Love-In-Deed Community Development Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to provide programs, services, and community development projects to educate and equip individuals and families to improve their quality of life and promote self-sufficiency.
- Income
- $32,728
- Spending
- $28,258
- Spent on programs
- 48%
- Reserves
- -194 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 69%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 30
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
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
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: 75 out of 100. Higher than 62% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, under $250k).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 5 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.
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 (3)
- $10,096 spent. Love-In-Deed Food Closet. The LIDCDC Food Closet operates throughout the year servicing residential and homeless individuals of Delaware every 3rd Saturday of each month who are in need of emergency food relief, clothing, and personal hygienic items. Volunteers work throughout the month collecting, sorting, packaging, and distributing food by way of drive-up food giveaways, or clients who walk up to the site. Each month 6,000 lbs of food is distributed to about 180-200 families. Boxes and bags are packaged to feed a family of four approx. 3-4 days. Partnerships have been established between the LIDCDC food closet and local and regional businesses and community agencies such as The New Castle County Community Services, Westside Family Healthcare, Nemours Children's Hospital, and Amazon. The food closet also has partnerships with local grocers and food suppliers such as Bimbo Bakery, Shoprite, Acme, and Food Lion. Traffic flow is directed with the support of DelDot (Delaware Dept of Transportation). Program funds utilized to create a Superfoods Urban Garden in support of providing fresh produce for food closet visitors, and used as visual topic lessons on healthy eating for youth in the RISE Program. Youth participants were also educated on moving onto better nutritional habits and learned how to plant a garden. Other program funds were allocated to equipment purchases: conveyors, refrigeration, and platform trucks and dollies to aid in the harvesting and storage of produce.
- $3,585 spent. R.I.S.E. (Reaching Independence & Self Empowerment) Program. R.I.S.E. is program that educates, instructs, and guides youth and young adults aging out of foster care with life-skill training to assist their successful transition into adulthood. The program offers a broad range of life-skill trainings such as money management, college searching, housekeeping, time-management, renter's rights, cooking, and other topics to help young people prioritize and commit to reaching their personal goals and creating a stable future. The program is designed to operate 11 months each year, with teaching sessions and workshops provided twice a month. Some sessions are onsite that include professional speakers and some sessions consist of college trips and career tours. In support of the R.I.S.E. program, the organization made capital renovations at the site to install a new intercom and security system for students. Equipment install included video cameras in four areas of parking lot and blind spots to ensure student safety.
- No accomplishments
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 May 2015.
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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