Lines for Life FY2020 filing

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Portland, OR501(c)(3)Since 1978Mental HealthEIN 93-0725294Revenue $9.2M in FY2020

On file with the IRSlinesforlife.org5100 S Macadam Ave Ste 400, 97239-3854 · Portland, ORTax-exempt since Feb 1995Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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LINES FOR LIFES PRIMARY PURPOSE IS PREVENTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND SUICIDE AND PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH. Lines for Life is Oregons home for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. We provide help and hope to individuals and communities through mental health and substance abuse prevention programs and crisis support services. We bring communities together to promote mental wellness and break the stigma associated with reaching out for help. We offer skills training to help communities recognize and respond to mental health concerns before they reach a point of crisis and advocate for state and federal policies to create lasting change. We recognize our communities unique needs and offer specific services to reduce barriers for those seeking personalized help

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$316K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $120K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$316K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $18K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.8M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 23 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.2M
Spent
$8.8M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$5.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.2M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$9.2M
FY2021$17.3M
FY2022$17.3M
FY2023$20.1M
FY2024$22.2M
FY2025$24.1M
Expenses
$8.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.8M
FY2021$15.6M
FY2022$18.0M
FY2023$22.3M
FY2024$21.4M
FY2025$23.3M
Net assets
$5.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$7.6M
FY2022$6.8M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$6.2M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1995.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $7.4M Management & general 11% · $925K Fundraising 5% · $432K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $316K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$203,000Pt VII · Sec A
$113,438Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dwight Holton’s $262K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 746 $10–100M mental health 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dwight Holton$262,416$266,442$253,512$200,480$224,958$203,000
David E Westbrook$149,915$150,260$138,835$118,215$126,549$113,438
Mireya McIlveen$135,272$135,601————
Greg Borders$134,952$135,027————
Mireya Plasencia McIlveen——$133,819$109,895$83,892—
Grey Borders——$133,328———
Donna Harrell$122,081—————
Gregory T Borders———$109,583$115,188—

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

Prevents substance abuse and suicide through support and resources.

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2 programs · $7.4M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Crisis Intervention Services Lines for Life's 24-hour crisis lines took well over 130,000 calls, texts and chats in fiscal year 2020. People request help for themselves or their loved ones when in crisis or when needing confidential help for drug addiction, alcohol abuse, or mental health issues (including thoughts of suicide).

$6.5Mprogram expense
02

Prevention and Education Lines for Life plays a leading role in reducing prescription drug (namely, opioid) misuse and overdoses in Oregon. With funding from the Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon Health Authority(OHA), Oregon Community Foundation, and the Oregon High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program, Lines for Life is focused…

$927Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$18K
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Grants paid · 10 grants · $75K · 2022–2022
Tillamook School District No 9FY2022$10,000
Corvallis School District 509jFY2022$9,000
Oregon City High SchoolFY2022$7,000
Lakeview High SchoolFY2022$7,000
Jefferson County School DistrictFY2022$7,000
Hood River Valley High SchoolFY2022$7,000
Chiloquin High SchoolFY2022$7,000
Brookings-Harbor School District 17cFY2022$7,000
Baker School District 5jFY2022$7,000
Adrian High SchoolFY2022$7,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$333K
Money outPt IX
$8.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.4M
Managementcol C$925K
Fundraisingcol D$432K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M
Total assetsLn 16$7.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$19K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Other incomeLn 4–11$333K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$9.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
SavingsLn 2$3.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$440K
Other assetsLn 15$136K
Total assetsLn 16$7.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5313
VolunteersI 6190
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.7M$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$348K$440K
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M$7.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.5M$5.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$358K$253K$69K$35K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.1M$4.4M$452K$220K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$65K$57K$5K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$594K$511K$56K$28K
Payroll taxesLn 10$446K$382K$43K$21K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$7K$782$457
Accounting feesLn 11c$98K$83K$9K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$30K$30K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$24K$21K$2K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$88K$68K$19K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$52K$42K$8K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$137K$126K$7K$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$534K$462K$49K$24K
TravelLn 17$63K$53K$5K$5K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$224K$210K$11K$4K
InterestLn 20$597$597
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$71K$60K$7K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$18K$15K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$825K$633K$172K$21K
All other expensesLn 24e$104K$74K$7K$23K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.8M$7.4M$925K$432K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $24.1M$23.3M$772K$6.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $22.2M$21.4M$819K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $20.1M$22.3M−$2.2M$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $17.3M$18.0M−$773K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $17.3M$15.6M$1.7M$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $9.2M$8.8M$372K$5.9M 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,165,526 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,023,341$3,199,119
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,642,900$5,623,129
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,931$10,357
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $227,038$332,921
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,901,210$9,165,526
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,631,879$6,515,722
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,665,059$2,278,189
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,296,938$8,793,911
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,604,272$371,615
Part VI · Governance 23 of 23 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members23
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 $9,165,526 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,414,831
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$784,288
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$18,530
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,199,119
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,623,129$5,623,129
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,357$10,357
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $323,812$323,812
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $9,109$9,109
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,623,129 · Excluded from tax $343,278$9,165,526
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,793,911 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $253,422 · Management $69,417 · Fundraising $34,842$357,681
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,381,117 · Management $452,277 · Fundraising $220,023$5,053,417
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $56,914 · Management $5,224 · Fundraising $2,518$64,656
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $510,583 · Management $55,545 · Fundraising $27,604$593,732
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $382,460 · Management $42,823 · Fundraising $20,953$446,236
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $6,918 · Management $782 · Fundraising $457$8,157
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $83,163 · Management $9,406 · Fundraising $5,490$98,059
IX-11d Lobbying feesFundraising $30,000$30,000
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $20,778 · Management $2,351 · Fundraising $1,370$24,499
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $67,757 · Management $19,452 · Fundraising $1,224$88,433
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $41,574 · Management $8,347 · Fundraising $2,115$52,036
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $125,880 · Management $7,067 · Fundraising $3,919$136,866
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $461,667 · Management $48,807 · Fundraising $23,657$534,131
IX-17 TravelPrograms $52,568 · Management $5,428 · Fundraising $4,737$62,733
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $209,705 · Management $10,524 · Fundraising $3,840$224,069
IX-20 InterestManagement $597$597
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $59,834 · Management $6,843 · Fundraising $4,007$70,684
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $15,465 · Management $1,761 · Fundraising $1,031$18,257
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $632,761 · Management $171,720 · Fundraising $20,863$825,344
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $74,083 · Management $6,921 · Fundraising $23,320$104,324
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,436,649 · Management $925,292 · Fundraising $431,970$8,793,911
Part X · Balance sheet $7,701,984 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $171,087$1,315,595
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,524,806$3,931,116
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $205,000$140,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,080,085$1,600,820
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $117,561$138,180
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $348,489$439,818
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $53,967$136,455
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,500,995$7,701,984
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $540,196$825,209
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $462,512$70,491
X-25 Other liabilities$936,382
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,002,708$1,832,082
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,053,631$5,291,075
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $444,656$578,827
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,498,287$5,869,902
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,500,995$7,701,984
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,869,902 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,165,526
XI-2 Total expenses$8,793,911
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$371,615
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,498,287
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,869,902

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