Living Amends FY2020 filing

Dripping Spgs, TX · Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Mental Health

✓ Tax-deductible
Revenue
$216K
Spent
$154K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$216K
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$216K
FY2021$126K
FY2023$174K
FY2024$235K
FY2025$269K
Expenses
$154K
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$154K
FY2021$109K
FY2023$188K
FY2024$246K
FY2025$249K
Net assets
$0
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$0
FY2021$75K
FY2023$0
FY2024−$11K
FY2025$32K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Status and standing

Is it real, and can you give to it?

Tax-deductible?
Yes
Per the IRS master file.
Can I give now?
No revocation on IRS record
Not on the IRS revocation list.
Filing up to date?
Yes — filed FY2025
Legal name (IRS)Hdr · item CLiving Amends
EINHdr · item D47-5370461
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
Ruling yearIRS BMFMar 2016
Latest filingForm 990FY2025 · Form 990
Principal addressHdr · item CDripping Spgs, TX
NTEE classificationIRS BMFMental Health (F50)
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.livingamends.org

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $1.00
Program services100%$154K
Total functional expensesLn 25$154K

Financial health

Is it on solid ground?

Program efficiency
100%
of spending reaches programs
Surplus margin
+29%
revenue over expenses, this year
Donor-funded
100%
of revenue is gifts & grants

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Total assets
$0
FY2020
Total assets by fiscal year
FY2020$0
FY2021$37K
FY2023$0
FY2024$688
FY2025$20K
Total liabilities
$0
FY2020
Total liabilities by fiscal year
FY2020$0
FY2021−$38K
FY2023$0
FY2024$12K
FY2025−$12K
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$63K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$0
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B100%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 34
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 44

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1—
Total assetsLn 16$0
Total liabilitiesLn 26$0
Total net assetsLn 32$0

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants100%$216K
Total revenueLn 12$216K

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2020 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves — · Operating expenses/yr $154K
Highly liquid reserves (cash & marketable securities on Pt X) ÷ monthly operating expenses (Pt IX total, less non-cash grants & depreciation when reported).
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $154K · Total expenses $154K
100%
Management & General
Management & general $0 · Total expenses $154K
0%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $154K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $0 · Solicited contributions $216K
Solicited contributions below reporting floor
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $216K · Total revenue $216K
100%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $216K
—
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $216K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $216K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $154K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $216K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $0 · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $216K · Expenses $154K
+29%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $0
—
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $0 · Total assets $0
—
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $0
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Sharon Sauer · Reported title Executive Director · Highest reported compensation $49K · Total expenses $154K
32%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $57K · Total expenses $154K
37%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 100%——
Overhead ratio 0%——
Fundraising cost ratio 0%——
Legal fee ratio 0.03%——
Accounting fee ratio 3%——

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Leadership and pay

Who runs it, and what are they paid?

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$49,280Pt VII · Sec A
Marketing Director
$8,123Pt VII · Sec A

Margaret Sauer’s $60K as Marketing Director is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2094 $100K–1M mental health 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2020
Margaret Sauer$60,006$59,318$61,815$8,123
Sharon Sauer$25,586$54,211$38,000$49,280
John Blanchard$4,338$3,674——

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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Governance & Policies

Part VI
  • 4Voting board membersPt VI · Ln 1a
  • 4Independent board membersPt VI · Ln 1b
  • Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
  • Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
  • Top official’s pay independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Family or business ties among leadersPt VI · Ln 2Yes

Mission and programs

What it does.

Funds sober living for Texans completing treatment, requiring repayment.

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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $154K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

We gave out $68,450 in scholarships to 12 vetted sober livings in Austin and Kerrville. Applicaitons were individually reviewed and decisions were based on merit, relationship with sober living applying to and existing budget.

$154Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$226K

Filing history

Every return on file.

YearRevenueExpensesChangeFiling
FY2025 Latest $269K$249K+14% 990 PDF
FY2024 $235K$246K+35% 990 PDF
FY2023 $174K$188K+38% 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $126K$109K-42% 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $216K$154K 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

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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