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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE LIFE IS GOOD KIDS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,526,030
Total expenses
$1,992,219
Contributions and grants received
$1,031,828
Grants paid
$299,592
Program service revenue
$451,782
Investment income
$42,235
Other revenue
$185
Total assets, end of year
$1,738,799
Total liabilities, end of year
$200,756
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,538,043
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,588,548
Management and general expenses
$231,971
Fundraising expenses
$171,700
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,588,548

Program services were 79.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $307,357

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $724,471

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PLAYMAKERS TRAINING

    total $237,733 · related or exempt $237,733

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPEAKING FEES

    total $214,049 · related or exempt $214,049

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $42,235 · excluded $42,235

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $185 · related or exempt $185

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $185

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $299,592 · program services $299,592

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,012,084 · program services $799,547 · management and general $101,208 · fundraising $111,329

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,518 · program services $25,689 · management and general $3,252 · fundraising $3,577

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $117,941 · program services $86,214 · management and general $19,722 · fundraising $12,005

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,687 · program services $67,355 · management and general $5,954 · fundraising $9,378

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,822 · management and general $45,822

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $97,953 · program services $82,442 · management and general $6,001 · fundraising $9,510

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,688 · program services $3,688

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,618 · program services $18,467 · management and general $1,401 · fundraising $13,750

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,784 · program services $27,784

  • 17 · Travel

    total $83,890 · program services $79,697 · management and general $2,262 · fundraising $1,931

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,015 · management and general $18,015

  • 24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE

    total $77,405 · program services $67,850 · management and general $4,043 · fundraising $5,512

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS & FOOD

    total $27,299 · program services $23,702 · management and general $1,481 · fundraising $2,116

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $13,751 · management and general $13,366 · fundraising $385

  • 24d · Other expenses: SERVICE CHARGES

    total $7,613 · program services $1,171 · management and general $4,235 · fundraising $2,207

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,559 · program services $5,350 · management and general $5,209

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $68,626 · end of year $84,464

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,487,862 · end of year $1,109,986

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $429,587 · end of year $432,131

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24,050 · end of year $44,868

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $74,770 · end of year $67,350

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,763 · end of year $84,463

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $33,900 · end of year $116,293

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,979,336 · end of year $1,513,043

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,896 · end of year $25,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PLAYMAKER PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO HELPING KIDS HEAL FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. WE EQUIP EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS WITH TRAUMA-INFORMED, PLAY-BASED TRAINING & SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE & EDUCATION DELIVERED TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE TRAINING, RESOURCES, & SUPPORT TO EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH KIDS IN NEED.

  • THE ORGANIZATION RAISED $1,031,828 THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND BUSINESSES TO FUND THE PROGRAM AND PAID OUT APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT CHILDCARE PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAITI IMPACTING MORE THAN ONE MILLION KIDS.

    Expenses $1,588,548 · Grants $299,592 · Revenue $451,782

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kara Pass

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Angelone

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlene Giacin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Hassell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Jason Lavender

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Riche McKnight

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary George Opperman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Vetovis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Gross

    FOUNDER & CHIEF PLAYMAKER

    Total calculated
    $173,036
    From this org
    $155,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,520
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,516
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,520
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $173,036

  • Ellen Lempereur Greaves

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $159,239
    From this org
    $145,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,944
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,295
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,239

  • Alicia Barnatchez

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $125,078
    From this org
    $116,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,270
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • THE LIFE IS GOOD COMPANY

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
17 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622109349301047

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