Jane's Fund exists to pour love and light in the community by providing encouragement and financial support to families experiencing personal hardship.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$33K 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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FY2023 · 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
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $238K a year · 15% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 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
$33K
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
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $1.3M
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$440K
By yearFY2022–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$2.4M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2023▲ +280%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$405K
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$2.1M
Net assets
$440K
FY2023▼ -40%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$733K
FY2023$440K
FY2024$716K

From the FY2023 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 Aug 2022.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $1.4M Management & general 10% · $150K Fundraising 0% · $3K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $33K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$33,077Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lauren Harnett’s $109K as Executive Director Thru June 2024 is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Lauren Harnett$108,846$33,077—
Sarah Shifflet——$7,970

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides encouragement and financial aid to families facing personal hardship.

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3 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Provided financial assistance such as rent, mortgage, car or utility payments to 19 families in financial distress due to a child dying of terminal pediatric cancer. The families chosen to receive financial assistance were determined to be in distress by the team of oncology social workers caring for the patients within a hospital…

$801Kprogram expense
02

Provided essential support to under-resourced public school, assisting CHILDREN/FAMILIES in financial distress as determined by the individual school. Items include school uniforms, laptop computers for graduating seniors going on to college or higher education, vans providing transportation to and from after-school programming, an…

$455Kprogram expense
03

Provided funds to support sports opportunities for children who would not otherwise have access to them. This includes the building of a pool in an under-resourced community to provide swimming lessons, scholarships to a school year and summer basketball clinic and after school lacrosse clinic at high-need elementary school.

$100Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 22 grants · $1.4M · 2022–2024
Heart Math Tutoring INCNC · FY2024$90,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$17,500
Camp ThunderbirdNC · FY2024$17,475
Camp ThunderbirdNC · FY2024$13,680
Camp ThunderbirdNC · FY2024$12,370
Camp BobkanugaNC · FY2024$12,000
Ranson Middle SchoolNC · FY2024$10,000
Merry Oakes InternationalNC · FY2024$9,600
Ranson Middle SchoolNC · FY2024$9,200
Thomasboro ElementaryFY2024$7,500
YMCA Camp ThunderbirdNC · FY2024$6,975
Sterling ElementaryFY2024$6,619
Unitemized GrantFY2023$789,945
Heart Math Tutoring INCNC · FY2023$40,000
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$150K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$440K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$440K
Total assetsLn 16$440K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$440K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$440K
Total assetsLn 16$440K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$440K
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$733K$440K
Total assetsLn 16$733K$440K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$733K$440K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$595K$595K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$790K$790K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$33K$33K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$86K$86K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$15K$15K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$246$246
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$7K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$341$341
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.4M$150K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.4M$2.1M$276K$716K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.2M$1.5M−$293K$440K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$405K$730K$733K 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,245,687 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,135,128$1,245,687
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,135,128$1,245,687
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $351,726$1,385,242
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$35,620
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $53,492$117,724
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $405,218$1,538,586
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $729,910−$292,899
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $1,245,687 across 3 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,245,687
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,245,687
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,245,687
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,538,586 across 12 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $595,297$595,297
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $789,945$789,945
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $33,077$33,077
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $2,543$2,543
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,200$1,200
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $85,592$85,592
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $14,820$14,820
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $3,591$3,591
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,850$1,850
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $246$246
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $7,116 · Fundraising $2,968$10,084
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $341$341
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,385,242 · Management $150,376 · Fundraising $2,968$1,538,586
Part X · Balance sheet $439,719 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $732,618$439,677
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$42
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $732,618$439,719
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $732,618$439,719
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $732,618$439,719
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $732,618$439,719
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $439,719 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,245,687
XI-2 Total expenses$1,538,586
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$292,899
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$732,618
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$439,719

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