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THE LIFE LINK

EIN 85-0360455 SANTA FE, NM

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Revenue 2023
$9,527,069
Expenses 2023
$9,041,517

Program services were 88.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O20Z
Classification
1000
Street
2325 CERRILLOS RD

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

THE LIFE LINK HELPS HUNGRY, HOMELESS, AND DISPLACED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDING ADVANCED ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES.

  • THE LIFE LINK IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH THROUGH BREAKING CYCLES OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL ILLNESS, TRAUMA, EXPLOITATION, AND ADDICTION. NOT ONLY WERE WE ABLE TO SERVE WITHOUT SKIPPING A BEAT WHEN THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC HIT, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY AS A TEAM, STRENGTHEN OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, SERVE MORE CLIENTS, AND IMPLEMENT NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CRUCIAL SERVICES TO THE MOST MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR SUPPORTER BASE IS GROWING, THE AWARENESS OF OUR SERVICES IS EXTENDING, AND WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED NEW WAYS TO PROVIDE SERVICES, INCLUDING A TELEHEALTH PLATFORM. WE ARE PRIMED TO CONTINUE OUR GROWTH AND STRENGTHEN OUR MISSION.

    Expenses $7,968,843 · Grants $2,849,758 · Revenue $3,352,618

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.

  • Craig O'Hare

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joanna Prukop

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Chavez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carmen Contreras

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Sanchez-Gagne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Manzanares

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Debernardi

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $197,549
    From this org
    $169,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,473
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,399
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,677
    Filer's total
    $197,549

  • Christy O'Neil

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $124,924
    From this org
    $113,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,815
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lynn Sanchez

    HUMAN TRAFF.

    Total calculated
    $138,858
    From this org
    $124,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,868
    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,527,069
    Expenses
    $9,041,517
    Contributions
    $6,096,282
    Grants paid
    $2,849,758
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,748,683
    Expenses
    $8,207,333
    Contributions
    $6,481,467
    Grants paid
    $2,247,797

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
    $8,620,077
    Expenses
    $7,379,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,534,287

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,396,927
    Expenses
    $7,182,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,097,508

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,715,737
    Expenses
    $5,822,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,128,183

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,610,275
    Expenses
    $6,622,304
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,827,801

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,808,793
    Expenses
    $6,816,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,258,867

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,808,793
    Expenses
    $6,816,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,258,867

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,151,340
    Expenses
    $6,219,840
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,482,898

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,871,369
    Expenses
    $5,846,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,087,377

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,976,404
    Expenses
    $4,694,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,259,366

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,879,652
    Expenses
    $4,325,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,100,445

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

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 11 November 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.