Skip to content
ProPublica Donate
ProPublica Donate

Lifeline To Success

  • Memphis, TN
  • Tax-exempt since April 2014
  • EIN: 27-0322263

Organization summary

Organization summary might be incomplete or out of date

This organization is not listed in the IRS's most recent list of tax exempt organizations, but we have data associated with this Employer Identification Number.

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Human Services — Multipurpose and Other / Human Service Organizations - Multipurpose (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$911k (2020)

Expenses
$813k (2020)

Total Assets
$25k (2020)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2020)

Years with missing data
Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2012 to 2020

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$911,198
Expenses
$812,707
Net Income
$98,491
Net Assets
$25,000
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $627,469
68.9%
Program Services $283,729
31.1%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $77,498
9.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $142,520
17.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $25,000
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $25,000
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Deandre Brown Sr (Executive Director) $68,049 $0 $0
Vinessa Brown (Director Of Operations/Development) $48,000 $0 $0
Tim Ware (Chairman) $0 $0 $0
Henry Littleton (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Jana Wilson (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Chantavia Burton (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Alison Ponder (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Lee Moton (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Virginia Murphy (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Terrance Patterson (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990
Filed on June 4, 2021

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$736,945
Expenses
$683,007
Net Income
$53,938
Net Assets
$315,074
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $488,256
66.3%
Program Services $248,689
33.7%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $77,498
11.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $315,074
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $315,074
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Deandre D Brown Sr (Executive Director) $68,049 $0 $0
Vinessa Brown (Director Of Operations/Development) $48,000 $0 $0
Tim Ware (Chairman) $0 $0 $0
Henry Littleton (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Jana Wilson (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Chantavia Burton (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Alison Ponder (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Lee Moten (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Virginia Murphy (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Terrance Patterson (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML
PDF (2 of 4) PDF (3 of 4) PDF (4 of 4)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$921,106
Expenses
$787,889
Net Income
$133,217
Net Assets
$26,874
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $557,118
60.5%
Program Services $363,988
39.5%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $84,000
10.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $44,000
5.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $50,874
Total Liabilities $24,000
Net Assets $26,874

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$862,410
Expenses
$795,332
Net Income
$67,078
Net Assets
$171,781
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $401,881
46.6%
Program Services $460,529
53.4%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $90,782
11.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees $10,820
1.4%
Other Salaries and Wages $900
0.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $201,861
Total Liabilities $30,080
Net Assets $171,781

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$464,992
Expenses
$461,452
Net Income
$3,540
Net Assets
$46,869
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $73,182
15.7%
Program Services $391,810
84.3%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $84,000
18.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $47,462
10.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $46,869
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $46,869

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$367,764
Expenses
$396,047
Net Income
-$28,283
Net Assets
$200,759
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $196,111
53.3%
Program Services $171,653
46.7%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $29,077
7.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $18,346
4.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $200,759
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $200,759

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$655,364
Expenses
$667,454
Net Income
-$12,090
Net Assets
$20,590
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $655,254
100.0%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $110
0.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $308,130
46.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $20,590
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $20,590

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$633,318
Expenses
$608,463
Net Income
$24,855
Net Assets
$33,225
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $633,306
100.0%
Investment Income $12
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $213,577
35.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $33,225
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $33,225

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

  • Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
  • Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
  • Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
  • Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
  • Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

Byline

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford and Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Brandon Roberts, Special to ProPublica.
Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated