Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2009.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990-EZ; $29K paid to officers and key staff.
Dan Miller’s $29K as Former Director, Former President, and Executive Director is at the 17th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Miller | $28,800 | $24,000 | $7,500 | $1,200 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
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 Live by Living Foundation executive salaries →Programs and updates
Helps cancer survivors and caregivers cope with challenges through outdoor nature activities.
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Retreats
Live by Living held 9 survivor-caregiver retreats in 2023, with 147 participants and volunteers. Overall, retreats were at 91% of available capacity, up 3% from last year, and close to pre-Covid levels. We held 4 retreats at the YMCA Conference Center in Estes Park, and 4 at the Tenth Mountain huts.
Education/Outreach
Live by Living spent significant time re-building our connections with cancer treatment centers. Contacting over 100 nurses, social workers, nurse navigators and managers at dozens of different treatment centers. Treatment centers are the primary source of referrals for our various programs.
On-Line Community
Live By Living continued to offer a variety of free on-line programming for friends of the Live By Living community. Programs include mindfulness, Pilates, and strength training. Several hundred people attended these classes in the past year.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 3, 2026 | $173K | $195K | −$22K | $252K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 13, 2025 | $169K | $274K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 7, 2023 | $303K | $161K | $142K | $300K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 17, 2023 | $161K | $159K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 1, 2022 | $120K | $126K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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