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← LOVE FORT WAYNE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LOVE FORT WAYNE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$818,248
Total expenses
$734,625
Contributions and grants received
$767,343
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$50,905
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$961,878
Total liabilities, end of year
$82,948
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$878,930
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$474,990
Management and general expenses
$259,635
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$474,990

Program services were 64.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $80,652

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $686,691

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ignite

    total $11,400 · related or exempt $11,400

  • 2b · Program service revenue: The Summit

    total $39,505 · related or exempt $39,505

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $30,126

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $80,652

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $30,126

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,256 · management and general $133,256

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $94,441 · program services $90,427 · management and general $4,014

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,651 · program services $6,666 · management and general $7,985

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,165 · program services $632 · management and general $28,533

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,328 · program services $20,925 · management and general $18,403

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,623 · management and general $2,623

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,150 · program services $119,150

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,831 · program services $6,407 · management and general $4,424

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,968 · program services $9,968

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,845 · management and general $9,845

  • 24a · Other expenses: Equipment

    total $73,500 · program services $73,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: Tickets

    total $37,777 · program services $37,777

  • 24c · Other expenses: Outside Services

    total $30,644 · program services $9,284 · management and general $21,360

  • 24d · Other expenses: Refreshments

    total $30,595 · program services $30,595

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $98,851 · program services $69,659 · management and general $29,192

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $480,623 · end of year $283,652

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $350,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $174,310 · end of year $143,231

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $139,685 · end of year $94,857

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

    $120,042

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

    $29,904

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $100,106 · end of year $90,138

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,417 · end of year $2,948

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $80,000 · end of year $80,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $254,579 · end of year $276,520

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $540,728 · end of year $602,410

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Love Fort Wayne exists to imagine, inspire, and ignite transformation through God's love. Imagining a flourishing Fort Wayne, Love Fort Wayne works to convene the like hearted to: Love Our Families, Love Our Schools, Love Our Leaders and Love Our Pastors through the foundation of prayer.

  • The Summit - Facilitated an in-person and virtual leadership conference for leaders across Northeast Indiana.

    Expenses $200,929 · Revenue $39,505

  • Pray Fort Wayne - Providing the community with a place for prayer, through the operation of a 24/7 prayer room.

    Expenses $185,632

  • Love Our Schools - Inspiring the community to build villages of support around our schools, ensuring every child has the resources needed to reach their potential.

    Expenses $66,625

  • Love Our Pastors - Inspiring a united gospel movement among our pastors through love, listening and care.

    Expenses $13,841

  • Love Our Leaders - Igniting a transformational change in how leaders lead, serve and connect from generation to generation

    Expenses $7,823 · Revenue $11,400

  • Love Our Families - Imagining a community where parents are equipped through engagement, support and service that leads to healing, health and wholeness.

    Expenses $140

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Geoff King

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $104,381
    From this org
    $104,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lori Whitman

    COO

    Total calculated
    $28,875
    From this org
    $28,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Sherri L Miller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Rick Browning

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chuck Surack

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Sipe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abel Travis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Lance

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mitchell Kruse

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Wallstrom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Packnett

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Donovan Coley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Daniel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Dely

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brenda Gerber-Vincent

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Iric Headley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Clem

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Cook

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arlan Friesen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bishop Crystal Thomas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
30 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202632119349300633

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