FRIENDS FOR LIFE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

E22N

Classification

1000

Street

5000 LAKEWOOD DR

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

• REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL GUARDIANSHIP: SERVED AS LEGAL GUARDIAN FOR 570 ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT OR EXPLOITATION. LOCATED SAFE PLACES FOR THEM TO RESIDE AND MADE SURE THEY HAD FOOD, MEDICAL CARE, ETC.

  Expenses $1,561,163 · Revenue $1,389,108

• ADULT DAY CARE:OPERATION OF AN ADULT DAY CARE CENTER SERVING 139 INDIVIDUALS. THE CENTER IS OPEN FROM 7:30AM TO 6:00PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND PROVIDES NURSING CARE, MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL INTERACTION, EXERCISE PROGRAMS, AND MORE.

  Expenses $984,455 · Revenue $789,846

• LIFE SKILLS TRAINING:A ONE-ON-ONE PROGRAM IN WHICH STAFF WORK INDIVIDUALLY WITH CLIENTS WHO HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, TEACHING THEM SKILLS TO HELP THEM BE MORE INDEPENDENT WITHIN THE FACILITY SETTING AND POSSIBLY ASSISTING WITH THEIR MOVE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. APPROXIMATELY 150 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED IN THIS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $579,792 · Revenue $537,221

• MONEY MANAGEMENT:PROVIDED MONEY MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO ELDERLY AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO WERE UNABLE TO HANDLE THEIR FINANCES AND WERE AT RISK OF HAVING UTILITY SERVICES TERMINATED, ETC. ASSISTED WITH BILL PAYING, BALANCING CHECKBOOKS, ETC. ALSO ASSISTED INDIVIDUALS WITH INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FOR RESOURCES, INSURANCE EVALUATION, INTERVENTION WITH CREDITORS, ETC. 371 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED IN THIS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $343,397 · Revenue $270,965

• TOOL SHOP:THE TOOL SHOP IS A PLACE WHERE DONORS CAN DONATE TOOLS THAT ARE SOLD AT A REDUCED COST. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIORS TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.

  Expenses $69,545 · Revenue $41,028

• CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES: FRIENDS FOR LIFE CONNECTS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED THAT ARE PROVIDED THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS AND THE RESOURCES, EVENTS, AND SUPPORT NETWORKS AVAILABLE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. FRIENDS FOR LIFE WILL ALSO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL FAMILY STIPENDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED IN SOME WAY WITH THE CHILD'S HEALTHCARE NEEDS. FRIENDS FOR LIFE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 433 CHILDREN THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $157,670 · Revenue $165,622

• THE LEARNING LAB PROGRAM OFFERS LABS THAT HELPS FRIENDS FOR LIFE CLIENTS LEARN TO READ.

  Expenses $59,360 · Revenue $4,204

• LIFELINES:THE LIFELINE PROGRAM PROVIDES CARE COORDINATION FOR CLIENTS CONNECTING PEOPLE IN NEED WITH RESOURCES WITHIN FRIENDS FOR LIFE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN MEET INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

  Expenses $57,937

• INDEPENDENT LIVING & QUALITY OF LIFE: RECRUITED AND ORGANIZED VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED 337 HOME BOUND ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH THE TASKS OF DAILY LIVING. BOTH STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, ETC., AND WORKED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.

  Expenses $258,507

• INFORMATION, REFERRAL & ASSISTANCE SERVICES:THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE AND REFERRAL SERVICES TO A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CONTACT THE ORGANIZATION FOR HELP. THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A NEW OR SEPARATE PROGRAM AS ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION HAVE PROVIDED THESE SERVICES OVER THE YEARS AND SPECIFIC COSTS FOR THESE TASKS ARE NOT TRACKED. HOWEVER, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2024, THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN TRACKING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO WHOM INFORMATION, REFERRAL AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED. FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2025, APPROXIMATELY 5,302 INDIVIDUALS BENEFITED FROM THE PROVISION OF THESE SERVICES.

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.

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

  $4,737,075

  Expenses

  $4,537,650

  Contributions

  $1,506,996

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,806,998

  Expenses

  $3,946,686

  Contributions

  $1,908,499

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,757,975

  Expenses

  $3,476,219

  Contributions

  $1,106,707

  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

  $3,137,299

  Expenses

  $3,169,092

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,465,667

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,158,758

  Expenses

  $2,738,827

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,118,394

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,869,903

  Expenses

  $3,056,657

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,266,599

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,711,493

  Expenses

  $2,738,855

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,182,352

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,350,649

  Expenses

  $2,389,945

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,266,582

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,347,400

  Expenses

  $2,230,041

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,449,370

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,251,432

  Expenses

  $2,331,924

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,514,868

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,488,316

  Expenses

  $2,487,374

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,663,438

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,554,784

  Expenses

  $2,298,182

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,634,409

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,969,157

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,548,261

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $170,250

  2024 · HEALTH

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $100,000

  2023 · HEALTH

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $60,000

  2022 · HEALTH

• HOUSTON MARATHON FOUNDATION INC

  $25,000

  2023 · Aramco Commitment to the Community Donation

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE

  $15,250

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE

  $15,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $6,000

  2023 · POVERTY

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