Texas · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER
COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,048,463 to it, the largest being COSERV CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($394,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $310k
What Community Lifeline Center does
Mission
Community Lifeline Center envisions a community where all of our neighbors are provided resources to overcome temporary adversity. We can achieve this vision by focusing on our mission to provide residents of collin county with basic critical resources, through our food program, one month away program, and unhoused neighbors access point program.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community Lifeline Center offers a range of programs to support individuals and families in our community who are facing food insecurity, housing insecurity, and other financial hardships. This is completed through our Food Assistance Programs and Financial Assistance Program, entitled One Month Away. During FY23, our food program included operating a Food Pantry and numerous mobile distributions throughout Collin County. During this year, CLC distributed 592,866 pounds of food to 29,205 individuals, which represented 494,055 meals provided to our neighbors in Collin County. As the need continued to grow throughout the fourth quarter of FY23, CLC continued to modify its food pantry operations. By the end of FY23, neighbors could visit the pantry weekly, without an appointment. The pantry operating hours by June 2023 were Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM.
$1,946,659 spentof which $1,510,817 as grants92% of program spendingCLC's One Month Away program provided rent and/or utility assistance to those experiencing a crisis. With the exponential growth in applications (we were receiving nearly 400 applications a month by February 2023), CLC staff streamlined and automated some of the processes to ensure we could serve residents in a timely manner. During FY23, CLC provided $268,408 in assistance to 1,924 of our neighbors in Collin County. These programs are crucial in helping our neighbors in need, and we are committed to continuing to provide support to our community through these and other initiatives. Without the assistance provided, many of these neighbors would have faced eviction or hunger, which leads to even greater health risks for our neighbors.
$180,330 spentof which $180,330 as grants8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,126,989.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $611k to $1.3M (+107%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 20% · 2018 3% · 2019 25% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Chief executive
Michael Schwerin
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $32k → $98k.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 25 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 32% · 2019 47% · 2020 67% · 2021 52% · 2022 61% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
36% of COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $455k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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
COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER?
- COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,048,463 to it, the largest being COSERV CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($394,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,048,463 in grants to COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER?
- COSERV CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $394,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing