Elevate Life Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 333824011
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Canton, OH, USA
- Phone
- 3304564797
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,511
- Expenses
- $82,499
- Assets
- $13,012
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Diana Spaulding (Executive Director)
- Randy Rhodebeck (Board President)
- Mark French (Board Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Diana Spaulding (Executive Director)
- Eric Spaulding (Chief Operations Officer)
- Randy Rhodebeck (Board President)
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
Elevate Life Network is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3) to relieve poverty and lessen the burdens of government. The organization provides workforce development services, including job training, career readiness instruction, and access to vocational education, to individuals facing economic hardship. Programs include personal development, life skills training, and employment placement support designed to improve participants' ability to obtain and retain gainful employment. The organization partners with public agencies and community organizations to serve low-income individuals and promote economic self-sufficiency and stability.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, Elevate Life Network advanced its mission to alleviate economic, relational, and spiritual poverty by delivering a structured workforce development program designed to equip individuals for long-term self-sufficiency. The organization served 23 individuals through its Leader Program and Launch Program, providing comprehensive support in personal development, career readiness, and job placement. The Leader Program, a six-month, in-person program, guided participants ("Leaders") through three phases: Personal Development, Skill Development, and Career Launch. During the Personal Development phase, Leaders completed training focused on mindset, communication, emotional intelligence, and goal setting. This phase culminated in mock interviews conducted by volunteer professionals, providing practical interview experience and feedback. In the Skill Development phase, Leaders engaged in vocational training through accredited programs and trade pathways, including healthcare, skilled trades, and administrative support. Participants worked toward industry-recognized certifications while developing workplace readiness skills. Elevate Life Network provided ongoing coaching and progress monitoring to support completion. During the Career Launch phase, Leaders received individualized support in resume development, job applications, and interview preparation, along with connections to local employers and workforce partners. In 2025, 12 Leaders completed the program, with 9 securing employment. The average starting wage for employed graduates was $21.75 per hour, often including benefits and opportunities for advancement. These outcomes reflect measurable progress toward economic stability and reduced reliance on public assistance. Elevate Life Network also initiated its Launch Program, an online career exploration course developed in partnership with local public agencies. In 2025, one participant began the program, laying the groundwork for future expansion of this service offering. Additionally, the organization facilitated regular community gatherings that provided mentorship, life skills training, and supportive relationships, reinforcing program outcomes and promoting long-term stability. Through partnerships with public agencies, employers, and community organizations, Elevate Life Network expanded access to workforce development services and continued to demonstrate its effectiveness in helping individuals achieve sustainable employment and self-sufficiency.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. 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: 17
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.4%; rating input score 16
- Program expense ratio: 18.9%; rating input score 19
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.6%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.4% of revenue deployed · 18.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.