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CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs
CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being LKQ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $382k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $-63059
What CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs does
Mission
The Changing and Saving Lives Foundation exists to promote a positive impression of and common interest in the automotive repair industry; to improve the quality of life of families in need, veterans, active-duty military, and first responders through support programs and donations; and to give back to enhance communities across the country.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The recycled rides program improves awareness and community relations by repairing and donating recycled vehicles to families in need in their communities.
$309,998 spent$3,500 earned by the program85% of program spendingThe first responder emergency extrication program is offered to members to inform local fire personnel about extraction techniques on newer vehicles with airbags and high strength steel. This program helps promote the value that repairers bring as good citizens.
$52,997 spent$13,420 earned by the program15% of program spendingAnnual golf outings and gala provide networking for industry professionals.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $362,995.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $95k to $207k (+118%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Donald Porter
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- National Auto Body Council Inc · exempt
- Ross Robinson Communications · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs?
- CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being LKQ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs?
- LKQ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing