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LIVE IN PEACE INC

EIN 45-2301493 E PALO ALTO, CA

Revenue 2023
$2,081,333
Expenses 2023
$3,064,683

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
321 BELL ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE PART I, LINE 1

Activities or mission (Part I)

LIVE IN PEACE IS AN EAST PALO ALTO-BASED ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ADVANCING THE CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WE FULFILL THIS MISSION BY BUILDING A STRONG FAMILY ATMOSPHERE THAT SUPPORTS OUR YOUTH IN THE FOLLOWING THREE PROGRAM AREAS: THE LIP STUDIO (ARTS ADN CULTURE), THE COLLEGE INITIATIVE (EDUCATION), AND THE STREET CODE ACADEMY (TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS). IN EACH PROGRAM, WE HELP OUR STUDENTS DISCOVER, DEVELOP, AND DIRECT THEIR CREATIVE GENIUS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE BROADER WORLD.

  • COLLEGE INITIATIVE 2008, OUR FIRST COLLEGE STUDENT ENTERED ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1 YEAR AFTER BEING INFORMED THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO ATTEND A 4-YEAR COLLEGE. HIS RESPONSE, AND OURS, LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT WOULD BECOME THE LIVE IN PEACE COLLEGE INITIATIVE. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE SENT OVER 100 EAST PALO ALTO STUDENTS TO COLLEGES AROUND THE COUNTRY. OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE COLLEGE PREP SUPPORT AS WELL AS ONGOING ACADEMIC, FINANCIAL, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE JOURNEY. THE FLEXIBLE NATURE OF OUR PROGRAM ALSO ALLOWS US TO RE-ENGAGE AND RE-ENROLL STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE STEPPED OFF THEIR COLLEGE PATH FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. THE RESULT SO FAR IS A COLLEGE GRADUATION RATE 6X HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED "LOW-INCOME AND ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GO TO COLLEGE.

    Expenses $964,065 · Grants $826,181 · Revenue $680,000

  • STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVE GREATNESS (SWAG) LIVE IN PEACE WAS CHOSEN BY THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A 3-YEARS PROGRAM THAT WOULD ACTIVELY RE-ENGAGE 80 OF SEQUOIA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MOST ACADEMICALLY DISENGAGED STUDENTS. THE SWAG PROGRAM IS NOW WORKING WITH OVER 83 STUDENTS, PROVIDING TUTORING, ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND MORE. WITH 28 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN OUR FIRST YEAR, REPRESENTING A 100% GRADUATION RATE FOR OUR SENIORS, WE ARE NOW SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING SWAG STUDENTS INTO OUR COLLEGE INITIATIVE, POSITIONING OUR YOUTH TO FOLLOW THEIR VISIONS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

    Expenses $810,941 · Grants $20 · Revenue $339,633

  • FIRST OF THE MONTH (COVID-19 PROGRAM) THOUSANDS OF NEIGHBORS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED DUE TO COVID-19, MANY ARE ONE BILL AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR HOME OR NOT HAVING GROCERIES. WE ARE SUPPORTING 300+ ALREADY IDENTIFIED EAST PALO ALTO, MENLO PARK, REDWOOD CITY AND PALO ALTO FAMILIES OF COLOR, MOSTLY WORKING IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, WITH RENT AND CASH ASSISTANCE. MANY POTENTIALLY FACE MONTHS OF JOBLESSNESS AS SHELTER IN PLACE CONTINUES. #FIRSTOFTHEMONTH IS A CAMPAIGN CREATED BY THREE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE MOST URGENT NEED IDENTIFIED BY OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS-RENT.

    Expenses $441,523 · Grants $7,000 · Revenue $1,871

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • HEATHER STARNES-LOGWOD

    DIRECTOR/ED

    Total calculated
    $121,154
    From this org
    $121,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JUSTIN PHIPPS

    DIRECTOR/SECRET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEG PHELPS

    DIRECTOR/TREASU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BERNIE GIFFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SRI RAGA VELAGAPUDI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA GAUTHIER

    President

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,081,333
    Expenses
    $3,064,683
    Contributions
    $1,975,499
    Grants paid
    $947,178
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,169,660
    Expenses
    $2,939,045
    Contributions
    $3,107,797
    Grants paid
    $499,583

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
    $3,550,800
    Expenses
    $2,765,845
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,436,856

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,500,753
    Expenses
    $3,510,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,821,570

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,540,017
    Expenses
    $2,844,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,305,276

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,637,466
    Expenses
    $1,649,690
    Assets (EOY)
    $237,420

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,406,250
    Expenses
    $1,283,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $252,644

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,478,060
    Expenses
    $1,512,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,618

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,475,777
    Expenses
    $1,628,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $155,820

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,075,068
    Expenses
    $852,044
    Assets (EOY)
    $309,875

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $427,987
    Expenses
    $407,515
    Assets (EOY)
    $90,983

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 2011

Tax period
1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012
Principal officer
Justin Phipps
Mailing address
2200 Oakwood DriveEast Palo Alto CA 94303

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.