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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LIFELINE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF CONSUMERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,046,255
Total expenses
$3,468,080
Contributions and grants received
$2,800,092
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$58,867
Other revenue
$187,296
Total assets, end of year
$1,165,387
Total liabilities, end of year
$214,220
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$951,167
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,385,351
Management and general expenses
$82,729
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,385,351

Program services were 97.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,692,161

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $107,931

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,555 · excluded $13,555

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $45,312

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $45,312

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $45,312 · excluded $45,312

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $189,011

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $80,489

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $108,522 · excluded $108,522

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $78,774 · related or exempt $78,774

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $78,774

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,944 · program services $95,944

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $985,352 · program services $980,450 · management and general $4,902

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $91,468 · program services $90,892 · management and general $576

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,114 · program services $80,603 · management and general $511

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,623 · program services $12,357 · management and general $2,266

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $83,474 · program services $83,474

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $63,591 · program services $56,123 · management and general $7,468

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,635 · program services $2,344 · management and general $291

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,266 · program services $2,266

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT ASSISTANCE

    total $1,811,063 · program services $1,788,406 · management and general $22,657

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

    total $112,392 · program services $111,218 · management and general $1,174

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $80,545 · program services $41,445 · management and general $39,100

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $15,639 · program services $15,639

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $27,974 · program services $24,190 · management and general $3,784

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $714,808 · end of year $441,317

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $58,509 · end of year $65,789

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $331,187 · end of year $109,409

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $42,273 · end of year $9,884

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,532 · end of year $8,561

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

    $112,566

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

    $111,948

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,223 · end of year $618

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $340,104 · end of year $472,254

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $4,719 · end of year $3,689

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $135,340 · end of year $53,866

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $145,936 · end of year $123,428

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $13,070

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $87,660 · end of year $27,997

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $131,199 · end of year $49,725

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,281,900 · end of year $951,167

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, BUDGET COUNSELING AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING TO IMPROVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

  • THE HOUSING PROGRAM ASSISTS CUSTOMERS IN OBTAINING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING THROUGHOUT LAKE COUNTY.

    Expenses $430,740

  • WITH THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS, WE ASSISTED LAKE COUNTY AND GEAUGA COUNTY HOUSEHOLDS IN MAINTAINING THEIR HOUSING AND UTILITIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC-THESE ARE ALL HOUSEHOLDS WHO DEMONSTRATED A COVID-RELATED FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THEIR HOUSEHOLD. ASSISTANCE INCLUDED FINANCIAL HELP WITH UTILITIES, RENT OR MORTGAGE.

    Expenses $883,038

  • FOR THE HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (HEAP),WE PROVIDED HOUSEHOLDS WITH EMERGENCY UTILITY ASSISTANCE. THROUGH THE WINTER CRISIS PROGRAM WE ASSISTED HOUSEHOLDS IN MAINTAINING THEIR HEAT DURING THE COLD WINTER MONTHS. DURING THE SUMMER CRISIS SEASON, WE ASSISTED HOUSEHOLDS THAT EITHER HAD A SENIOR CITIZEN OR A RESIDENT WITH A DOCUMENTED HEALTH CONDITION THAT WARRANTED COOLING ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $971,862

  • MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM SERVICES

    Expenses $1,099,711

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • CARRIE DOTSON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,744
    From this org
    $103,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • MARGE BURNETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • RYAN MCGINNIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHELE PIRC

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SHARON LUNING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MATT MAIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • RENE' ASTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ROBERT WEGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ADAM LITKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SARAH WADE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PAM FRASER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARIAM SHAMSZAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KATE STEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • AARON BURKO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SARAH WELCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRISTINA CORSI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOYCE TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOHN ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • BRITTANY SUSTAR

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRISTOPHER TUCCI

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MATT ARMAND

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRISTINE SHOOP

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542829349300814

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