Peace Love Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
PEACELOVE FOUNDATION DEVELOPS AND DELIVERS INNOVATIVE ARTS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE PROVIDE AN EASY, LOW PRESSURE WAY TO FIND RELIEF THROUGH SIMPLE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER A MORE JOYFUL JOURNEY TO PEACE OF MIND.
- Income
- $838,057
- Spending
- $679,371
- Spent on programs
- 67%
- Reserves
- -5.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 56%
- Employees
- 9
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 45 out of 100. Higher than 17% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 453% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 19% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 39% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1567% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 22 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 77 out of 100. Higher than 59% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
18 of 254 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- 1. CREATORS TO DATE, WE HAVE TRAINED 397 CREATORS (FRONTLINE PROFESSIONALS). OUR TRAINED CREATORS IMPACT OVER 125,000 INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR, ACROSS 32 STATES IN THE US, JAMAICA AND 2 CANADIAN PROVINCES, WITH OUR LIFE-CHANGING CREATIVE ACTIVITIES. IMPACT STORIES STORY 1 AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, HOW DO I MEASURE THE IMPACT OF A PROGRAM LIKE PEACELOVE WORKSHOPS? I CAN GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS OF ALL THE PARTICIPANTS OF ALL THE WORKSHOPS I'VE RUN. I NEVER EXPECT AN "A-HA" MOMENT OR SEEING SOMEONE'S MAGIC COME OUT IN PROCESSING THEIR EMOTIONS, BUT IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME. THE IMPACT IS MEASURED IN SO MANY WAYS: WHEN STAFF TELL ME THAT PARTICIPANTS ARE TAKING FEWER BEHAVIORAL MEDICATIONS, OR THAT BEHAVIORS HAVE DECREASED OVERALL AND ESPECIALLY SURROUNDING WHEN A WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED. OR WHEN A NONVERBAL PARTICIPANT RELATES TO A CERTAIN COLOR OR IMAGE, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO CONVEY OR COMMUNICATE THAT EMOTION. OR WHEN A PARTICIPANT COMES IN WITH A FLAT AFFECT, NOT ENGAGING, AND THEN YOU SEE IT - A SHIFT. THEY SOFTEN, THEY ENGAGE, AND THEY OPEN UP. BECAUSE IN THESE WORKSHOPS, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SEEN, HEARD, RESPECTED, AND WELCOMED. THERE'S NOT MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN THE WORLD THESE DAYS TO GO AND DO SOMETHING THAT THE GOAL IS TO JUST "FEEL BETTER." TO CREATE, WITHOUT JUDGMENT OR FOCUS ON WHAT IS PRODUCED. THAT'S THE MAGIC. AND THE IMPACT IS IMMEASURABLE. CREATOR ANDREA DURANT DEMING IS A RECREATIONAL THERAPIST AT COVENANT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN MATTHEWS, NORTH CAROLINA. STORY 2 I AM THE VIOLENT CRIMES VICTIM SERVICES COORDINATOR AT PEORIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I DEAL WITH MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VICTIMS ON A DAILY BASIS. CRIMES VARY FROM IDENTITY THEFT TO SEXUAL ASSAULT (JUVENILE AND ADULT) TO ELDERLY ABUSE, DOMESTIC BATTERY, AND HOMICIDE VICTIMS. I WANTED A CHANCE TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER AND INTERACT, AS I WAS OFTEN ASKED THE QUESTION, "IS THERE A SUPPORT GROUP FOR OTHER VICTIMS LIKE ME WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS?" THE ANSWER WAS NO, BUT I DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT. I WAS TRAINED IN 2022 AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT IT HAS CHANGED OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER. THE VERY FIRST GROUP I HELD WAS IN THE EVENING. I HAD MALES AND FEMALES, AGES RANGING FROM 15-68, BLACK, WHITE AND HISPANIC ETHNICITIES. AT FIRST IT WAS VERY QUIET AND EVERYONE WAS JUST SITTING LISTENING TO EVERYTHING I HAD TO SAY WITH NERVOUS FACES. WE DID TRANSFORMATION COLLAGE. IT TOOK EXACTLY 3 MINUTES INTO THE PROJECT FOR ONE PERSON TO START SPEAKING OPENLY ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, ALL 14 PEOPLE WERE TALKING WITH EACH OTHER SHARING STORIES. THEY WERE LAUGHING AND, YES, THERE WAS CRYING. I WILL ABSOLUTELY NEVER FORGET THIS MOMENT IN MY CAREER. I REMEMBER STANDING THERE WITH GOOSEBUMPS ALL OVER AND TEARS IN MY EYES. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WAS A PART OF SOMETHING SO SPECIAL. AFTER THE PROJECTS, EVERY SINGLE PERSON SHARED ABOUT THEIR PROJECT. NOT ONE PERSON IN THIS GROUP WAS EVER LEFT OUT. THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS NEVER MET EACH OTHER BEFORE THAT NIGHT AND STILL TO THIS DAY THEY GET TOGETHER, THE YOUNG AND OLD THEY CREATED A BOND THAT ONLY THEY CAN BE A PART OF BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY ENDURED AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE PEACELOVE GAVE US THE TOOLS TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO OPEN UP AND FEEL HEARD AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR BATTLE. I WISH EVERYONE I KNOW COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS INTERACTION BECAUSE IT WAS SO PROFOUND AND SOMETHING SO SIMPLE HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE. CREATOR AIMEE SHINALL IS THE VIOLENT CRIMES VICTIM SERVICES COORDINATOR AT PEORIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS. STORY 3 WRITING THIS I HAVE A HARD TIME GATHERING WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE WORKSHOP THAT TOOK PLACE TODAY. MY DAD DECIDED TO STOP BY TO SEE THE REC CENTER AND I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT HOW THIS WORKSHOP WOULD GO BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WITH KIDS. I COULDN'T HAVE DREAMED OF A BETTER EXPERIENCE TO SHARE WITH HIM. WHAT THIS WORKSHOP UNLEASHED IN THESE 10 GIRLS WAS INCREDIBLE WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT MAKES US NERVOUS, ONE GIRL WHO LOST HER GRANDPA RECENTLY, SHARING SHE IS MOST NERVOUS OF LOSING THE PEOPLE SHE CARES THE MOST ABOUT AND THAT SHE HAS LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE. A LOT OF THESE KIDS HAVE UNIMAGINABLE STRUGGLES AT HOME AND IT WAS POWERFUL TO HEAR HER SHARE THIS. BEING TOLD THERE ARE NO RULES UNLEASHED SOMETHING IN THESE GIRLS AS WE STARTED, THEY ASKED MY DAD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CREATIVE. HE SHARED IT MEANS BELIEVING YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AND MAKING MISTAKES. INSTRUCTING THEM TO EMBRACE MISTAKES, WE HAD AN HOUR-LONG WORKSHOP FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, SMILES, JOY, AND SHOUTS SHOWING US ALL THE MISTAKES THEY MADE. THEY WERE SO PROUD AND EXCITED TO SHOW THEIR MISTAKES AND KEPT EXCLAIMING HOW FUN IT WAS TO NOT HAVE ANY RULES HERE. THEY GOT MESSY, USED THEIR HANDS, DIFFERENT MATERIALS, AND GUIDED BY THE CONCEPT TO TELL A STORY, THEY EXPLORED WITHOUT JUDGMENT. THEY SHARED OPENLY ABOUT THEIR LIVES, STRUGGLES, AND ONE EVEN SAID THE GREATEST WORDS I COULD HEAR IN A WORKSHOP"THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE." WHETHER TRUE OR NOT, THIS WORKSHOP, THIS HOUR OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE FUN WITHOUT PUNISHMENT, TO BE CHEERED ON FOR MAKING MISTAKES, SUPPORTED TO BE CREATIVE; IT MEANT SOMETHING TO THEM. IT WAS A MOMENT IN THEIR DAY THEY COULD LET EVERYTHING GO AND JUST BE KIDS AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLE AS A FACILITATOR TO SEE. AFTER DISPLAYING OUR WORK, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW EXCITED THEY WERE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES THEY CREATED. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE WITH THE KIDS WANTING TO SHARE BUT NOT TODAY. THEY HAD THESE AMAZING AND CREATIVE STORIES BEHIND THEIR SHOES. ONE SAID THEIR SHOE TOLD A STORY OF A SHOE THEY DREAMED OF BUYING BUT COULDN'T FIND AND THEN CAME ACROSS ONE DAY. ANOTHER SAID IT WAS THEIR MOM'S FAVORITE HIGH HEEL THAT MATCHED HER BEAUTIFUL DRESS. THE CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION WERE MAGICAL CREATOR CHARLEE SPARR IS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT PARTNERSHIP FOR PROVIDENCE PARKS, RECREATION CENTERS, AND STREETSCAPES (P3) IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. STORY 4 I HAVE RECENT
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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