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US nonprofit · EIN 452702341 · Lincoln, VAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 452702341) - 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 May 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 2012.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Life Raft International Inc's network

8 peoplei8 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

8 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.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 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Chris NikkelDirector2024
2 yrs
Christopher IrvineDirector2018
8 yrs
Christopher WoodruffDirector2018
8 yrs
Evette RiveraDirector2024
2 yrs
John QuinleyDirector2018
8 yrs
Michael HoytDirector2018
8 yrs
R Zach SmithDirector2018
8 yrs
Seth WarrenDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Evette RiveraKey Employeesince 2019
Jade WoodruffKey Employeesince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 May 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
Evette RiveraDirector40$32k
Christopher WoodruffDirector5$2k
Michael HoytDirector1$0
R Zach SmithDirector1$0
John QuinleyDirector1$0
Christopher IrvineDirector1$0
Seth WarrenDirector1$0
Chris NikkelDirector0$0

About

Legal name
Life Raft International Inc
EIN
452702341
Address
Po Box 115, Lincoln, VA, 20160-0115
State
Virginia
Mission
Our mission is to feed, shelter, and protect people who have escaped persecution in their home countries only to face it anew in the country where they hoped to find refuge. We do this by connecting those facing persecution with the people who want to help them. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Q71 International, foreign affairs and national security
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Zach Smith (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsChristopher Irvine
≥8years on the filingsChristopher Woodruff
≥8years on the filingsJohn Quinley
≥8years on the filingsMichael Hoyt

Latest return

year to 31 May 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 May 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$45k
Total liabilities
$501
Net assets or fund balances
$45k
Contributions and grants received
$210k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$115k
Employees
1
Volunteers
100

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$222k$213k$8k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.