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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LIFE YOU CAN SAVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,891,257
Total expenses
$6,044,816
Contributions and grants received
$5,880,924
Grants paid
$4,743,862
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,370
Other revenue
$3,963
Total assets, end of year
$4,815,554
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,525,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,290,554
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,905,033
Management and general expenses
$568,270
Fundraising expenses
$571,513
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,905,033

Program services were 81.1% 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

    $5,880,924

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $115,728

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,951 · excluded $9,951

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $135,094

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

    other assets $138,675

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$3,581

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,581 · excluded -$3,581

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARD

    total $3,963 · excluded $3,963

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,963

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,933,940 · program services $2,933,940

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,809,922 · program services $1,809,922

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $388,787 · program services $88,667 · management and general $300,120

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,427 · program services $8,472 · management and general $22,955

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,632 · management and general $29,632

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $113,614 · management and general $113,614

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $374,920 · program services $25,417 · management and general $76,130 · fundraising $273,373

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $266,789 · fundraising $266,789

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,934 · program services $38,615 · management and general $492 · fundraising $5,827

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,027 · management and general $2,503 · fundraising $25,524

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,168 · management and general $18,168

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $188 · management and general $188

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,004 · management and general $1,004

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $417 · management and general $417

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES & MISC

    total $3,047 · management and general $3,047

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,836,460 · end of year $2,360,178

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $397,476 · end of year $510,281

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

    $7,139

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

    $1,320

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,587 · end of year $5,819

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $40,248 · end of year $1,939,276

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,853,982 · end of year $2,525,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,331,544 · end of year $2,255,219

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $91,245 · end of year $35,335

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

AT THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE, WE MAKE SMART GIVING SIMPLE BY RECOMMENDING CHARITIES THAT SAVE OR IMPROVE THE MOST LIVES PER DOLLAR AND MAKING IT EASY FOR DONORS TO SUPPORT THOSE CHARITIES. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O...

  • RAISING FUNDS FOR EFFECTIVE CHARITIES: IN 2022, WE DIRECTLY PROCESSED US$4,700,000 FOR OUR RECOMMENDED CHARITIES AS AGENCY FUNDS. IN ADDITION TO DONATIONS DIRECTLY PROCESSED BY OUR ORGANIZATION, WE INSPIRED DONORS TO GIVE LARGE AMOUNTS EITHER DIRECTLY TO OUR RECOMMENDED CHARITIES THEMSELVES OR THROUGH OTHER MISSION-ALIGNED ORGANIZATIONS. GLOBALLY WE ESTIMATE THAT WE EITHER DIRECTLY RAISED OR INSPIRED US$18 MILLION IN DONATIONS TO EFFECTIVE CHARITIES (OUR TOTAL MONEY MOVED METRIC). AND, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE AN AVERAGE OF US$15 FOR OUR RECOMMENDED CHARITIES FOR EVERY US$1 SPENT ON OUR OWN OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $4,839,689 · Grants $4,743,862 · Revenue $4,742,215

  • PROMOTING THE IDEA OF EFFECTIVE GIVING: IN ADDITION TO GENERATING SUPPORT FOR OUR RECOMMENDED CHARITIES, WE WORK TO POPULARIZE THE IDEA OF EFFECTIVE GIVING AND INSPIRE MORE PEOPLE TO MAKE SMART DONATION DECISIONS WITH OUR FREE INFORMATIONAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR FOUNDER PETER SINGERS BOOK THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE. IN 2022, WE DISTRIBUTED 40,000 COPIES OF THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE IN COMPLETE AND ABRIDGED FORMATS INCLUDING A CELEBRITY-READ AUDIOBOOK AND A PODCAST ALL FOR FREE WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $65,344 · Revenue $65,344

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charlie Bresler

    DIRECTOREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Peter Singer

    PRESIDENTTREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Neela Saldanha

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313159349300616

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