Life Camp INC FY2020 filing

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Morristown, NJ501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 22-3280596Revenue $582K in FY2020

On file with the IRSgreaternewarklife.org53 Maple Ave, 07960-5219 · Morristown, NJTax-exempt since Jun 1994Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Life Camp operates a six-week summer Camp experince for inner-city children from greater newark, NJ , providing an enriching experience in a rural setting.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$60K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $466K a year · 38% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 29% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 29% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
41 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 41.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$582K
Spent
$203K
To programs
66%
Net assets
$727K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$582K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$582K
FY2021$891K
FY2022$986K
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.0M
Expenses
$203K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$203K
FY2021$605K
FY2022$870K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$727K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$727K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.7M

From the FY2020 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1994.

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

Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $134K Management & general 23% · $48K Fundraising 11% · $22K

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

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

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Trustee, Executive Director
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Chair and Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Chair and Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, Secretary, Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kathleen Cree’s $70K as Executive Director; Trustee is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kathleen Cree$70,000————
Kathy Cree—$70,000$60,000$60,000$60,000

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides inner-city children a rural summer camp experience.

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1 program · $134K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Virtual summer camp held in 2020 due to the health risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

$134Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$582K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$582K
Money outPt IX
$203K
Ln 25
Programscol B$134K
Managementcol C$48K
Fundraisingcol D$22K
Owns and owesPt X
$727K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$695K
Total assetsLn 16$727K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$582K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$15K
Total revenueLn 12$582K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$695K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$695K
Total assetsLn 16$727K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$727K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 670
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$317K$695K
Total assetsLn 16$357K$727K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K$0
Net assetsLn 32$348K$727K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$60K$24K$18K$18K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$44K$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$7K$1K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$579$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$26K$26K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$32K$26K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$2K$3K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$203K$134K$48K$22K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.0M$1.1M$845K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.0M$704K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $986K$870K$116K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $891K$605K$287K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $582K$203K$378K$727K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $581,761 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $640,345$581,761
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $124,400$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $764,745$581,761
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $403,766$118,150
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $355,901$85,242
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $759,667$203,392
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $5,078$378,369
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $581,761 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$14,573
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$567,188
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$581,761
VIII-12 Total revenue$581,761
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $203,392 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $24,000 · Management $18,000 · Fundraising $18,000$60,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $43,797$43,797
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,892$4,892
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,707 · Management $1,377 · Fundraising $1,377$9,461
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,190$17,190
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $1,221$1,221
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $579 · Management $1,736$2,315
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,769$25,769
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,870 · Management $6,233$32,103
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,401 · Management $3,077 · Fundraising $1,166$6,644
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $134,015 · Management $47,613 · Fundraising $21,764$203,392
Part X · Balance sheet $726,711 assets, 8 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $316,627$694,911
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $23,880$29,800
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$2,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $356,903$726,711
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,561$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $348,342$726,711
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $348,342$726,711
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $356,903$726,711
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $726,711 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$581,761
XI-2 Total expenses$203,392
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$378,369
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$348,342
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$726,711

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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