for servicesFundraising $14,000$14,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,173$4,173
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,665 · Management $3,175$9,840
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $30 · Management $4,575$4,605
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,358$25,358
IX-17 TravelPrograms $17,534 · Management $124$17,658
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $487$487
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $34,710$34,710
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,243 · Management $3,406$13,649
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,030 · Management $6,579$23,609
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,817 · Management $1,532$9,349
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $479,085 · Management $135,973 · Fundraising $14,000$629,058
Part X · Balance sheet $902,779 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $31,011$20,770
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $16,889$31,857
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $34,472$20,224
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $498,203$479,494
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $381,829$350,434
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $962,404$902,779
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,123$4,892
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,123$4,892
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $961,281$897,887
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $961,281$897,887
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $962,404$902,779
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $897,887 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$556,095
XI-2 Total expenses$629,058
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$72,963
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$961,281
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$9,569
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$897,887

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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