Lifespan empowers children and adults with disabilities by providing education, employment, and enrichment opportunities to live, work and play in their communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$323K 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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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
FY2026
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2026, this tax year; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $200K a year · 1% of revenue · last 7 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 4 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 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
$323K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $408K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.0M
42% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 42% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 13 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.1M
Spent
$21.5M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$8.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2026
Revenue
$20.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$20.1M
FY2021$20.5M
FY2022$19.4M
FY2023$19.3M
FY2024$20.5M
FY2025$19.0M
FY2026$9.2M
Expenses
$21.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$21.5M
FY2021$18.1M
FY2022$18.7M
FY2023$19.8M
FY2024$19.9M
FY2025$19.6M
FY2026$9.0M
Net assets
$8.3M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.3M
FY2021$10.9M
FY2022$11.3M
FY2023$11.0M
FY2024$11.7M
FY2025$11.3M
FY2026$11.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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: FY2026. IRS ruling in Oct 1977.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $19.3M Management & general 9% · $1.9M Fundraising 1% · $262K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $323K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
President/Ce
$148,386Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Ch
$90,490Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Cf
$84,529Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Kenneth Fuquay$177,138$171,474$166,207$158,021$163,586$145,699
Robert Gondos$120,965$45,056————
Christopher White$119,048$119,157$119,708$120,230$114,468$104,423
Barbara Wilson$116,258$116,605$117,453$119,437$110,227$99,349
Robin Devore$113,291$114,983$112,285$114,107$108,047—
Donella Brown———$111,452$105,485$95,750
Whitney Reese$89,874$89,915—$104,786——
Sara Trexler$96,773——$90,901$1,788—

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers people with disabilities through education, employment, and enrichment for community living.

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3 programs · $19.3M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Employment and Enrichment

Lifespan has developed enrichment programs in stanly, union, mecklenburg, iredell, surry, guilford, cherokee and haywood counties that feature community and campus based learning environments.

$16.1Mprogram expense
02

Education

Lifespan circle schools are early childhood developmental schools serving children with disabilities and children with typical needs who are six weeks through the start of kindergarten. Using a reverse mainstream model of inclusion, the program gives children opportunities to interact with, learn from and develop relationships with each…

$2.0Mprogram expense
03

Ls Solutions

LS solutions, LLC is a single member LLC established in 2009 to develop different business strategies for the creation of business units whose profits generated are made accessible to cover lifespan's administrative costs. This business strategy benefits lifespan's non-profit mission.

$1.2Mprogram expense

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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$19.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$363K
Other incomeLn 4–11$194K
Money outPt IX
$21.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$19.3M
Managementcol C$1.9M
Fundraisingcol D$262K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.0M
Total assetsLn 16$14.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$363K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$24K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$19.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$180K
Other incomeLn 4–11$194K
Gains on assetsLn 7$177K
Total revenueLn 12$20.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.8M
Other assetsLn 15$53K
Total assetsLn 16$14.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.0M
Net assetsLn 32$8.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5462
VolunteersI 690
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$467K$3.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.5M$8.8M
Total assetsLn 16$13.6M$14.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M$6.0M
Net assetsLn 32$9.8M$8.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$381K$344K$32K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11.5M$10.4M$988K$156K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.0M$2.8M$208K$38K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$35K$7K$29K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.7M$1.7M$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$2K$289$6K
Office expensesLn 13$95K$83K$10K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$469K$219K$228K$22K
OccupancyLn 16$642K$573K$68K$1K
TravelLn 17$19K$19K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$360K$341K$15K$4K
InterestLn 20$143K$65K$77K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$534K$435K$93K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$169K$133K$34K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.8M$1.7M$84K$20K
All other expensesLn 24e$613K$593K$20K$167
Total functional expensesLn 25$21.5M$19.3M$1.9M$262K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest $9.2M$9.0M$191K$11.7M 990 PDF
FY2025 $19.0M$19.6M−$616K$11.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $20.5M$19.9M$593K$11.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $19.3M$19.8M−$521K$11.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $19.4M$18.7M$671K$11.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $20.5M$18.1M$2.5M$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $20.1M$21.5M−$1.4M$8.3M 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 $20,060,584 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $226,218$363,206
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $21,514,958$19,322,572
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $21,441$180,309
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $206,615$194,497
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $21,969,232$20,060,584
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $14,534,200$14,914,125
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,576,561$6,548,486
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $22,110,761$21,462,611
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$141,529−$1,402,027
Part VI · Governance 10 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $20,060,584 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,806,425 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$24,184
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$339,022
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$363,206
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $17,516,147$17,516,147
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,891$2,891
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $40,657$40,657
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $175,828 · Unrelated business $1,590$177,418
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $153,840$153,840
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $18,746,268 · Unrelated business $948,219 · Excluded from tax $2,891$20,060,584
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $21,462,611 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $343,764 · Management $32,088 · Fundraising $5,128$380,980
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $10,392,575 · Management $988,136 · Fundraising $156,191$11,536,902
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,750,144 · Management $208,202 · Fundraising $37,897$2,996,243
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $11,660$11,660
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,501 · Management $28,899$35,400
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,658,214 · Management $6,473$1,664,687
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,711 · Management $289 · Fundraising $5,924$7,924
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $82,698 · Management $10,445 · Fundraising $1,985$95,128
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $219,107 · Management $228,190 · Fundraising $21,937$469,234
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $572,724 · Management $68,105 · Fundraising $1,431$642,260
IX-17 TravelPrograms $18,766$18,766
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $341,121 · Management $14,716 · Fundraising $4,435$360,272
IX-20 InterestPrograms $65,325 · Management $77,334$142,659
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $435,302 · Management $92,912 · Fundraising $5,323$533,537
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $133,434 · Management $34,336 · Fundraising $1,577$169,347
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,680,548 · Management $83,974 · Fundraising $19,764$1,784,286
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $593,337 · Management $19,822 · Fundraising $167$613,326
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $19,295,271 · Management $1,905,581 · Fundraising $261,759$21,462,611
Part X · Balance sheet $14,274,973 assets, 15 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $147,904; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $467,003$2,960,462
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,749,945$863,077
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $79,259$94,482
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,468,490$8,776,468
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,575,255$1,333,316
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $46,041$46,041
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $88,720$53,223
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,569,271$14,274,973
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $983,851$972,817
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $333,368$25,839
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,809,531$5,980,384
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,465,584$8,004,665
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $294,156$289,924
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,759,740$8,294,589
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,569,271$14,274,973
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,294,589 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$20,060,584
XI-2 Total expenses$21,462,611
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,402,027
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,759,740
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$65,926
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2,802
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,294,589

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