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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,013,416
Total expenses
$2,382,970
Contributions and grants received
$1,391,684
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$224,594
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$397,138
Total assets, end of year
$7,225,424
Total liabilities, end of year
$125,957
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,099,467
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,661,563
Management and general expenses
$391,591
Fundraising expenses
$329,816
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,661,563

Program services were 69.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $46,729

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,344,955

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TEACH ONE TO LEAD ONE

    total $224,594 · related or exempt $224,594

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $431,359

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $33,798

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $397,561 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $397,561 · excluded $397,561

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,682

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $46,729

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,105

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$423 · excluded -$423

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $245,690 · program services $131,822 · management and general $23,314 · fundraising $90,554

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $940,389 · program services $763,059 · management and general $55,418 · fundraising $121,912

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,876 · program services $4,807 · management and general $1,023 · fundraising $2,046

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $168,539 · program services $102,623 · management and general $21,822 · fundraising $44,094

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,202 · program services $75,030 · management and general $8,819 · fundraising $21,353

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,600 · management and general $15,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $49,520 · program services $30,302 · management and general $13,673 · fundraising $5,545

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,869 · program services $40,869

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,584 · program services $11,768 · management and general $6,906 · fundraising $5,910

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $69,820 · program services $69,820

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $134,388 · program services $44,785 · management and general $87,272 · fundraising $2,331

  • 17 · Travel

    total $80,530 · program services $63,478 · management and general $1,540 · fundraising $15,512

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,622 · program services $39,989 · management and general $426 · fundraising $5,207

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $93,182 · management and general $93,182

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,093 · management and general $23,093

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $184,780 · program services $184,780

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

    total $90,536 · program services $71,703 · management and general $18,759 · fundraising $74

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $16,662 · program services $4,820 · fundraising $11,842

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP / SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,720 · program services $7,290 · management and general $7,232 · fundraising $1,198

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,368 · program services $13,618 · management and general $13,512 · fundraising $2,238

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $368,860 · end of year $234,227

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,323 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $5,214,950

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $266,227

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,041,905 · end of year $4,948,723

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,904,853 · end of year $1,975,080

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $113,874 · end of year $67,394

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $225,933 · end of year $42,975

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $130,245 · end of year $82,982

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,079,072 · end of year $7,096,902

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,565 · end of year $2,565

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

DEDICATED TO DELIVERING PROGRAMS, MATERIALS, AND PERSONNEL THAT EQUIP STUDENTS TO BUILD LIVES OF INTEGRITY, CREATE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, STAND STRONG IN HEALTHY HABITS, AND MULTIPLY THEIR INFLUENCE AMONG THEIR PEERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEDICATED TO DELIVERING PROGRAMS, MATERIALS, AND PERSONNEL THAT EQUIP AT-RISK KIDS TO BUILD LIVES OF INTEGRITY, CREATE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, STAND STRONG IN HEALTHY HABITS, AND MULTIPLY THEIR INFLUENCE AMONG THEIR PEERS.

  • PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JUVENILE COURT SETTINGS, AND ONLINE TO TEACH UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES TO STUDENTS AND LEAD INTO A LIFE OF PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL. THROUGH THE PROVEN 'TEACH ONE TO LEAD ONE' PROGRAM, CLI HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT ON OVER 60,000 STUDENTS SINCE 1996. THE PROGRAM CURRICULUM IS UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, COLUMBIA, AND SOUTH AFRICA. NO FOREIGN REVENUE OR EXPENSE WAS REALIZED.

    Expenses $1,661,563 · Revenue $224,594

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Curtis Dickinson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Janet Piper

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Teresa Lutz

    CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $133,490
    From this org
    $124,304
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,186
    Hours/week
    40

  • Zack Mishkin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Alycia Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Jessica Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Jose Maldonado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Larry Lowder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Pat Reid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Michele Robbins

    Business Manager

    Total calculated
    $112,201
    From this org
    $106,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,645
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • T1L1 TROUTDALEOR LLC

    PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · GA · income $431,359 · assets $5,002,950

    Directly controlled by CELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
15 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631969349300213

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