Life Builders Incorporated

Tax-deductible

Rancho Cucamonga, CA501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 82-3235592

Providing empowerment, mental health, and family supportive services to underserved, justice impacted youth, adults and communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $21K a year · 7% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$135K
to officers and key staff · 36% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 96% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 36% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
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
1
named funder · $28K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$55K
68% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 68% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$372K
+44% vs prior year
Spent
$372K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$26K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$372K
FY2024▲ +44%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$48K
FY2022$47K
FY2023$258K
FY2024$372K
Expenses
$372K
FY2024▲ +72%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$216K
FY2024$372K
Net assets
$26K
FY2024▼ -3%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021−$2K
FY2022−$16K
FY2023$27K
FY2024$26K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2018.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $372K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $135K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO/President
$135,206Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Mental Health Program Advisor
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Educational Advisor
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Empowerment Coach Trainer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Community Outreach Program Advisor
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Betts’s $135K as CEO/President is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Jason Betts$135,206$73,192$11,018

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

Empowering underserved youth and adults with mental health and family support.

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3 program services account for $372K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Empowerment--Healing-Job Readiness Programs (ages 13-26); Program to teach, guide, and support incarcerated youth, benefited 278 male and female clients, provided school/work supplies and meals, vocational/college enrollment assistance, and food insecurities assistance for families in need.

$202Kprogram expense
02

Afterschool-Summer/Whole Body Wellness Program (ages 12-22); Personal development and supportive services program to provide educational support, mental health awareness, assessments, and services to emotionally impacted youth in communities due to environmental traumas, benefitted 105 clients.

$114Kprogram expense
03

Social Justice Initiative Program (ages 16-48); Supportive re-entry program for probation youth and probation/parole adults to assist with returning to the community, obtain employment, clothing for interviews, job coaching, and assist with family reunification, benefitted 108 clients.

$56Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$28K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$372K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$258K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$114K
Money outPt IX
$372K
Ln 25
Programscol B$372K
Owns and owesPt X
$26K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$52K
Total assetsLn 16$81K
LiabilitiesLn 26$55K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$114K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$258K
Total revenueLn 12$372K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$52K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$52K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$29K
Total assetsLn 16$81K
LiabilitiesLn 26$55K
Net assetsLn 32$26K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 65
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$67K$52K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$72K$81K
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K$55K
Net assetsLn 32$27K$26K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$135K$135K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$122K$122K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$76K$76K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$26K$26K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$7K$7K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$372K$372K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $372K$372K−$793$26K 990 PDF
FY2023 $258K$216K$42K$27K 990 PDF
FY2022 $47K−$16K 990 PDF
FY2021 $48K−$2K 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 FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $371,695 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $31,945 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$114,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$114,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $225,750 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$225,750
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $257,695 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$371,695
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $372,488 across 28 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $135,206 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$135,206
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $121,965 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$121,965
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $75,857 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$75,857
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,980 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,980
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,560 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$25,560
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $6,720 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,720
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,200 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,200
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $372,488 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$372,488
Part X · Balance sheet $81,030 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $67,364$52,080
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,459$28,950
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $71,823$81,030
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $45,310$55,310
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $45,310$55,310
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,513$25,720
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $26,513$25,720
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $71,823$81,030
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $25,720 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$371,695
XI-2 Total expenses$372,488
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$793
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$26,513
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
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$25,720

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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