The Life Works Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861329739
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Phone
5402991322
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,698
Expenses
$95,963
Assets
$303,806
Liabilities
$110,700

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ADRIENNE YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • LARRY STOPPER (CHAIR)
  • SUSAN GREENE (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

To empower our neighbors with practical supports to uplift and thrive.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual jobfest - in an effort to connect community job seekers with employers in the staunton, augusta county and waynesboro area, the life works project hosts an annual job fair where potential employees also receive resume help, interview skills and access to other community agencies. An emphasis is placed on bringing second chance employers together to present opportunities for those who need it. This year there were 104 attendees hooptie hospital car care clinic - ran every tuesday in the month of september. This program centers around those who may receive snap or medicaid, own a vehicle, and need to keep it running. Particpants received hands on training/support with basic car care maintenance by trutech automotive in waynesboro. At the end of the sessions an emergency roadside kit was given to each household and a 150 gift certificate for a repair or replacement part for their vehicle. Capped at 10 participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86

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: 25.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 69.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.