Organizing Lake County to Build a healthier community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 11 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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 $155K a year · 12% 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
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$815K
43% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 43% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
+32% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2024▲ +32%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.7M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.3M
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +52%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$453K
FY2021$648K
FY2022$717K
FY2023$719K
FY2024$1.1M

From the FY2024 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 Feb 2019.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $1.1M Management & general 11% · $143K Fundraising 1% · $9K

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

7 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Vice Preside
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Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Carlye Sayler’s $66K as Director is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Noah Sosin—$70,000——
Katherine Baldassar——$67,018$62,874
Carlye Sayler$66,178———

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Organizes Lake County residents to create a healthier community.

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3 programs · $353K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

1.COALITION building and community organizing: we support individuals- including youth and adults--who are most impacted by community health issues in their work to effect change. We help provide structure and processes so that people and organizations can come together to work on an issue efficiently.

$184Kprogram expense
02

2.FIELD and capacity building: we focus on finding and strengthening the leaders in a community through training and access to resources, expertise, relationships and skill-building.

$169Kprogram expense
03

Community Research, Planning and Evaluation

We work with community members to better understand the root causes of community health issues, to identify ways to address these issues-and to evaluate our progress toward a shared goal.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K
Grants paid · 22 grants · $520K · 2020–2024
Individual RecipientFY2024$31,699
Lake County Government GolFY2024$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$18,058
Individual RecipientFY2024$18,000
Center of Early Childhood ProgramsFY2024$13,200
St George's Community MealsFY2024$10,000
Project DreamFY2024$9,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$36,182
Unitemized GrantFY2022$21,624
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,162
Lake County Government GolFY2021$40,000
St George's Community MealsFY2021$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$16,005
Unitemized GrantFY2021$8,126
Unitemized GrantFY2021$656
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$143K
Fundraisingcol D$9K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$815K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$611K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
Other assetsLn 15$752K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$815K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$705K$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$527K$815K
Net assetsLn 32$719K$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$166K$166K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$18K$18K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$611K$568K$37K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$99K$92K$6K$977
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$56K$4K$599
Legal feesLn 11b$515$258$257
Accounting feesLn 11c$27K$15K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$151K$142K$9K$375
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$86
Office expensesLn 13$14K$2K$12K$4
Information technologyLn 14$144$30$114
OccupancyLn 16$53K$27K$27K
TravelLn 17$12K$12K$484
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$50K$27K$21K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$438$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.1M$143K$9K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.7M$1.3M$372K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.3M$2K$719K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$1.1M$70K$717K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$1.0M$194K$648K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$1.2M$137K$453K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,651,059 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,239,090$1,640,221
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $12,797$2,025
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,430$8,813
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,253,317$1,651,059
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $36,182$184,256
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $774,978$769,643
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $439,768$325,569
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,250,928$1,279,468
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,389$371,591
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,651,059 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$611,100
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,029,121
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,640,221
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,025$2,025
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $8,813$8,813
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,025 · Excluded from tax $8,813$1,651,059
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,279,468 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $166,198$166,198
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $18,058$18,058
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $568,225 · Management $36,660 · Fundraising $6,110$610,995
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $91,818 · Management $5,860 · Fundraising $977$98,655
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $55,794 · Management $3,600 · Fundraising $599$59,993
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $258 · Management $257$515
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $15,185 · Management $12,154$27,339
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $141,956 · Management $8,857 · Fundraising $375$151,188
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,062 · Management $86$2,148
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,040 · Management $12,436 · Fundraising $4$14,480
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $30 · Management $114$144
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,550 · Management $26,550$53,100
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,616 · Management $484$12,100
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $27,131 · Management $21,268 · Fundraising $1,297$49,696
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $438 · Management $3,942$4,380
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $10,479$10,479
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,127,359 · Management $142,747 · Fundraising $9,362$1,279,468
Part X · Balance sheet $1,906,075 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $705,196$1,016,975
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $50,981$133,873
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,546$3,073
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $482,966$752,154
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,246,689$1,906,075
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,844$7,703
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $482,966$754,650
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $36,388$52,640
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $527,198$814,993
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $236,525$338,928
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $482,966$752,154
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $719,491$1,091,082
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,246,689$1,906,075
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,091,082 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,651,059
XI-2 Total expenses$1,279,468
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$371,591
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$719,491
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,091,082

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