LifeMoves

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770160469
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mountain View, CA, USA
Phone
(650) 685-5880
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,721,768
Expenses
$69,803,995
Assets
$185,946,187
Liabilities
$26,276,349

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AUBREY MERRIMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANNON PETRELLO (CHIEF PHILANTHR. OFCR (THRU 11/22/24)): $379,691 total reported compensation
  • AUBREY MERRIMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $360,153 total reported compensation
  • PAUL SIMPSON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $322,781 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

LifeMoves is dedicated to providing solutions to homelessness in Silicon Valley, offering interim housing and supportive services to help individuals and families return to stable housing.

What it reported doing in 2024

Services for veterans: with the launch of eleven-eleven, lifemoves now operates a total of 90 veteran-dedicated housing units across san mateo and santa clara counties. The new program, developed in partnership with the u.s. Department of veterans affairs, expands lifemoves' capacity to serve veterans experiencing homelessness by roughly 20%, providing critical housing and essential services tailored to the needs of former service members. In fiscal year 2024, lifemoves assisted approximately 280 veteran clients, a number that continues to decline as veterans engage successfully with supportive programs. This fiscal year, we have consistently had more than thirty veterans enrolled at any given time. As a result of this veteran specific program, collaboration between the va and lifemoves has been elevated. Additionally, service provision has increased, including the ability to serve veteran couples and veterans with a caregiver where it otherwise was too difficult while at the san mateo county navigation center.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.66; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 76.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $53.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $380K · 32 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.