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Lifeline Institute

Lifeline Institute (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being North County Lifeline Inc dba Lifeline Community Services ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$127k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$1.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($29k) Net assets 100 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 6 ($88k) Expenses 113 ($33k) Net assets 79 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 8 ($127k) Expenses 288 ($84k) Net assets 83 ($1.3M)
202320242025
Revenue (8)Expenses (288)Net assets (83)Peer revenue range

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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of Lifeline Institute’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,813 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.6M
’23
$55k
’24
$43k
’25
5.5
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of Lifeline Institute’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

100% of Lifeline Institute's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

Lifeline Institute runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,754 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin34% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−72% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,754 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 100%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lifeline Institute: 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 Lifeline Institute?
Lifeline Institute (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being North County Lifeline Inc dba Lifeline Community Services ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Lifeline Institute have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to Lifeline Institute, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Lifeline Institute?
North County Lifeline Inc dba Lifeline Community Services is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Lifeline Institute find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing