Alabama · Nonprofit
LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE
LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,445,006 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR ALABAMA ($1,155,006). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $658k
What Life Ladies Influencing Freedom and Excellence does
Mission
Our mission is to prepare all students, grades kindergarten through eighth grade, for a successful future in college, careers, and/or entrepreneurial endeavors.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
Professional development: every education professional is well-prepared, resource-supported, and effective. Student support: every student has access to support systems that maximize opportunities for academic and life success. Community engagement: we engage parent and community partners in support of student success.
$2,857,792 spent$31,998 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,857,792.
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
Norma Chism-Lubin
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $465k → $790k.
From the IRS filings of LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 54% · 2021 100% · 2022 51% · 2023 70% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,281 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,281 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2022
Organizations like LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 2048 West Fairview LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE?
- LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,445,006 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR ALABAMA ($1,155,006). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,445,006 in grants to LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE?
- NEW SCHOOLS FOR ALABAMA is the largest funder on record, with $1,155,006 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFE LADIES INFLUENCING FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 3 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