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EAST LAKE INITIATIVE A NONPROFIT CORPORATION

EIN 27-1941412 BIRMINGHAM, AL

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Revenue 2025
$1,535,158
Expenses 2025
$1,255,060

Program services were 77.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L80
Classification
1200
Street
6523 1ST AVE N

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO OFFER FAMILY-CENTERED COACHING AND FOSTER THRIVING COMMUNITIES. OUR CORE VALUES ARE COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, UNITY, AND GRIT. OUR MISSION AND VALUES GUIDE EVERYTHING WE DO, FROM HOW WE DESIGN PROGRAMS TO HOW WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS. AT ELI THRIVE, WE SEE EVERY PARTICIPANT AS RESILIENT AND CAPABLE OF THRIVING. OUR GOAL IS TO EMPOWER FAMILIES TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH KINDNESS, COMPASSION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WE RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENABLING AND EMPOWERING. ENABLING FOCUSES ON SOLVING PROBLEMS FOR SOMEONE, OFTEN CREATING DEPENDENCE. EMPOWERING, ON THE OTHER HAND, MEANS EQUIPPING FAMILIES WITH TOOLS, CONFIDENCE, AND SUPPORT SO THEY CAN SOLVE CHALLENGES THEMSELVES AND BUILD LASTING INDEPENDENCE. WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN FAMILIES THRIVE, COMMUNITIES THRIVE. AND WE BELIEVE THAT AS A STAFF AND TEAM, WE MUST LIVE OUT THOSE VALUES EVERY DAY.

  • HOUSING - ELI IS HELPING TO BRING BACK PRIDE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH HOUSE TO HOME TRANSFORMATIONS. BY ACQUIRING DISTRESSED PROPERTIES AND RENOVATING THEM TO BE QUALITY HOMES ELI IS ABLE TO OFFER TENANTS SAFE AND SECURE HOUSING OPTIONS. RESIDENTS ENTER INTO A MENTORING RELATIONSHIP THAT PREPARES THEM TO BE HOMEOWNERS. THE MENTORSHIP INCLUDES FINANCIAL COUNCELING AND OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS SUCCESSFUL HOME OWNERSHIP. THROUGH ELI'S LAUNCH HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM FAMILIES CAN MOVE INTO AN ELI OWNED APARTMENT FOR 12 MONTHS WHILE THEY BEGIN PREPARING FOR THE ROAD TO HOMEOWNERSHIP.

    Expenses $196,405 · Revenue $115,417

  • WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - THE CHANGING FACE OF EMPLOYMENT PAIRED WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF SCHOOL AND CHILDCARE FOR THE POPULATION WE WORK WITH HAS BEEN THE CATALYST FOR PROGRAM EXPANSION. IN ORDER TO HELP OUR FAMILIES EXPLORE CAREER OPTIONS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND CERTIFICATIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT TO MEET THEIR EMPLOYMENT GOALS; WE HIRED A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COACH AS A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER. THIS COACH OFFERS PARENTS MORE INTENSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HELP AND ALSO MANAGES OUR HUSTLE MICRO-GRANTS, WHICH OFFERS PARENTS $1000 IN SEED MONEY FOR BUSINESS START-UPS.

    Expenses $24,904 · Grants $24,597

  • THRIVE - THIS PROGRAM UTILIZES OUR ALREADY EXISTING HOLISTIC SERVICES OF HOUSING, TUTORING, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD GARDEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNER, SERVING YOU MINISTRIES, PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICES: FOOD MARKET AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS JOB SKILLS TRAINING WITH A KEY NEW COMPONENT BEING COACHES TO WORK WITH EACH FAMILY.

    Expenses $748,708

  • Expenses $278 · Revenue $423

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michael Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Christian Adedoyin MSW PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Birdsong

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristen Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pam Mangham

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Floresha Watkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keisha Taylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Bowman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonja Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Candi Forbes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bradley Pinkerton

    TREASURER- ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela Bates

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $62,017
    From this org
    $62,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Myron Thomas

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $93,746
    From this org
    $77,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,638
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,535,158
    Expenses
    $1,255,060
    Contributions
    $1,361,654
    Grants paid
    $24,597
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,306,421
    Expenses
    $886,647
    Contributions
    $1,219,747
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,325,664
    Expenses
    $788,870
    Contributions
    $1,096,613
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $927,300
    Expenses
    $604,177
    Contributions
    $525,485
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $767,200
    Expenses
    $488,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,096,224

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,567
    Expenses
    $229,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $876,065

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $226,061
    Expenses
    $180,580
    Assets (EOY)
    $773,678

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $162,524
    Expenses
    $142,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $732,787

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $220,167
    Expenses
    $135,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $717,505

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,284
    Expenses
    $81,852
    Assets (EOY)
    $636,852

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $112,848
    Expenses
    $35,642
    Assets (EOY)
    $351,381

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $84,906
    Expenses
    $70,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,638

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Pamela C Bates
Mailing address
5091 CALDWELL MILL ROADBIRMINGHAM AL 35242

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.