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US nonprofit · EIN 352404984 · Memphis, TNiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 352404984) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 August 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2011.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Make A Difference

Donations deductible
Revenue
$332k
year to 31 August 2025
Expenses
$285k
year to 31 August 2025
Total assets
$209k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$209k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
8.4 years on average
Staff
0
6 volunteers
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Bruce Cole
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Make A Difference's network

6 people2 organisationsi6 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (2) 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

6 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 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Bruce Cole ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Carla AndersonBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Chris LawsonBoard Member2018
8 yrs
David GitterBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Ling GitterBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Lloyd StovallBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Betty LawsonExecutive Directorsince 2018
Bruce ColeChairmansince 2021
Carla AndersonBoard Membersince 2021
Chris LawsonBoard Membersince 2021
David GitterBoard Membersince 2021
Ling GitterBoard Membersince 2021
Lloyd StovallBoard Membersince 2021

Pay and hours

year to 31 August 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Betty LawsonExecutive Director40$60k
Bruce ColeChairman5$0
David GitterBoard Member2$0
Chris LawsonBoard Member2$0
Ling GitterBoard Member2$0
Lloyd StovallBoard Member2$0
Carla AndersonBoard Member2$0

About

Legal name
Make A Difference
EIN
352404984
Address
Po Box 751514, Memphis, TN, 38175-1514
State
Tennessee
Mission
Make A Difference, Inc. is a state licensed Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program designed to treat the critical needs (mental health and chemical addiction issues) of indigent and uninsured adults in need of intensive treatment on an outpatient basis. However, these individuals cannot afford to pay for such needed services. State grants such as CTC- Community Treatment Collaboration... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
F22 Mental health and crisis intervention
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Betty Lawson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 2011
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2020
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsBruce Cole
≥8years on the filingsCarla Anderson
≥8years on the filingsChris Lawson
≥8years on the filingsDavid Gitter

Latest return

year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$209k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$209k
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$332k
Employees
0
Volunteers
6

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$326k$291k$35k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.