Community Life Line
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364552773
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- East Saint Louis, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6188755989
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Financial Counseling
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,335,183
- Expenses
- $1,647,711
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WYVETTA GRANGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- WYVETTA GRANGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $36,487 total reported compensation
- KIM DAVIS (BOARD MEMBER): $26,250 total reported compensation
- ETHYL WALKER (BOARD MEMBER): $18,750 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To rebuild communities from the inside out with comprehensive programs and community partnerships designed to transform the lives of urban youth nad families through educaiton, health, economics and community development
What it reported doing in 2024
Family support services which addresses the pressing issues such as nutrition, housing, clothing and health care that prevents individuals from fully engaging in life-changing opportunities that impact their well-being
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 16
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $36K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.