Serenade Love Your Neighbor NFP
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Love Your Neighbor has provided customized essential furnishings using sustainable design solutions to transitioning families at no cost through our main program the House to Home Initiative. This program accepts donated furnishings from the community such as couches chairs rugs bedding and more to furnish these homes in addition to purchasing new sleeping pillows mattress pads and snap together bedframes. The program provides dignity safety and a calm space where local families and individuals residing in DuPage and Kane County can continue to thrive in their journey to self-sufficiency. We work closely with a network of eight social service providers such as Habitat for Humanity Bridge Communities DuPage Pads and more. Our mission is to come alongside these organizations and serve those who are experiencing homelessness those who have survived domestic violence or human trafficking and who have fled their countries of origin
- Income
- $122,000
- Spending
- $120,377
- Reserves
- 6.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $38,077, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 2025, 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 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 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 (1)
- The purpose of Love Your Neighbor is to equip peoples houses to become homes and care for one of the most important physiological needs which is shelter. Although many organizations provide services for shelter Love Your Neighbor is set apart because we use sustainable measures community support and a network of incredible volunteers to help our clients feel a sense of empowerment belonging and safety in their own homes. We believe that people cannot fully flourish in their daily lives if they do not first feel safe and comfortable in their own home. Thus Love Your Neighbor fully designs and furnishes the entire space providing all the items that an individual would need to make a house into a home in addition to repairing any minor damages to the home. We work to create a fully functioning space where our clients and their children can work and study in order to further their careers and education. Love Your Neighbor has a streamlined process where we work with our volunteers to furnish and assemble these homes in the most time efficient and quality manner. Love Your Neighbor is a faith-based and woman-owned organization with a clear mission reflected in our name: to love our neighbor regardless of their background or origin. In a world often lacking care connection and compassion our purpose is to be a source of expressing all three through the act of love. In 2017 Habitat for Humanity became our first partner organization and we have since added 9 other organizations including: Bridge Communities DuPage Pads Lifespring Ministries Naomis House Reclaim 13 & Families Helping Families and Family Self Sufficiency Program DuPageTo date over 138 families have been served which includes 443 individuals including children; LYN accepts any clients referred to us and does not discriminate based on race religion ethnicity sexual orientation etc. Of the 138 families served 90% are women and children; Our client base is diverse with 55% identifying as Black 35% as Hispanic and 15% as White. In 2024 LYN hired an Executive Director as well as a part time Program Coordinator. In 2025 we appointed a board member who was a recent recipient of LYN"s services.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending February 28, 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 October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on July 15, 2017 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on April 15, 2018.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 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 February 2025.
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 2018.
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 November 4, 2026.
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