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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$579,424
Total expenses
$601,713
Contributions and grants received
$566,434
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,990
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$127,718
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,155
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$117,563
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$471,770
Management and general expenses
$97,898
Fundraising expenses
$32,045
Program service expenses (Part III)
$471,770

Program services were 78.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $566,434

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $12,990 · related or exempt $12,990

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $159,581 · program services $111,707 · management and general $39,895 · fundraising $7,979

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $43,798 · program services $30,658 · management and general $10,950 · fundraising $2,190

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,576 · program services $13,003 · management and general $4,644 · fundraising $929

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,650 · program services $1,695 · management and general $3,955

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,469 · program services $12,997 · management and general $19,214 · fundraising $258

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,693 · program services $7,824 · fundraising $869

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,272 · program services $3,418 · management and general $427 · fundraising $427

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,324 · program services $4,324

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,176 · program services $13,741 · management and general $3,435

  • 17 · Travel

    total $215,275 · program services $193,747 · management and general $10,764 · fundraising $10,764

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,805 · program services $45,805

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $490 · program services $392 · management and general $98

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,329 · program services $4,329

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

    total $11,973 · program services $11,973

  • 24b · Other expenses: MINISTRY SUPPLIES

    total $6,861 · program services $6,861

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,288 · management and general $2,515 · fundraising $3,773

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $4,791 · program services $3,833 · management and general $958

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,362 · program services $5,463 · management and general $1,043 · fundraising $4,856

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $140,378 · end of year $124,098

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

    $11,084

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

    $7,464

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $342 · end of year $3,620

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $868 · end of year $10,155

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $139,852 · end of year $117,563

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

HOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT MOBILIZES YOUTH EVENTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF REACHING, DISCIPLING, AND MOBILIZING THE NEXT GENERATION FOR CHRIST.

  • IN 2025, THERE WERE 27 STUDENT-LED YOUTH EVENTS HELD IN 14 DIFFERENT STATES, AND IN 10 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING: THE U.S., CANADA, MEXICO, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, THE U.K, BELGIUM, FINLAND, NAMIBIA AND ALSO COUNTRIES IN THE CONTINENT OF ASIA. A TOTAL OF 5,000 STUDENTS ATTENDED THESE EVENTS. APPROXIMATELY 900 STUDENTS MADE PUBLIC DECISIONS/COMMITMENTS TO CHRIST. TO PREPARE FOR THESE EVENTS THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 200 PRAYER OR PLANNING MEETINGS, REHEARSALS, OR OTHER STUDENT-LED GATHERINGS IN ADVANCE OF THE BIG EVENTS. APPROXIMATELY 750 STUDENT LEADER VOLUNTEERS WERE ACTIVE IN THIS PREPARATION PROCESS, IN MOBILIZING, PROMOTING, AND EXECUTING THE EVENTS. HOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT HOSTED 5 LEADERSHIP RETREATS/CONFERENCES FOR 275 TOTAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING 15 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. CONSISTENT MESSAGING AND STEADY GROWTH WAS RECOGNIZED ON INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. ALSO, SEVERAL MEDIA INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED FOR TELEVISION, RADIO, PRINT, AND PODCASTS.

    Expenses $471,770 · Revenue $12,990

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jordan Whitmer

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $64,583
    From this org
    $64,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Richard Whitmer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $94,998
    From this org
    $94,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Don Larimer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ralf Stores

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Miyashiro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Boyd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
10 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632539349301573

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