Live Love: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 26-0880504)

Melinda Gunther’s $66K as Exec Director as of April, 2025 is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1708 $100K–1M community development 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Melinda Gunther	$65,697	$30,960	$30,960	$30,960	$30,710	—
Carrie Kearney	$13,938	$37,500	$32,813	$32,813	$37,500	$35,938

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

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Partners with neighborhood leaders to build strong communities and care for neighbors.

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2 programs · $221K · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Live love provides support for the operations of live love limited (LLL), an african ngo that provides community development services for the villages of chipampha, mkanda, and chiliza in malawi, africa. In 2021 there was a continued need for medical care and basic necessities due to covid.

$116Kprogram expense

02

Live love chandler provided community development services related to connecting with and caring for our neighbors in the downtown chandler area. Services in 2021 were off to a slower start early in the year due to covid but many more program opportunities and volunteers were in place during the third and fourth quarters.

$105Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$50K

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INCFY2024$20K

Paypal Charitable Giving FundFY2024$7K

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$77K

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Grants paid · 10 grants · $7K · 2021–2023

Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,884

Unitemized GrantFY2023$400

Unitemized GrantFY2023$225

Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,045

Unitemized GrantFY2022$503

Unitemized GrantFY2022$270

Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,416

Unitemized GrantFY2021$800

Unitemized GrantFY2021$490

Unitemized GrantFY2021$203

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$438K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$423K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$15K

Other incomeLn 4–11$189

Money outPt IX

$293K

Ln 25

Programscol B$221K

Managementcol C$48K

Fundraisingcol D$24K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.0M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$499K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$250K

PeoplePt VI, VII

7

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b4

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$423K

Government grantsLn 1e$22K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$15K

Investment incomeLn 3$72

Other incomeLn 4–11$189

Total revenueLn 12$438K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$152K

SavingsLn 2$347K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$499K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$676K

Other assetsLn 15$76K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$250K

Net assetsLn 32$1.0M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 57

VolunteersI 6152

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

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$159K	$499K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$676K	$676K
Total assetsLn 16	$878K	$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$11K	$250K
Net assetsLn 32	$867K	$1.0M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$33K	$33K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$114K	$114K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$68K	$25K	$27K	$16K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$4K	$3K	$1K	$380
Payroll taxesLn 10	$6K	$2K	$2K	$1K
Legal feesLn 11b	$100		$100
Accounting feesLn 11c	$9K		$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$2K		$216
Office expensesLn 13	$6K	$899	$5K	$9
Information technologyLn 14	$6K	$86	$1K	$4K
OccupancyLn 16	$17K	$17K
TravelLn 17	$700	$560	$70	$70
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$1K		$659	$420
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$11K	$11K	$99
InsuranceLn 23	$6K	$4K	$1K	$96
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$10K	$8K	$50	$998
Total functional expensesLn 25	$293K	$221K	$48K	$24K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$586K	$641K	−$55K	$2.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.6M	$573K	$1.0M	$2.8M	990 PDF
FY2023	$699K	$339K	$360K	$1.8M	990 PDF
FY2022	$745K	$348K	$397K	$1.4M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$438K	$293K	$145K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2020	$276K	$277K	−$2K	$867K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $438,112 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $268,242$422,560

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,283$15,291

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $86$72

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$1,823$189

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $275,788$438,112

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $124,414$147,319

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $73,573$78,493

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $79,464$67,386

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $277,451$293,198

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,663$144,914

Part VI · Governance 4 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members4

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $438,112 across 8 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $189 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$49

VIII-1e Government grants$21,928

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$400,583

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$10,383

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$422,560

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $15,291$15,291

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $72$72

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $15,480 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $72$438,112

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $293,198 across 16 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $32,909$32,909

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $114,410$114,410

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $24,892 · Management $27,284 · Fundraising $16,034$68,210

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,657 · Management $1,326 · Fundraising $380$4,363

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,247 · Management $2,334 · Fundraising $1,339$5,920

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $100$100

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,968$8,968

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,076 · Fundraising $216$2,292

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $899 · Management $4,797 · Fundraising $9$5,705

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $86 · Management $1,062 · Fundraising $4,460$5,608

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $17,117$17,117

IX-17 TravelPrograms $560 · Management $70 · Fundraising $70$700

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $659 · Fundraising $420$1,079

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,548 · Management $99$10,647

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,298 · Management $1,237 · Fundraising $96$5,631

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $8,491 · Management $50 · Fundraising $998$9,539

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $221,190 · Management $47,986 · Fundraising $24,022$293,198

Part X · Balance sheet $1,261,776 assets, 11 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $69,777$151,760

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $89,098$347,091

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $676,497$675,574

X-14 Intangible assets$10,971

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,603$76,380

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $877,975$1,261,776

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $11,113$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,113$250,000

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $866,862$1,011,776

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $866,862$1,011,776

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $877,975$1,261,776

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,011,776 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$438,112

XI-2 Total expenses$293,198

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$144,914

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$866,862

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,011,776

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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