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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,708,523
Total expenses
$5,087,146
Contributions and grants received
$9,706,323
Grants paid
$3,603,374
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,200
Total assets, end of year
$7,250,822
Total liabilities, end of year
$546,340
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,704,482
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,734,761
Management and general expenses
$225,942
Fundraising expenses
$126,443
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,734,761

Program services were 93.1% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $75,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,631,323

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $231,900

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $2,200 · excluded $2,200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,603,374 · program services $3,603,374

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $340,417 · program services $228,250 · management and general $68,084 · fundraising $44,083

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $42,083 · program services $42,083

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,842 · program services $24,028 · management and general $5,753 · fundraising $4,061

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,945 · program services $22,681 · management and general $5,431 · fundraising $3,833

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $63,510 · program services $45,092 · management and general $18,418

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $186,067 · program services $132,108 · management and general $53,959

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $71,760 · fundraising $71,760

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $408,811 · program services $340,206 · management and general $68,605

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,436 · program services $4,436

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,849 · program services $14,803 · management and general $3,544 · fundraising $2,502

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $79 · program services $56 · management and general $13 · fundraising $10

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,187 · program services $29,187

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,613 · program services $1,145 · management and general $274 · fundraising $194

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $231,900 · program services $231,900

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $8,292 · program services $7,532 · management and general $760

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE

    total $7,880 · program services $7,880

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,101 · management and general $1,101

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,121,932 · end of year $1,872,595

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $5,354,423

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $828,000 · end of year $23,804

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $850,627 · end of year $546,340

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,200

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,105 · end of year $272,960

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,078,000 · end of year $6,431,522

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE (CHL) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THE BLACK CHURCH THE OLDEST AND MOST TRUSTED INSTITUTION IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY - WITH THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES IN HARD-TO-REACH COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS PROGRAMS. OUR PROVEN, SUSTAINABLE, AND SCALABLE MODEL THAT BRINGS TOGETHER FAITH AND SCIENCE IS BASED ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRAINED FAITH-BASED HEALTH NAVIGATOR IN EACH CHL CHURCH. WE'RE AT THE FOREFRONT OF SHAPING THE HEALTH EQUITY FIELD TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, AS WELL AS A LEADER ON THE GROUND IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND HANDS-ON ACTION WITH VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. WE AREN'T JUST DISCUSSING THE PATH TOWARDS HEALTH EQUITY - WE'RE PAVING IT. FOUNDED IN 2021 DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE FUNDED 120 CHURCHES ACROSS 13 STATES THAT CONDUCTED OVER 3,700 EVENTS AND VACCINATED AND TESTED OVER 110,000 INDIV

  • TRANSITIONED IMPLEMENTATION OF CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE PROGRAM AND NATIONAL OPERATIONS FROM UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY TO CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE NATIONAL OFFICE. HIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REV. KIMBERLY L. WILLIAMS AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR YOLANDA MACK TO LEAD ORGANIZATION AND SECURE NECESSARY SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION. SECURED HUB PARTNERS IN FIVE (5) CITIES.

    Expenses $4,734,761 · Grants $3,603,374

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debra Fraser-Howze

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Donna Christensen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Lucas

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cornelius Baker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ernest Hopkins

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandra Thurman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grace Bonilla

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Kimberly Williams

    EXECUITVE DI

    Total calculated
    $106,000
    From this org
    $102,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,549
    Hours/week
    35

  • Yolanda Mack

    PROGRAM DIRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Ron Ticho

    CHIEF OPERAT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531339349306588

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