INNOVATIVE CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC DAF sponsor

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $291K · expenses $307K · assets $90K

EIN
35-2476682
Address
1994 HIGHWAY 71, MARIANNA, FL 32448-5355
Website
WWW.INNOVATIVECHARITIES.ORG
NTEE code
P20 Human Service Organizations (Human Services) published (IRS Business Master File)
FURP topic
launch: religious (from its 990 text; the topic index)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
April 2015 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Linda Joyce Gilbert (its 2015 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2015 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
Donor-advised funds
Sponsor: its returns say it maintains donor-advised funds (latest tax year 2025). Figures by year
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Mission

Supplementing the food insecurity in Jackson, Calhoun, and Liberty counties. Providing housing needs assistance for the homeless in Jackson and Calhoun. Supplying general household items, medical equipment and other needs, general benevolence, at no charge as funds allow.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Robert W Arnold DIRECTOR2021-2025 $12,000$49,800 1
Melissa Lheureux SECRETARY2022-2025 $41,280$41,280 1
Shirley Arnold STORE MANAGER2021-2025 $12,000$37,800 1
Shirly Arnold (former) Manager Thrift Store2024 $12,000$12,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

11 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Lori Gregg BOARD MEMBER2021-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Ellen J Arnold TREASURER2021-2025 25 $0 reported 1
Virgil Watson VP2025 20 $0 reported 1
Julie Sasser BOARD MEMBER2025 5 $0 reported 1
Thomas S Farmer (former) Vice President2024 0 $0 reported 1
Johanna Farmer (former) Board Member2021-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Tom Farmer (former) VP2021-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Ellen Joann Farmer (former) S/T2022 25 $0 reported 1
Melissa L'Heurex (former) Board Member/Calhoun/Liberty Liason2021 25 $0 reported 1
Linda Joy Gilbert (former) Founder/PR Officer2021 0 $0 reported 1
Cricket Griffin (former) Board Member2021 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 7 people listed · 3 paid, $65K · 5 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELISSA LHEUREUX SECRETARY40 $41,280$0$0 $41,2801
ROBERT W ARNOLD DIRECTOR80 $12,000$0$0 $12,0001
SHIRLEY ARNOLD STORE MANAGER50 $12,000$0$0 $12,0001
ELLEN J ARNOLD TREASURER25 $0$0$0 $01
VIRGIL WATSON VP20 $0$0$0 $01
LORI GREGG BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
JULIE SASSER BOARD MEMBER5 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $24K · 4 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Robert W Arnold President Director80 $12,000$0$0 $12,0001
Shirly Arnold Manager Thrift Store60 $12,000$0$0 $12,0001
Melissa L'Heureux Calhoun /Liberty liason20 $0$0$0 $01
Thomas S Farmer Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Johanna Farmer Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Lori Gregg Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Ellen JoAnn Arnold Secretary Treasurer25 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $27K · 3 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT W ARNOLD DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT80 $13,500$0$0 $13,5001
SHIRLEY ARNOLD THRIFT STORE MGR60 $13,500$0$0 $13,5001
TOM FARMER VP0 $0$0$0 $01
ELLEN JOANN FARMER S/T25 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA L'HEUREUX CALHOUN/LIBERTY LIAISON25 $0$0$0 $01
JOHANNA FARMER BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
LORI GREGG BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 9 people listed · 2 paid, $25K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Robert W Arnold President/Director80 $12,300-$0 $12,3001
Shirley Arnold Board Member/Thrift Store Manager50 $12,300-$0 $12,3001
Tom Farmer Vice-President0 $0-$0 $01
Ellen JoAnn Arnold Secretary/Treasurer25 $0-$0 $01
Melissa L'Heurex Board Member/Calhoun/Liberty Liason25 $0-$0 $01
Linda Joy Gilbert Founder/PR Officer0 $0-$0 $01
Cricket Griffin Board Member0 $0-$0 $01
Johanna Farmer Board Member0 $0-$0 $01
Lori Gregg Board Member0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$291,213$306,937 $89,828$82,977 $54,254$126,709 $65,280520
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$218,713$227,394 $101,744$98,701 $26,899$94,100 $24,000420
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$242,706$195,052 $165,526$155,460 $96,395$61,336 $27,000320
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$172,510$130,748 $120,533$107,806 $63,776$42,693 ---

Funders of this organization

9 grantors reported grants to this organization, $6,138,769 in all, tax years 2016 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
AMERICAS SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC $4,556,91122 $1,117,8102024 2016-2024 Public charity Exact
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GOOD360 $503,6334 $240,0002021 2019-2021 Public charity Exact
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FARM SHARE INC $460,4521 $460,4522024 2024 Public charity Exact
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MATTHEW 25 MINISTRIES INC $303,5152 $276,8002023 2020, 2023 Public charity Exact
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HOMELESS & HUNGER COALITION OF NWFL DBA DOORWAYS OF NWFL $114,9642 $100,2722024 2023-2024 Public charity Exact
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UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA $104,8275 $6,6462025 2019-2020, 2022-2023, 2025 Public charity Exact
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH FLORIDA INC $50,0001 $50,0002019 2019 DAF sponsor Exact
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SHARE OUR STRENGTH $44,0001 $44,0002021 2021 Public charity Exact
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION $4674 $1192023 2020-2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “INNOVATIVE CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC”
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Who funds organizations like this

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $1,100,91034 15DAF sponsor2016–2024 LEGACY MINDED MEN INC; RESTORE17 INC; ST JOSEPH CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC; LAKE WALES BREAKFAST ROTARY FOUNDATION INC and 11 more
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $306,937 spent · pay $111,904 · grants $101,452 · events $750
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $93,101$93,101-- 30.3%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $65,280$53,280$12,000- 21.3%
Other (as described)Operations $38,790$32,950$5,840- 12.6%
Other salaries and wages $38,672$11,216$27,456- 12.6%
Occupancy $21,957$9,957$12,000- 7.2%
Depreciation and depletion $8,996$7,861$1,135- 2.9%
Grants outside the US $8,351$8,351-- 2.7%
Payroll taxes $7,952$4,934$3,018- 2.6%
Insurance $7,907$4,018$3,889- 2.6%
Office expenses $6,542$2,349$4,193- 2.1%
Other (as described)Repairs $2,713$1,745$968- 0.9%
Other (as described)Bank Charges $2,331$33$2,298- 0.8%
Other (as described)Business Expense $1,461$496$965- 0.5%
Information technology $1,347$234$1,113- 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $750$750-- 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $510$87$423- 0.2%
All other expenses $277$272$5- 0.1%
Total$306,937100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $227,394 spent · pay $59,054 · grants $61,522 · events $770
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $56,342$56,342-- 24.8%
Other (as described)Operations $40,950$40,950$0$0 18.0%
Occupancy $33,670$14,977$18,693$0 14.8%
Other salaries and wages $30,858$6,152$24,706$0 13.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $24,000$12,000$12,000$0 10.6%
Depreciation and depletion $9,432$6,833$2,599$0 4.1%
Other (as described)Repairs $6,200$4,113$2,087$0 2.7%
Insurance $6,165$4,299$1,866$0 2.7%
Office expenses $5,670$0$5,670$0 2.5%
Grants outside the US $5,180$5,180-- 2.3%
Payroll taxes $4,196$1,388$2,808$0 1.8%
Other (as described)Bank Charges $1,797$15$1,782$0 0.8%
Other (as described)Business Expence $1,307$611$696$0 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $770$770$0$0 0.3%
Information technology $464$0$464$0 0.2%
All other expenses $276-$276$0 0.1%
Advertising and promotion $117$0$117$0 0.1%
Total$227,394100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $195,052 spent · pay $36,189 · grants $25,442 · events $710
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)OPERATIONS $72,077$68,696$3,381$0 37.0%
Occupancy $32,931$15,581$17,350$0 16.9%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $27,000$13,500$13,500$0 13.8%
Grants to US individuals $17,876$17,876-- 9.2%
Depreciation and depletion $13,041$10,202$2,839$0 6.7%
Grants outside the US $7,566$7,566-- 3.9%
Other salaries and wages $6,617$0$6,617$0 3.4%
Office expenses $5,862$577$5,285$0 3.0%
Insurance $5,200$583$4,617$0 2.7%
Payroll taxes $2,572$1,033$1,539$0 1.3%
Information technology $1,384$84$1,300$0 0.7%
Other (as described)MEMBER BENEFIT $1,170$0$1,170$0 0.6%
Other (as described)DONATIONS $890$0$890$0 0.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $710$66$644$0 0.4%
Other (as described)MISC $58$0$58$0 0.0%
Advertising and promotion $57$0$57$0 0.0%
Fees: accounting $41$0$41$0 0.0%
Total$195,052100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $130,748 spent · pay $26,482 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $47,714 36.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $36,584 28.0%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $26,482 20.3%
Printing, publications, postage $16,751 12.8%
Benefits paid to members $3,217 2.5%
Total$130,748100%

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Donor-advised funds

Donors to individual donor-advised funds are not public. These filings show what the sponsor reports, not who gave.

As reported on Schedule D Part I (and the Form 990 Part IV question “did the organization maintain donor advised funds”). Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Maintains DAFsDAFs heldContributionsGrantsValue at year endOther funds heldOther contributionsOther grantsOther value at year end
2025 · Form 990 view filing
Yes 3$117,550$33,020$25,623 2$30,393-$16,031
2024 · Form 990 view filing
Yes 2$49,737$344$7,115 2$71,262$0$50,127
2022 · Form 990 view filing
Yes 3$7,175$44,000$37,958 5$71,556$35,000$60,540

State business registration

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