Totals
- Total revenue
- $42,820,792
- Total expenses
- $34,369,966
- Contributions and grants received
- $38,787,446
- Grants paid
- $10,862,185
- Program service revenue
- $2,000,549
- Investment income
- $2,080,141
- Other revenue
- -$47,344
- Total assets, end of year
- $71,771,295
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $529,008
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $71,242,287
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $32,385,801
- Management and general expenses
- $358,008
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,626,157
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $32,385,801
Program services were 94.2% 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.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$847,983
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$37,939,463
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$84,128
-
2a · Program service revenue: AGBUSINESS REVENUE
total $2,000,549 · related or exempt $2,000,549
-
3 · Investment income
total $1,591,884 · excluded $1,591,884
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $6,000,000 · other assets $1,637,500
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $5,867,821 · other assets $1,281,422
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $132,179 · other assets $356,078
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $488,257 · excluded $488,257
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$12,400
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$847,983
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$86,705
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$74,305 · excluded -$74,305
-
11a · Other revenue: MISC
total $26,961 · related or exempt $26,961
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$26,961
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $3,675,000 · program services $3,675,000
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $7,187,185 · program services $7,187,185
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,432,573 · program services $4,432,573
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $26,160 · program services $26,160
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $76,558 · program services $76,558
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $68,422 · program services $65,945 · management and general $2,477
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $53,683 · program services $9,363 · management and general $44,320
-
11g · Fees: other
total $626,055 · program services $542,927 · management and general $36,132 · fundraising $46,996
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $794,940 · program services $262,849 · fundraising $532,091
-
13 · Office expenses
total $797,138 · program services $231,721 · management and general $63,576 · fundraising $501,841
-
14 · Information technology
total $123,240 · program services $48,814 · management and general $43,949 · fundraising $30,477
-
16 · Occupancy
total $1,037,893 · program services $893,222 · management and general $99,829 · fundraising $44,842
-
17 · Travel
total $1,635,553 · program services $1,252,027 · management and general $23,850 · fundraising $359,676
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $81,144 · program services $54,825 · management and general $6,645 · fundraising $19,674
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,982,458 · program services $1,948,710 · management and general $22,030 · fundraising $11,718
-
24a · Other expenses: MINISTRY SUPPLIESSERVICES
total $11,479,081 · program services $11,479,081
-
24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $292,883 · program services $198,841 · management and general $15,200 · fundraising $78,842
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,972,780 · end of year $2,869,802
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,977,733 · end of year $1,854,292
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,940,377 · end of year $910,553
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$39,577,984
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$12,377,512
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $22,765,309 · end of year $27,200,472
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $28,020,940 · end of year $33,953,227
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $4,000,000 · end of year $4,000,000
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $360,614 · end of year $307,549
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $712,498 · end of year $675,400
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $581,426 · end of year $529,008
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $2,640
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $32,881,200 · end of year $37,998,202
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $29,284,985 · end of year $33,244,085
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
LIFESONGS MISSION IS TO BRING JOY AND PURPOSE TO ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. WE DO THIS BY MOBILIZING THE CHURCH TO CARE FOR THE ORPHAN, WHERE EACH MEMBER CAN PROVIDE A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL SERVICE: SOME TO ADOPT, SOME TO CARE, SOME TO GIVE.
-
ORPHAN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN CARE PROGRAM - PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ORPHAN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING HUMANITARIAN AID; ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS AND LIVING QUARTERS; ASSISTING AND TRAINING FAMILIES; BIBLICAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS, HOMES AND ORPHANAGES; SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MINISTRIES ARE FOCUSED ON AT-RISK CHILDREN; SUPPORTING MENTORS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF AT-RISK CHILRDEN; SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS; APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REACHED - RUSSIA REGION - 3,571; SUB-SAHARA AFRICA REGION - 5,006; SOUTH ASIA REGION - 120; SOUTH AMERICA REGION - 99; CENTRAL AMERICA REGION - 2,079; EAST ASIA REGION - 519; NORTH AMERICA REGION - 20
Expenses $19,592,756 · Grants $3,503,815
-
ADOPTION AND POST-ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - PROVIDE GRANTS AND LOANS TO ASSIST IN THE ADOPTION OF ORPHANS BY CHRISTIAN FAMILIES; PROVIDE POST-ADOPTION ASSISTANCE INCLUDING LITERATURE, COUNSELING AND TRAINING; SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUCH ASSISTANCE; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO OFFSET ONLY DOCUMENTED ADOPTION COSTS; COVENANT LOANS TO ADOPTIVE FAMILIES ARE ALSO PART OF THIS PROGRAM; LIFESONG HELPED FACILITATE ADOPTION AND POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT TO OVER 3,000 INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES DURING THE YEAR
Expenses $9,619,392 · Grants $7,358,370
-
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES PROGRAM - PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN AS THEY TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD AS WELL AS ORPHAN CARE-GIVERS; JOB SKILL TRAINING FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN IN THE LIFESONG PROGRAMS; LIFESONG CURRENTLY HAS 10 BUSINESS PROGRAMS LOCATED IN HAITI, INDIA, UGANDA, UKRAINE AND ZAMBIA; BUSINESSES INCLUDE FARMS, FOOD AND LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION BUSINESSES
Expenses $3,173,653 · Revenue $2,000,549
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
N ANDREW LEHMAN
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $241,522
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $231,005
- Other
- $10,517
- Hours/week
- 30 + 10 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $202,833 related
- Bonus
- not reported + $28,172 related
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $9,521 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $996 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $241,522 related
-
KORY KAEB
VP - OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $225,855
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $197,875
- Other
- $27,980
- Hours/week
- 30 + 10 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $172,232 related
- Bonus
- not reported + $25,643 related
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $8,897 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $19,083 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $225,855 related
-
GARY RINGGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
-
ELIZABETH SHAW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOEL CLOUSING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT HOERR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT RITZMANN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TIMOTHY WALLEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RODNEY BRENNEMAN
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARLA RINGGER
SECRETARYTREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Compensation contingent on revenues (Part I, line 5)
- THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES A BONUS PACKAGE BASED ON A VARIETY OF MINISTRY FACTORS INCLUDING OVERALL GROWTH, ADVOCATES SERVED, SERVICE VOLUME, MINISTRY OUTCOMES, ETC; HOWEVER THE ACTUAL BONUS IS PAID FROM RELATED ENTITY LIFESONG, INC.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
-
$3,675,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
-
501C3 · SUPPORTING ORG OF NAT CHRIST CHAR FOUNDATION · IL
Directly controlled by NONE
-
501C3 · PROMOTE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH CARING FOR ORPHANS · IN · controlled entity
Directly controlled by YES
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
-
MY LIFE MY GIFT LLC
PROMOTE THE PURPOSE OF LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS · IL · income $383,855 · assets $369,946
Directly controlled by YES
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 26 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202520859349301502
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