2024-11-15T09:35:47+00:00 2023-12-31 363990892 Capin Crouse LLP 3200 E Guasti Road Suite 230 Ontario CA 91761 990 2023-01-01 262944042 Life Impact International Inc LIFE 9189575682 PO Box 1984 Broken Arrow OK 74013 Lana M Vasquez President & CEO 9189575682 2024-11-15 true true Andrea Salamy P00705827 5055022746 2024-11-15 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Lana M Vasquez PO Box 1984 Broken Arrow OK 74013 2157070 false X www.lifeimpactintl.org X 2008 CA Provide shelter, safe homes and training to those rescued from abuse and exploitation in Thailand, Myanmar and Brazil. 9 7 16 70 0 0 2128141 2109275 24177 1876 5305 21729 0 22124 2157623 2155004 854685 1280815 0 0 362211 501023 0 33434 210465 443542 542470 1660438 2357742 497185 -202738 2524199 2319123 19917 17579 2504282 2301544 X Life Impact works relentlessly to make a difference in the lives of trafficked, exploited, and at-risk children in Thailand, Burma, and Brazil. Through local prevention projects and outreaches, we work to prevent child exploitation, reaching nearly 1,000 children in Brazil alone. We offer tutoring, counseling, vocational training, food, and so much more. We partner with local governments, including police, social welfare workers, hospitals, and community leaders, to rescue children from horrific situations, operating some 20 family-style safe homes in the three nations. We don't just rescue children. We take every step possible to bring restoration, healing, and wholeness to each child entrusted to our care. We help them heal through counseling and education, giving them the love and childhood they deserve, and pointing them to the greatest Rescuer of all, Jesus. false false 821342 697111 Our programs in Brazil are accomplished through grants to Life Impact Brazil, based in Campina Grande, Brazil. We have prevention projects in five Brazilian communities in three regions: Rio de Janeiro, Ceara (northeast), and the Amazon (north). These projects provide a safe place for the children to receive help, tutoring, food, supplies, play games or sports, and learn about Jesus. In 2023, our enrollment grew from about 500 children to nearly 1,000. In 2023, we distributed more than 91,000 meals and 6.5 tons of food. Our mission is to prevent abuse and exploitation since many of the children live in some of the darkest and most dangerous regions of the world for children.Some will sell their bodies for rice and beans. While for others, their only hope for money or status is to be a drug dealer or the girlfriend of a drug dealer.Our Life Impact Brazil team does everything they can to help families in the community with food, education, counseling, and sharing the gospel with them. A professional staff of psychologists and social workers visits families in "favelas" every year. They are trained to recognize any abuse in the home. They also work with public entities to change the community and keep the children safe, holding campaigns to teach the community how to identify child sexual abuse and human trafficking. We also continue working toward opening our first safe home in Brazil in the Amazon region. Grants to Life Impact help pay for projects and administrative costs. 689325 575825 Our programs in Thailand are accomplished through grants to the Life Impact Thailand Foundation, based in Mae Sot, Thailand. The Foundation is the first and only Government recognized and certified safe home on our border was organized to properly facilitate operations in the country. The Life Impact Thailand Foundation has provided for the needs of the children in our safe homes since 2015, when the organization was officially approved as a Thailand government-recognized safe house. Our 18 family-style safe homes are located on 41 acres. Our emergency shelter is in an undisclosed location. In 2023, we housed and cared for 86 underage children who had been exploited, abused, trafficked, or were living as orphans. Ten of these children were rescued in 2023. Every rescued child has house parents, lives in a family-style safe home, and is provided all life's necessities, including education and medical care. The children also participate in extracurricular activities like sports and music programs. Besides rescuing children, we also took steps to prevent thousands of children from being sold, trafficked, or pressured into a life of slavery through our outreach and prevention projects. In 2023, we held 150 outreach events, raising awareness and providing food and supplies, as well as emergency support where needed. We reached over 3,000 vulnerable and at-risk people in schools, slums, and villages. We distributed more than 41,000 pounds of food. We supported as many as 26 families each month with over 13,000 lbs of food and supplies. We also partnered with six schools reaching more than 1400 students. See Schedule F for more details about our grant-making and monitoring process. 68744 Myanmar/Burma Ministry Because of the civil war, we offer disaster relief to internally displaced people in the jungles of Burma and extremely vulnerable children who are at risk of being taken as child soldiers or arranged child brides. Despite limited access in 2023 due to the civil war, we still helped nearly 2,000 men, women, and children hiding in the jungles in fear for their lives. We delivered 6,270 pounds of food and held 5 outreaches. In addition to relief for those displaced by war, we also completed the House of Hope in Burma. It sits on 12 acres and was home to 13 children impacted by the war 28834 3326 23672 General Ministry In 2023, we continued fulfilling our mission to Prevent, Rescue, and Heal. We worked to prevent the exploitation and trafficking of at-risk children, rescue those already victims, and heal those who have experienced trauma because of it. To fulfill our organization's mission in Thailand, Burma, and Brazil, we have multiple prevention projects and continuous outreach programs in place. In Thailand, we have rescue homes through the Life Impact Thailand Foundation and regularly conduct community outreaches along the Thai/Burma border. We are working to open our first rescue home in Brazil. In our prevention projects there, we reach nearly 1,000 children. We feed families and provide children with educational opportunities, tutoring, and extracurricular activities such as ballet and soccer. We also offer vocational training for older children. We provide counseling through all of our programs to help children heal from the trauma they've experienced. And we tell them about the greatest Rescuer of all, Jesus. 4553 4553 Support for Grace Boarding House in Thailand by grants. The grants provide the House with necessities for the children housed. 33387 7879 23672 1612798 true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false true true true false false true X 6 0 true 16 true false true TH false false false false false false false false false false X 9 7 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false CA X Robert Johnson 9189575682 PO Box 1984 Broken Arrow OK 74013 Kimberly Mora VP & Secretary 7.0 X X 0 0 0 Lana M Vasquez Board President & CEO 60.0 X X 139400 0 0 Mike Rovner Treasurer 0.9 X X 0 0 0 Aaron Antia Board member / Fund Development Chair 0.9 X 0 0 0 Brian Gibson Board Member / Pastoral Advisor 0.9 X 0 0 0 Glenn Shaw Board Member / Building Chair 0.9 X 0 0 0 Janet Rovner Board Member 0.9 X 0 0 0 Jessica Gibson Board Member / Pastoral Advisor 0.9 X 0 0 0 Paul Tims Board Member / Business Advisor 0.9 X 0 0 0 139400 0 0 1 false false false 0 2109275 20000 2109275 Application Fees 900099 1876 1876 0 0 0 0 1876 21729 21729 0 0 0 0 23862 2066 21796 21796 328 0 0 328 328 2155004 23672 0 22057 1280815 1280815 139400 42957 68263 28180 324826 100097 159063 65666 2209 2209 34588 34588 80997 80997 33434 33434 80911 9719 36342 34850 4354 2937 1417 144286 39793 64293 40200 15002 9493 5509 4014 2805 1209 159700 120528 39172 226 226 11266 6459 4807 12730 12730 Staff Development 20851 20851 Small Office Equipment and Furniture 8133 8133 0 0 0 0 2357742 1612798 534479 210465 1918359 919939 579602 1313719 0 0 10 1579 123100 39214 26228 83886 0 0 0 0 2524199 2319123 19917 17579 0 0 0 19917 17579 X 2175565 2301544 328717 2504282 2301544 2524199 2319123 -202738 0 X true X false true false X 1535924 1702786 1830697 2128141 2109275 9306823 0 0 1535924 1702786 1830697 2128141 2109275 9306823 1115161 8191662 554 660 360 189 21729 23492 0 0 0 0 0 328 328 9330643 192518 0.8779 0.9049 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income DESCRIPTION - MISC INCOME, COLUMN A - , COLUMN B - , COLUMN C - , COLUMN D - , COLUMN E - 328.0, COLUMN F - 328.0; RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 9009 9009 46915 3839 43076 34382 26582 7800 32794 8793 24001 83886 true East Asia and the Pacific 1 80 Grantmaking 580378 South America 4 40 Grantmaking 700437 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services Prevention of child trafficking through family assistance, placement in protective custody, and counseling. 182244 South America 0 0 Program Services Prevention of child trafficking through family assistance, placement in protective custody, and counseling. 124231 5 120 0 0 5 120 1587290 0 1587290 East Asia and the Pacific Operations grant 575825 Wire Transfer South America Operations grant 700437 Wire transfer 2 0 false false false false false false Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds In 2023, Life Impact International (Life Impact) granted funds to Life Impact Thailand Foundation (the Foundation), an organization formed by Life Impact in order to be able to operate and pay employees in Thailand. The Foundation is not a subsidiary of Life Impact, however the CEO of Life Impact sits on the board of the Foundation. The other board members of the Foundation are Thai nationals who have a history of working for Life Impact and its CEO. In 2023, Life Impact made cash grants to the Foundation for the purpose of carrying out the programs in Thailand which accomplish Life Impact's mission. Life Impact exercises close oversight and supervision of the assets and monetary funds granted to the Foundation. The CEO of Life Impact resides in Thailand. She approves all budgets and requests for operating funds submitted by the supervisors of the charitable projects and activities being conducted by the Foundation in Thailand. The CEO then observes and monitors the use of the funds, as she is regularly involved in the daily overseas operations. Funds are granted based on approved budget requests. The Thai staff are required to spend according to their approved budgets and to turn in receipts at the end of each month. The receipts are reviewed by a staff accountant on site. The CEO receives regular reports from the accountant. The CEO is based in the Foundation office and visits the various homes several times a week and other project locations several times a month. The CEO also visits the children's home in Burma at least twice a year, with other Life Impact staff members visiting the Burma site every three months or more. One Life Impact board member with extensive construction expertise is directly involved with construction projects overseas, overseeing their planning and execution. In 2023, we continued granting to Grace Boarding House, a registered NGO in Thailand. Monthly expense reports are received and the the CEO of Life Impact International visits the children's home regularly to verify the accountability of expenses. Brazil: In 2023, our activities expanded as we implemented community projects. The accountability for the money to fund these projects has close oversight by the CEO and the Life Impact accountant residing in the US. Funds are spent according to an approved monthly budget, and receipts are turned in and recorded monthly. Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual Schedule F, Part II, Line 1 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual X true Oceans Creative House LLC 11352 Newtonian Blvd Jacksonville FL 32256 consult on fund raising activity false 54465 33434 21031 54465 33434 21031 CA FL OK Lana Vasquez Family Member 139400 Compensation false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 28,834 including grants of $ 3,326)(Revenue $ 23,672) General Ministry In 2023, we continued fulfilling our mission to Prevent, Rescue, and Heal. We worked to prevent the exploitation and trafficking of at-risk children, rescue those already victims, and heal those who have experienced trauma because of it. To fulfill our organization's mission in Thailand, Burma, and Brazil, we have multiple prevention projects and continuous outreach programs in place. In Thailand, we have rescue homes through the Life Impact Thailand Foundation and regularly conduct community outreaches along the Thai/Burma border. We are working to open our first rescue home in Brazil. In our prevention projects there, we reach nearly 1,000 children. We feed families and provide children with educational opportunities, tutoring, and extracurricular activities such as ballet and soccer. We also offer vocational training for older children. We provide counseling through all of our programs to help children heal from the trauma they've experienced. And we tell them about the greatest Rescuer of all, Jesus. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 4,553 including grants of $ 4,553) Support for Grace Boarding House in Thailand by grants. The grants provide the House with necessities for the children housed. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Other officer and key employee compensation The organization does not compensate any other officers or key employees. Therefore, this line was answered no in accordance with the instructions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons Lana M. Vasquez and Kimberly Mora - Family relationship, Mike Rovner and Janet Rovner - Family relationship, Brian Gibson and Jessica Gibson - Family relationship Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body The form 990 was prepared by an independent CPA firm. The form 990 was reviewed in detail by the CEO and bookkeeper prior to filing. The reviewed form 990 is then provided to the board of directors prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy At the annual board meeting, each board member and officer is required to complete and sign a conflict of interest questionnaire. These are reviewed by the US operations manager and kept on file at the corporate office. Should any potential conflicts of interest be disclosed, the board member or officer would be asked to refrain from participation in any deliberation or decision with regard to matters affected by the relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official The CEO's compensation is set by independent members of the board at the annual board meeting. They compare CEO compensation for hundreds of national, state, and local non-profits. The independent members of the board then consider the CEO's salary range per her responsibilities. The compensation approval process is documented in the board minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request. Form 990, Part VIII, Line 11d Other Miscellaneous Revenue Misc Income - Total Revenue: 328, Related or Exempt Function Revenue: , Unrelated Business Revenue: , Revenue Excluded from Tax Under Sections 512, 513, or 514: 328; Life Impact Brazil Rua Capito Joso Alves De Lira CX L Prata Campina Grande BR 58400560 Social assistance without accommodation BR 501(c)(3) Life Impact International true false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true false Life Impact Brazil B 575825 Cash