Organizing Lake County to Build a healthier community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$66K 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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FY2023 · 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
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$66K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.8 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
$527K
42% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 42% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$719K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2023▲ +10%
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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
FY2023▲ +17%
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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
$719K
FY2023+0.3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$453K
FY2021$648K
FY2022$717K
FY2023$719K
FY2024$1.1M

From the FY2023 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

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $1.1M Management & general 10% · $122K 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

8 people listed on the 990; $66K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$66,178Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$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

Programs and updates

Organizes Lake County residents to create a healthier community.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

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.

$624Kprogram expense
02

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.

$496Kprogram 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$122K
Fundraisingcol D$9K
Owns and owesPt X
$719K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$705K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$527K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$586K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$705K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$705K
Other assetsLn 15$483K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$527K
Net assetsLn 32$719K
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$570K$705K
Total assetsLn 16$811K$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$94K$527K
Net assetsLn 32$717K$719K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$36K$36K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$76K$64K$11K$2K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$107K$90K$15K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$474K$455K$17K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$63K$58K$4K$625
Payroll taxesLn 10$55K$52K$3K$554
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$41K$28K$13K$110
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$289K$278K$11K$435
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K$298
Office expensesLn 13$6K$963$4K$294
Information technologyLn 14$359$75$284
OccupancyLn 16$11K$5K$5K
TravelLn 17$10K$10K$104
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$54K$32K$22K$742
InsuranceLn 23$4K$437$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14K$3K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.1M$122K$9K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.7M$1.3M$372K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $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 $1,253,317 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,132,826$1,239,090
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,000$12,797
I-10 Investment income$1,430
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,137,826$1,253,317
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $31,786$36,182
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $551,207$774,978
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $485,331$439,768
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,068,324$1,250,928
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $69,502$2,389
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $1,253,317 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$586,100
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$652,990
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,239,090
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $12,797$12,797
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,430$1,430
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $12,797 · Excluded from tax $1,430$1,253,317
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,250,928 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $36,182$36,182
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $63,599 · Management $10,600 · Fundraising $1,514$75,713
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $90,101 · Management $15,017 · Fundraising $2,145$107,263
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $454,674 · Management $16,505 · Fundraising $2,914$474,093
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $58,134 · Management $3,751 · Fundraising $625$62,510
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $51,521 · Management $3,324 · Fundraising $554$55,399
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,891 · Management $1,892$3,783
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $28,009 · Management $12,541 · Fundraising $110$40,660
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $277,970 · Management $10,503 · Fundraising $435$288,908
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,141 · Management $298$7,439
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $963 · Management $4,387 · Fundraising $294$5,644
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $75 · Management $284$359
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,400 · Management $5,400$10,800
IX-17 TravelPrograms $9,622 · Management $104$9,726
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $31,525 · Management $21,882 · Fundraising $742$54,149
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $437 · Management $3,929$4,366
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,700 · Management $11,234$13,934
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,119,944 · Management $121,651 · Fundraising $9,333$1,250,928
Part X · Balance sheet $1,246,689 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $569,610$705,196
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $158,962$50,981
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,162$7,546
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $81,209$482,966
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $810,943$1,246,689
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,718$7,844
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $81,209$482,966
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,914$36,388
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $93,841$527,198
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $635,893$236,525
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $81,209$482,966
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $717,102$719,491
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $810,943$1,246,689
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $719,491 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,253,317
XI-2 Total expenses$1,250,928
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,389
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$717,102
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$719,491

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