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Learning for Life FY2022 filing

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Irving, TX501(c)(3)Youth Development EIN 75-2396057Revenue $1.7M in FY2022

On file with the IRS1325 W Walnut Hill Ln, 75038-3008 · Irving, TXTax-exempt since Dec 1991Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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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.
96¢ 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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FY2022 · 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
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Liabilities
$668K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
-16% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$4.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2022▼ -16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.1M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2022▼ -44%
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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
$4.3M
FY2022-0.02%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.1M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$4.3M
FY2023$4.7M
FY2024$5.1M

From the FY2022 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 Dec 1991.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $1.5M Management & general 4% · $58K

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

15 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Michael a Ashline
Former Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Cicely Nelson
Secretary (jan-Nov22)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Russ McNamer
Former Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lisa Fritschel
Treasurer and CFO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Steven Hardy
Secretary (as of Nov 22)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tim Anderson
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bray Barnes
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Richard Davies
Director (as of Nov 22)
$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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2 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

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

$204Kprogram 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 FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$46K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$58K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$668K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$46K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7$12K
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
InvestmentsLn 11–13$697K
Other assetsLn 15$4.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$668K
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M
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 FY22End FY22
InvestmentsLn 11–13$801K$697K
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M$5.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$690K$668K
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M$4.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$30K$30K
Legal feesLn 11b$190$181$9
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$23K$23K$875
Office expensesLn 13$176K$159K$17K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$93
OccupancyLn 16$14K$13K$677
InsuranceLn 23$755K$755K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$577K$542K$35K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.5M$58K$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 Viewing $1.7M$1.6M$132K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.1M$2.8M−$795K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $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
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,713,946 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $90,794$46,251
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,825,951$1,640,352
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $127,106$22,188
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,631$5,155
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,051,482$1,713,946
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $82,357$30,000
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 $2,763,984$1,552,027
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,846,341$1,582,027
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$794,859$131,919
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $1,713,946 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,155 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
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$46,251
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$46,251
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,640,352 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,640,352
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $306 · Excluded from tax $10,365$10,671
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 $11,517$11,517
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,640,352 · Unrelated business $306 · Excluded from tax $27,037$1,713,946
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,582,027 across 9 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $30,000$30,000
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $181 · Management $9$190
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $4,278$4,278
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $22,622 · Management $875$23,497
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $158,878 · Management $17,250$176,128
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,767 · Management $93$1,860
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,858 · Management $677$13,535
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $755,346$755,346
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $542,462 · Management $34,731 · Fundraising $0$577,193
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,524,114 · Management $57,913 · Fundraising $0$1,582,027
Part X · Balance sheet $4,993,615 assets, 13 lines filed
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $124,767$123,259
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $636,921$492,440
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $164,477$204,621
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,089,935$4,173,295
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,016,100$4,993,615
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $70,694$42,843
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $619,037$625,071
X-25 Other liabilities$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $689,731$667,914
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,938,866$3,037,045
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,387,503$1,288,656
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,326,369$4,325,701
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,016,100$4,993,615
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,325,701 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,713,946
XI-2 Total expenses$1,582,027
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$131,919
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,326,369
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$132,587
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$4,325,701

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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