Great Life Mentoring

Tax-deductible

Florence, OR501(c)(3)Since 2021Youth DevelopmentEIN 87-2058987Revenue $465K in FY2025

On file with the IRSgreatlifementoring.com90020 Upper North Fork Rd, 97439-9213 · Florence, ORTax-exempt since Mar 2022Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Great Life Mentoring cultivates meaningful relationships where children facing adversity-and the adults who mentor them-live happier, healthier lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 65 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $67K a year · 16% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$93K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 83% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $7K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$17K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$465K
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$471K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$363K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$465K
FY2025▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$293K
FY2023$591K
FY2024$374K
FY2025$465K
Expenses
$471K
FY2025▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$248K
FY2023$244K
FY2024$489K
FY2025$471K
Net assets
$363K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$138K
FY2023$484K
FY2024$369K
FY2025$363K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2022.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $341K Management & general 23% · $109K Fundraising 4% · $21K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $93K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$92,592Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Higley’s $93K as Executive Director is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1993 $100K–1M youth development 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Elizabeth Higley$92,592$93,550$82,012$79,638

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

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

Programs and updates

Connects youth from low-resource families with trained volunteers for mental health support.

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1 program · $341K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

In 2025, Great Life Mentoring (GLM) provided services to youth in the Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington, areas while celebrating 25 years of its unique mentoring model that improves the mental health conditions of youth from low-resource families.

$341Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$7K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$465K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$456K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Money outPt IX
$471K
Ln 25
Programscol B$341K
Managementcol C$109K
Fundraisingcol D$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$363K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$359K
Total assetsLn 16$379K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$456K
Government grantsLn 1e$295K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Total revenueLn 12$465K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$33K
SavingsLn 2$326K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$359K
Total assetsLn 16$379K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
Net assetsLn 32$363K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 665
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$342K$359K
Total assetsLn 16$395K$379K
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K$17K
Net assetsLn 32$369K$363K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$93K$69K$19K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$194K$145K$39K$10K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$23K$17K$5K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$19K$5K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$805$805
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$41K$31K$8K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$3K$10K$193
Information technologyLn 14$8K$6K$2K$397
OccupancyLn 16$15K$11K$3K$737
TravelLn 17$3K$2K$650$162
InsuranceLn 23$14K$11K$3K$720
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$27K$27K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$471K$341K$109K$21K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $465K$471K−$6K$363K 990 PDF
FY2024 $374K$489K−$115K$369K 990 PDF
FY2023 $591K$244K$346K$484K 990 PDF
FY2022 $293K$248K$45K$138K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $465,403 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $373,727$455,935
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$9,468
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $373,727$465,403
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $360,418$334,579
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $128,588$136,895
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $489,006$471,474
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$115,279−$6,071
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $465,403 across 11 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$294,856
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$161,079
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$455,935
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $9,468 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$9,468
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,468 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$465,403
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $471,474 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $69,444 · Management $18,518 · Fundraising $4,630$92,592
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $145,160 · Management $38,709 · Fundraising $9,677$193,546
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,101 · Management $4,560 · Fundraising $1,140$22,801
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,230 · Management $5,128 · Fundraising $1,282$25,640
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $805$805
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,600$15,600
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $30,705 · Management $8,188 · Fundraising $2,047$40,940
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,901 · Management $9,527 · Fundraising $193$12,621
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,953 · Management $1,588 · Fundraising $397$7,938
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,056 · Management $2,948 · Fundraising $737$14,741
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,437 · Management $650 · Fundraising $162$3,249
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,805 · Management $2,881 · Fundraising $720$14,406
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $26,595 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$26,595
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $341,387 · Management $109,102 · Fundraising $20,985$471,474
Part X · Balance sheet $379,450 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $75,380$32,934
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $266,596$326,001
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $51,972$19,129
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,300$1,386
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $395,248$379,450
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,445$16,718
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 $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $26,445$16,718
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $59,964$30,196
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $308,839$332,536
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $368,803$362,732
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $395,248$379,450
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $362,732 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$465,403
XI-2 Total expenses$471,474
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$6,071
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$368,803
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$362,732

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