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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LIFE RUNNERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$237,972
Total expenses
$223,562
Contributions and grants received
$236,741
Grants paid
$3,802
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$931
Other revenue
$300
Total assets, end of year
$239,543
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,806
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$231,737
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$162,170
Management and general expenses
$41,392
Fundraising expenses
$20,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$162,170

Program services were 72.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $236,741

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $931 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $300 · related or exempt $300 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $300

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,802 · program services $3,802

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,435 · program services $97,948 · management and general $24,487 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,237 · program services $8,159 · management and general $2,078 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,366 · program services $7,493 · management and general $1,873 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,622 · program services $0 · management and general $2,622 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $32 · program services $0 · management and general $32 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,945 · program services $14,945 · management and general $0 · fundraising $20,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $126 · program services $63 · management and general $63 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,875 · program services $748 · management and general $4,127 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,217 · program services $8,570 · management and general $1,647 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,846 · program services $8,846 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,495 · program services $5,495 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,334 · program services $0 · management and general $2,334 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $222 · program services $0 · management and general $222 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $4,900 · program services $3,497 · management and general $1,403 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $463 · program services $448 · management and general $15 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $2,445 · program services $1,956 · management and general $489 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $200 · program services $200 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $209,997 · end of year $226,633

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

    $39,518

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

    $26,608

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,405 · end of year $12,910

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,506 · end of year $7,806

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $215,896 · end of year $231,737

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PREVENT ABORTION BY WEARING A LIFE-SAVING MESSAGE.

  • LIFE RUNNERS GAINED 792 NEW TEAMMATES IN 2025. THERE WERE MANY EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PREVENT ABORTION WITH MILLIONS OF LIFE-SAVING MESSAGES. A-CROSS AMERICA RELAY HAD 10,000+ PARTICIPANTS,STARTED AND ENDED AT SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS K TO COLLEGE. 100+ MEDIA AND SPEAKING EVENTS! POPE LEO MET WITH LIFE RUNNERS, RECEIVED A WHITE REMEMBER THE UNBORN JACKET AND TEAM DEVOTIONAL. TEAMMATES IN 52 NATIONS, INCLUDING 3 NEW (BURUNDI, PORTUGAL, UKRAINE). BILLBOARDS IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS AND ALONG INTERSTATE 80. CARRIED 18 BANNERS AT 37 MARCHES AND PARADES AROUND THE WORLD. FLEW BANNER OVER THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL STADIUM. DISPLAYED TEAM FLAG AT AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP IN POLAND. KNIGHTS PLACED REMEMBER THE UNBORN SIGNS ACROSS MISSOURI. RAGBRAI TEAM BIKED ACROSS IOWA. SPONSORED NEBRASKA PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT, CHOOSELIFENOW.NET.

    Expenses $162,170 · Grants $3,802 · Revenue $237,972

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patrick Castle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $69,000
    From this org
    $69,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bernadette Costello

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $53,434
    From this org
    $53,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeff Grabosky

    RELAY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Grant Fenske

    HEALING MINISTRY COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Matthew Jandrain

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • David Zebolsky

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
3 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611359349305641

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