Choose Life of Jamestown Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222757361
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Jamestown, NY, USA
Phone
7166645459
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,395
Expenses
$159,646
Assets
$180,451
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brandon Meacham (President)
  • Jessie Andersen (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Brandon Meacham (President)
  • Ashley Balling NP (Medical Director)
  • Sandra Thies (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose is to support women during a crisis pregnancy.

What it reported doing in 2025

All services are free. We offer options counseling to women and material support for those who decide to parent. We offer a parenting program and give points for attending classes which can be redeemed for baby items. We offer referrals to other organizations in the area, such as WIC. In nearby school districts, we offer Real Essentials in Grades 7-12. This curriculum helps develop and foster healthy relationships between boys and girls and strengthens them to avoid risky behaviors. We had 1500 students in 2019 go thru RE in Health Class. For women who experience trauma from a previous abortion, we offer "Surrendering the Secret", a program for healing led by a trained staff. in 2019, 3 staff got training and they did a sessions with 4 women. Our numbers were low for pregnancy services due to closing the facility during renovation. instead, we did an off-site training for all staff and volunteers and board members on "The Love Approach" to better understand the who, what, where, when and how to best help a woman in crisis.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 5
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 4

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5% of revenue deployed · 4.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.