Love Inc of Brevard Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The mission of Love INC is to mobilize local churches to transform lives and communities in the name of Christ.
- Income
- $1.9 million
- Spending
- $2.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 78%
- Reserves
- 0.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 66%
- Employees
- 27
- Volunteers
- 265
- Highest pay
- $91,928, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 47 out of 100. Higher than 9% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.6 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 59% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1578% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 94 out of 100. Higher than 56% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a 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.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
9 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
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, 2025, 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 (4)
- $1.1 million spent. Village Thrift Shop: In addition to providing a great means of reusing and repurposing goods instead of sending them to landfills, our thrift store also gives us the opportunity to provide entry-level jobs to clients in our program, such as cashier and transport truck positions. Our store also offers all clients in our program 80 off our store price and this allows people to buy clothes, appliances, and housewares at significantly reduced prices. We also partner with other nonprofit organizations in our community, and we allow the people they serve to receive significantly discounted prices on all items in our store. All profits from our store go directly to our client programming, and we put nearly $200,000 of profit back into our client programming each year.
- $214,950 spent. Investing in Clients: The heartbeat of our organization is our life transforming pipeline for low-income residents of our community seeking a hand-up. Over the past 22 years we have built a community-wide network of 71 churches, 51 nonprofits, 22 businesses, and 3 government agencies. This network seeks to remove obstacles so our clients can transform their lives. When people experiencing need call Love INC we perform a client-intake to match them with a trained, volunteer mentor who checks-in weekly, creates an action plan, and provides accountability to mutually-agreed-upon goals. As trust grows, the mentor learns what the client needs, and activates our network to meet their needs. As clients stabilize, we encourage them to participate in our life skills curriculum, which includes 8-week courses in subjects such as personal finance, employment, parenting, health + nutrition, and healing from trauma.
- $157,698 spent. The Church Mobilized: Too often, churches don't know how to help our community, and so Love INC provides a structured and coordinated way for churches from across denominational lines to work together to help people experiencing need. Love INC vets each need, and then we mobilize churches to get involved in the lives of people in our community. This can look many different ways, and it includes group service projects, donating vehicles to people in need, contributing supplies to a community-wide personal care pantry which provides goods often lacking from food pantries soaps, detergents, paper towels, shampoo, feminine hygiene products, rallying churches to serve the homeless, and coordinating churches to bless local schools.
- $28,122 spent. Transform Community: We bring business, nonprofit, government, and church leaders together in order to tackle major problems in our community such as the shortage of attainable housing, predatory lending, the need for greater support around our foster care system, our need for cold night shelters, human trafficking, and domestic violence. By leveraging the power of our community, we facilitate systemic changes that shape our community into a better place for all people. Our position of influence in the community allows us to bring together missionally-aligned organizations and individuals to create solutions to some of our community's biggest problems. Several recent successes on the community-level have been the creation of cold night shelters in several cities, the creation of a foster care support network, and the creation of a 24/7 crisis hotline for ministry leaders experiencing crisis.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2003.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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