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← LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,313,931
Total expenses
$4,188,151
Contributions and grants received
$4,297,558
Grants paid
$46,940
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$15,838
Other revenue
$535
Total assets, end of year
$4,352,830
Total liabilities, end of year
$459,003
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,893,827
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,527,415
Management and general expenses
$474,882
Fundraising expenses
$185,854
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,527,415

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,848,994

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $448,564

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,838 · related or exempt $15,838

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $535 · related or exempt $535

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $535

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $46,940 · program services $46,940

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,534,255 · program services $2,237,745 · management and general $245,823 · fundraising $50,687

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $294,153 · program services $259,737 · management and general $28,533 · fundraising $5,883

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $225,308 · program services $198,947 · management and general $21,855 · fundraising $4,506

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $241,771 · program services $41,751 · management and general $132,788 · fundraising $67,232

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,577 · management and general $14,577

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $232,590 · program services $213,982 · management and general $5,815 · fundraising $12,793

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,571 · management and general $6,571

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $204,312 · program services $187,967 · management and general $5,108 · fundraising $11,237

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,658 · program services $33,725 · management and general $916 · fundraising $2,017

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $306,621 · program services $306,621

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING OTHER

    total $28,994 · fundraising $28,994

  • 24c · Other expenses: VEHICLES

    total $8,581 · management and general $8,581

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $3,916 · management and general $3,916

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,904 · management and general $399 · fundraising $2,505

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $961,183 · end of year $631,695

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $152,212 · end of year $33,103

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,173 · end of year $44,844

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $10,972

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

    $5,342,689

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

    $1,712,914

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,195,165 · end of year $3,629,775

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,271 · end of year $2,441

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $141,807 · end of year $60,295

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $339,178 · end of year $320,088

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $73,972 · end of year $78,620

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,768,047 · end of year $3,893,827

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER IS THE ONLY EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER SERVING LAWRENCE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY IN KANSAS. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SHELTER AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO SET PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS ON A PATH TO A POSITIVE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE LAWRENCE COMMUNTIY SHELTER IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SHELTER AND COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS THAT SET INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING HOMELESSNESS ON A PATH TO A POSITIVE FUTURE.

  • THE LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER IS THE ONLY EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER SERVING LAWRENCE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY IN KANSAS. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SHELTER AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO SET PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS ON A PATH TO A POSITIVE FUTURE.

    Expenses $3,527,415 · Grants $46,940

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JAMES CHISELOM

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $108,491
    From this org
    $108,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • CHACONIE BAKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • CHARLIE BRYAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • REBEKAH GASTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • CHRISTINA GENTRY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • MEGAN GREEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • DAVID HAWLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JOHN KREHBIEL

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • KEVIN KRESSIG

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • SHANNON OURY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $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
5 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202621259349302302

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