Lifes Good Stay Here
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920731806
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Monroe, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7042689218
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Temporary Housing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $179,716
- Expenses
- $163,466
- Assets
- $16,338
- Liabilities
- $88
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALCEEN FORD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ALCEEN FORD (PRESIDENT)
- DIANE JACKSON (TREASURER)
- JEANNINE SMITH (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to connect resources to the idd community that will empower and create solutions for those in need. Doing so will create a movement of change. Lifes good stay here encourages one to gain intellectual independence, housing, self-awareness, and much more.
What it reported doing in 2024
2.community networking - community networking for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (id/dd) refers to building meaningful connections between these individuals and the broader community to foster inclusion, independence, and well-being. It's about creating opportunities for people with id/dd to participate fully in everyday life - not just in specialized programs, but in the same spaces and activities as everyone else.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
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: 9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $149K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.