The purpose of Learning for Life is to provide through local schools an effective program for youth designed to build desirable qualities of character, citizenship, personal fitness, thus to help in the development of young persons to make ethical choices Continued on Schedule O

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
99¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $88K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
99%
of spending
Looks good: 99% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Liabilities
$705K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.4M
Spent
$3.1M
To programs
99%
Net assets
$5.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.1M
Expenses
$3.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.7M
Net assets
$5.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.1M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$4.3M
FY2023$4.7M
FY2024$5.1M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1991.

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Where the money goes

99 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 99% · $3.0M Management & general 1% · $19K

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

14 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary (through January 2020)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Asst Secretary (january) Secretary (february - November 2020)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman and Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chairman and Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director and Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Develops youth character, citizenship, and fitness through school programs.

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3 programs · $3.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Youth Community Service Programs

Administers the development of the basic programs: provides the literature, materials, and techniques, as well as service to local Learning for Life offices; manages the growing volunteer training programs of Learning for Life and handles all national program support.

$2.2Mprogram expense
02

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) activities that explore the Physics of the outdoor experience and the Engineering that energizes it.

$770Kprogram expense
03

The purpose of our national conference is to help Learning for Life participating organizations, volunteers, and other executives learn more about models and concrete examples of quality programs. Experts in character education and workforce development are on hand to share the latest information and trends.

$62Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 13 grants · $267K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$41,530
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$75,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,357
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$65,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$7,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$6,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$89K
Investment incomeLn 3$60K
Money outPt IX
$3.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.0M
Managementcol C$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$705K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$89K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$60K
Gains on assetsLn 7$49K
Total revenueLn 12$3.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
InvestmentsLn 11–13$934K
Other assetsLn 15$4.8M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$705K
Net assetsLn 32$5.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 618,292
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
InvestmentsLn 11–13$842K$934K
Total assetsLn 16$6.0M$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M$705K
Net assetsLn 32$4.8M$5.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$5K$5K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$79K$79K
Legal feesLn 11b$180$178$2
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$164K$164K$313
Office expensesLn 13$75K$75K$255
Information technologyLn 14$5K$5K$50
OccupancyLn 16$63K$62K$570
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$311K$311K$129
InsuranceLn 23$1.1M$1.1M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.2M$14K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.1M$3.0M$19K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.1M$1.7M$421K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$1.5M$367K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.7M$1.6M$132K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.1M$2.8M−$795K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.4M$3.1M$317K$5.1M 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 $3,371,126 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,910,113$89,013
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,760,678$3,222,537
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $192,187$59,576
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$19,128$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,843,850$3,371,126
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $263,510$84,639
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,198,114$2,969,931
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,461,624$3,054,570
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,382,226$316,556
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,371,126 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$89,013
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$89,013
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,222,537 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,222,537
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $1,189 · Excluded from tax $9,127$10,316
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $49,260$49,260
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,222,537 · Unrelated business $1,189 · Excluded from tax $58,387$3,371,126
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,054,570 across 11 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,449$5,449
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $79,190$79,190
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $178 · Management $2$180
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $4,267$4,267
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $164,007 · Management $313$164,320
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $74,628 · Management $255$74,883
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,971 · Management $50$5,021
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $62,131 · Management $570$62,701
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $311,056 · Management $129$311,185
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,149,728$1,149,728
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,183,741 · Management $13,905 · Fundraising $0$1,197,646
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,035,079 · Management $19,491 · Fundraising $0$3,054,570
Part X · Balance sheet $5,811,190 assets, 13 lines filed
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $121,276$385
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,649$113,967
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $226,090$882,889
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $616,086$50,985
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,054,943$4,762,964
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,026,024$5,811,190
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $62,433$43,131
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,211,116$661,803
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,273,549$704,934
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,583,600$3,862,220
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,168,875$1,244,036
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,752,475$5,106,256
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,026,024$5,811,190
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,106,256 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,371,126
XI-2 Total expenses$3,054,570
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$316,556
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,752,475
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$37,225
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,106,256

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