Chai 4ever INC FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

Lakewood, NJ501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 46-4175755Revenue $3.3M in FY2020

On file with the IRSchai4ever.org1221 Madison Ave, 08701-1753 · Lakewood, NJTax-exempt since Jun 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide support services for families with young children in which one or both of the parents is suffering from a life-threatening illness.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$420K 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $223K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$420K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $504K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.1M
48% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 48% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.3M
Spent
$2.4M
To programs
94%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.3M
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.2M
Expenses
$2.4M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$3.6M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$740K
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$2.5M

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 2014.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $2.2M Management & general 5% · $114K Fundraising 2% · $41K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $420K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive VP
$299,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Social Services
$121,280Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Samuel Zaks’s $422K as Executive VP is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $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
Samuel Zaks$422,000$426,000$421,000$326,500$299,000
Larry E Levi$141,880$145,880$145,880$139,512$121,280

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

Supports families with young children when a parent has a life-threatening illness.

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1 program · $2.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Providing support services for families with young children in which one or both of the parents is suffering from a life-threatening illness.

$2.2Mprogram expense

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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $561K · 2020–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$296,841
Unitemized GrantFY2020$264,434

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$91
Money outPt IX
$2.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.2M
Managementcol C$114K
Fundraisingcol D$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$417K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$128K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$108K
Investment incomeLn 3$91
Gains on assetsLn 7−$365K
Total revenueLn 12$3.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$417K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$417K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 61,100
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$138K$417K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.0M$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$958K$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$280K$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$264K$264K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$424K$394K$30K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$337K$292K$44K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$110K$100K$11K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$55K$50K$5K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$0$5K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$29K$23K$0$6K
Office expensesLn 13$54K$34K$9K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$0$726
OccupancyLn 16$28K$25K$3K$0
TravelLn 17$48K$41K$0$7K
InterestLn 20$27K$27K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$24K$22K$2K$0
InsuranceLn 23$10K$9K$958$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$978K$958K$3K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.4M$2.2M$114K$41K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $3.2M$3.6M−$433K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.5M$3.2M$219K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.9M$3.3M$585K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.8M$4.0M−$188K$740K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.3M$2.4M$931K$1.2M 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 $3,330,763 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,947,313$3,695,272
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $52−$364,509
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $27,253$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,974,618$3,330,763
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $159,524$264,434
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $787,403$925,996
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $900,050$1,209,013
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,846,977$2,399,443
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $127,641$931,320
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $3,330,763 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$128,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,567,272
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$108,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,695,272
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $91$91
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$364,600−$364,600
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$364,509$3,330,763
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,399,443 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $264,434$264,434
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $393,980 · Management $29,900 · Fundraising $0$423,880
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $292,420 · Management $44,481 · Fundraising $0$336,901
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $99,510 · Management $10,783 · Fundraising $0$110,293
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $49,552 · Management $5,370 · Fundraising $0$54,922
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $4,594 · Fundraising $0$4,594
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $3,600 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,600
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $23,410 · Management $0 · Fundraising $5,853$29,263
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,830 · Management $9,391 · Fundraising $10,805$54,026
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,904 · Management $0 · Fundraising $726$3,630
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,067 · Management $2,785 · Fundraising $0$27,852
IX-17 TravelPrograms $40,980 · Management $0 · Fundraising $7,232$48,212
IX-20 InterestPrograms $26,970 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$26,970
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $21,647 · Management $1,974 · Fundraising $0$23,621
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,696 · Management $958 · Fundraising $0$9,654
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $957,751 · Management $3,388 · Fundraising $16,452$977,591
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,244,751 · Management $113,624 · Fundraising $41,068$2,399,443
Part X · Balance sheet $2,330,341 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $138,410$417,073
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$753,609
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,037,228$1,102,771
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $43,152$56,888
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,237,940$2,330,341
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $58,766$69,947
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $957,766$1,118,847
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $280,174$1,211,494
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $280,174$1,211,494
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,237,940$2,330,341
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,211,494 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,330,763
XI-2 Total expenses$2,399,443
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$931,320
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$280,174
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,211,494

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