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BEACON INC

EIN 74-3056968 BLOOMINGTON, IN

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Revenue 2024
$5,055,554
Expenses 2024
$3,182,440

Program services were 82.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1000
Street
620 S WALNUT 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 · 2024

Mission

BEACON, INC, (BEACON) IS A SOLUTIONS-DRIVEN, ANTI-POVERTY NONPROFIT, DEDICATED TO AIDING AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EXTREME POVERTY, ESPECIALLY HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS. BASED IN BLOOMINGTON, IN, BEACON PROVIDES SIX CORE PROGRAMS; SHALOM CENTER, FRIEND'S PLACE, PHIL'S KITCHEN, CRAWFORD HOMES, RAPID REHOUSING, AND STREET OUTREACH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BEACON, INC. (BEACON) IS AN INDIANA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. BEACON IS A SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY SERVING BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. ITS PRINCIPLE PROGRAMS INVOLVE PROVIDING MEALS AND SHELTER TO THOSE IN NEED, ASSISTING PEOPLE IN OBTAINING NECESSARY HOUSING, HEALTHCARE AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFERING EDUCATIONAL AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND ASSISTING PEOPLE IN OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT.

  • SHALOM CENTER: THE SHALOM CENTER IS BEACON'S DAY SHELTER AND OUR MAIN LOCATION, WHERE PHIL'S KITCHEN, RAPID-RE-HOUSING, AND STREET OUTREACH ALL WORK FROM. OPEN EVERY WEEKDAY FROM 8AM TO 4PM, SHALOM PROVIDES LIFE ESSENTIALS TO HELP PEOPLE STABILIZE IN TIMES OF NEED, INCLUDING: DAY SHELTER, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH (60,190 MEALS SERVED), EMERGENCY GROCERIES, RESTROOMS, SHOWERS (5,339), LAUNDRY (1,733), STORAGE, TELEPHONES, A MAILING ADDRESS, BUS TICKETS (5,985), PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE (50 PEOPLE), RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE (262 HOUSEHOLDS), IDENTIFICATION (138), AND ACCESS TO HOUSING RESOURCES. SHALOM CENTER ALSO PROVIDED COUNSELING SESSIONS (2,023), ASSISTED PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES, AND REUNITED HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH OUT-OF-TOWN FAMILIES (43). FRIEND'S PLACE: BEACON PROVIDES OVERNIGHT SHELTER TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. FRIEND'S PLACE IS THE ONLY YEAR-ROUND, NONRELIGIOUS SHELTER FOR ADULTS (AGE 18+) IN OUR REGION. FRIEND'S PLACE PROVIDES SAFE AND SOBER BEDS FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND GENDER NONBINARY PEOPLE. THE SHELTER OPENS DAILY AT 5:15PM. GUESTS MUST NOT BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND MONROE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY. FRIEND'S PLACE SHELTERED 269 PEOPLE (25.65% OF WHOM MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING) FOR 14,210 BED-NIGHTS.CRAWFORD HOMES AND RAPID RE-HOUSING: AS A HOUSING FIRST ORGANIZATION, BEACON PRIORITIZES HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. BEACON PROVIDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (CRAWFORD HOMES) FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS DUE TO DISABILITIES. CRAWFORD HOMES PROVIDED HOMES FOR 132 FORMERLY HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. RAPID REHOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SHORT-TERM HOMELESSNESS WHO NEED LESS INTENSIVE SUPPORTS. RAPID RE-HOUSING HOUSED 119 PEOPLE WITHOUT SHELTER.

    Expenses $2,609,101 · Grants $1,278,021 · Revenue $74,274

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Forrest Gilmore

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,945
    From this org
    $74,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,145
    Hours/week
    45

  • Melanie Vehslage

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carol Watson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Laura Pettit

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vera Flocke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrew Appel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Bloom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jean Capler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Cole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry Harper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diana Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sian Mooney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Von Welch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,055,554
    Expenses
    $3,182,440
    Contributions
    $4,970,445
    Grants paid
    $1,278,021
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,936,800
    Expenses
    $2,956,137
    Contributions
    $2,881,342
    Grants paid
    $1,328,135
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,762,867
    Expenses
    $2,704,647
    Contributions
    $2,725,703
    Grants paid
    $1,177,206

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
    $4,444,420
    Expenses
    $3,902,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,150,566

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,842,739
    Expenses
    $3,258,946
    Assets (EOY)
    $853,702

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.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.