True to Life Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.7m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$632k
$160k liabilities
Net assets
$471k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
5.1 years on average
Staff
13
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
10
named in Part VII
True to Life Foundation's network
3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 3 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antionette Jones | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Marion Stewart - Parrott | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Patricia Thomas | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
10 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Adrienne Cherry | Board Member | 2018 |
| Antionette Jones | Board Member | 2018 |
| Charlotte Barnett | Finance Director | since 2022 |
| Larry Alexander | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Pamela D Warner | Board Member | 2018 |
| Rachel Anyaeche | Company secretary | 2018 |
| Rachel Fatubde | Company secretary | 2024 |
| Sam Williams | Board Member | 2018 |
| Sean Caruthers | Treasurer | since 2018 |
| Velinda Alexander | President & CEO | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velinda Alexander | President & CEO | 40 | $216k | ||
| Charlotte Barnett | Finance Director | 40 | $160k | ||
| Joy Sims | Business MNGR | 40 | $120k | ||
| Antionette Jones | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marion Stewart - Parrott | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patricia Thomas | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sean Caruthers | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Larry Alexander | Vice President | 25 | $0 | ||
| Rachel Fatubde | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- True to Life Foundation
- EIN
- 161668183
- Address
- 8828 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL, 60617-2809
- State
- Illinois
- Mission
- To promote competent, complete and creative families through education, crisis intervention and restoration programs. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- O50 Youth development
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Youth Development
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Velinda Alexander (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 2005
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsAntionette Jones
≥4years on the filingsMarion Stewart - Parrott
≥3years on the filingsPatricia Thomas
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $632k
- Total liabilities
- $160k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $471k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.7m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 13
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3m | $1.3m | $41k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.