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← BIG LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BIG LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,274,279
Total expenses
$16,691,854
Contributions and grants received
$17,437,110
Grants paid
$5,637,137
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$155,569
Other revenue
-$318,400
Total assets, end of year
$7,399,288
Total liabilities, end of year
$487,408
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,911,880
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,591,858
Management and general expenses
$1,008,987
Fundraising expenses
$2,091,009
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,591,858

Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHN HEEREMA

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $385,976
    From this org
    $365,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,576
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,400
    Bonus
    $125,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,618
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,958
    Filer's total
    $385,976

  • TOM DICKINSON

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BRAD BENBOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAN O'BERSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • E LEE WYATT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN VAN PROYEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KITTY ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BILL MARSH JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JEFFREY GIBSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $231,331
    From this org
    $213,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,931
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,400
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,799
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,132
    Filer's total
    $231,331

  • JIM EVANS

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $180,600
    From this org
    $165,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,400
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,200
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,600
    Filer's total
    $180,600

  • FORREST E HEAD

    COO

    Total calculated
    $213,932
    From this org
    $198,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,532
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,400
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,132
    Filer's total
    $213,932

  • MATTHEW SCHNEIDER

    NE TRAINING COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $184,602
    From this org
    $170,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,862
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,340
    Bonus
    $400
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,976
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,886
    Filer's total
    $184,602

  • JASON NAVE

    ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $188,421
    From this org
    $171,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,021
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,400
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,901
    Filer's total
    $188,421

  • GREGORY PAWLOWSKI

    ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,054
    From this org
    $139,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,554
    Hours/week
    50

  • WESLEY E SHARP

    TRAINER/CATALYST

    Total calculated
    $157,845
    From this org
    $142,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,845
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,900
    Bonus
    $100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,944
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,901
    Filer's total
    $157,845

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
IN 2024 DISCRETIONARY BONUSES WERE GIVEN TO OFFICERS AND HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES. THE CEO'S BONUS WAS DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OTHER BONUSES WERE JOINTLY DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE CEO AND CFO.

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

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.

  • NOT UNTO US LLC

    FL · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by BIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CATALYST COMMUNITY WELLNESS LLC

    UNRELATED · GYM · FL · 19% owned · share of income -$15,632 · share of assets -$2,596 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by BIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349311411

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