Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,311,596

Total expenses

$1,281,939

Contributions and grants received

$1,314,706

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

-$3,110

Total assets, end of year

$1,384,772

Total liabilities, end of year

$918,393

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$466,379

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,032,142

Management and general expenses

$109,931

Fundraising expenses

$139,866

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,032,142

Program services were 80.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• HEALTH EDUCATION/RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM: AS WELL AS PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND ''PREVENTION FOR POSITIVES'' IN BOTH ONE-ON ONE AND SMALL GROUPS, BEING ALIVE PROVIDES HIV PREVENTION OUTREACH SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT FESTIVALS, SPECIAL EVENTS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CENTERS, HOMELESS SERVICES AGENCIES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, AND OTHER VENUES. PREVENTION OUTREACH INCLUDES PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT NEW HIV PREVENTION MEDICATION TREATMENT KNOWN AS PREP (PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS) FOR AT-RISK COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS. PREVENTION GOALS INCLUDE DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT HIV HVI TRANSMISSION AND PREVENTION IN NEW AND EXCITING METHODS THAT ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND GET RESULTS. BEING ALIVE COLLABORATES WITH OVER 100 AGENCIES INCLUDING PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE HIV/STD TESTING VANS, CLINICAL STUDIES, HEP-C TREATMENT, AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. PREVENTION MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDE CONDOMS, SAFER SEX GUIDELINES, PRINTED MATERIAL AND GIVEAWAYS THAT KEEP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. IN 2024, THE HEALTH EDUCATION/RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM ENGAGED WITH 8,466 INDIVIDUALS, GAVE AWAY 31,500 CONDOMS, 9,015 LUBE PACKETS, AND 7,900 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

  Expenses $598,092

• MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAM: THE WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAMS INCLUDE CARE COORDINATION SERVICES, ACUPUNCTURE, CHIROPRACTIC, FACIAL REJUVENATION PROGRAM, SOCIAL SERVICES NAVIGATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT GROUPS, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, AND MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY THAT SUPPORTS THE OVERALL WELLNESS OF CLIENTS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. THE WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO KEEP CLIENTS ENGAGED NOT ONLY IN THEIR BIOMEDICAL CARE, BUT ALSO ACTIVE IN THEIR OVERALL WELLNESS THAT ENCOURAGES A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM CAN BE MEASURED BY THE FACT THAT 96% OF ALL CLIENTS HAVE ACHIEVED AND ARE MAINTAINING VIRAL SUPPRESSION. THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF FREE THERAPY SESSIONS A CLIENT CAN ACCESS. THERAPISTS ARE TRAINING IN LGBTQIA-AFFIRMATIVE THERAPY AND HELP CLIENTS THROUGH SUCH COMPLEX ISSUES AS SURVIVORS GUILT, DISCLOSURE, PRSD, TRAUMA, INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA, AND MORE. THERAPISTS (TRAINEES UNDER SUPERVISION OF LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS) ENTER FROM A VARIETY OF UNIVERSITIES FOR ON-SITE TRAINING. IN 2024, THE WELLNESS CENTER HAD 13,998 APPOINTMENTS/CLIENT VISITS WITH 3,467 OF THOSE BEING MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY SERVICES.

  Expenses $343,551

• HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM: THE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM AT BEING ALIVE WAS ESTABLISHED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS (ALONG WITH PREVENTING HCV, COVID, AND OTHER DISEASES) AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A SAFE, NONJUDGEMENTAL PLACE FOR PARTICIPANTS TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF USED SYRINGES, PICK UP NEW STERILE SUPPLIES, HYGIENE KITS, WOUND CARE KITS, NARCAN TO REVERSE OPIOID OVERDOSES, AND OTHER ITEMS THAT PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE WHO USE DRUGS, EITHER LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY. PART OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDES THE TRAINING OF PUBLIC, SECURITY GUARDS, FIRST RESPONDERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH LIFESAVING NARCAN TO PREVENT OPIOID OVERDOSES, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE OVERDOSE CASES ARE ON THE RISE. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM IS REFERRALS TO MEDICAL CARE, HIV TESTING, HOUSING, AND TREATMENT OPTIONS. THE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM OPERATES 6 DAYS A WEEK AT 4 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IN 2024, THE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM HAD CONTACT WITH 6,936 PARTICIPANTS, COLLECTED 56,512 USED SYRINGES, PROVIDED 3,992 DOSES OF NARCAN, AND HAD 480 OVERDOSE REVERSALS REPORTED.

  Expenses $90,499

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

Listed in Part VII

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

4 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202640379349301834

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