Nonprofit · EIN 74-3056968
BEACON INC
Tax-exempt · BLOOMINGTON, IN 47401
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $5,055,554 | $3,182,440 | $1,873,114 | $4,058,272 | $992,659 | $3,065,613 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,936,800 | $2,956,137 | -$19,337 | $1,212,489 | $19,990 | $1,192,499 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,970,445
- of which government grants
- $3,043,359
- Program service revenue
- $74,274
- Investment income
- $4,600
- Other revenue
- $6,235
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,278,021
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $87,945
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,120,881
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,338,850
- Professional fundraising fees
- $103,576
- Accounting fees
- $44,184
- Occupancy
- $100,673
- Travel
- $6,320
- Depreciation
- $35,043
- Program services (functional)
- $2,609,101
- Management and general (functional)
- $202,325
- Fundraising (functional)
- $371,014
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,212,489
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,058,272
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $992,659
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,065,613
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,933,580
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $745,237
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,320,376
- Gross receipts
- $5,077,846
- Employees
- 48
- Volunteers
- 317
- Year formed
- 2002
- State of legal domicile
- IN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST GILMORE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 45 | $74,800 | $13,145 |
| MELANIE VEHSLAGE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL WATSON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA PETTIT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| VERA FLOCKE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW APPEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE BLOOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JEAN CAPLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE COLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TERRY HARPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANA HOFFMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SIAN MOONEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| VON WELCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST GILMORE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 45 | $73,265 | $7,557 |
| DIANA HOFFMAN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL WATSON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA PETTIT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MELANIE VEHSLAGE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE BLOOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JEAN CAPLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE COLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| VERA FLOCKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA LITTLEPAGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| VON WELCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 620 S WALNUT ST, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47401-4624
- In care of
- % ANNE HAZELTINE
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- FORREST GILMORE, PO BOX 451, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47402
- Signed the 990
- FORREST GILMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (812) 334-5728
- Website
- BEACONINC.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BLUE & CO LLC
Mission
BEACON, INC, (BEACON) IS A SOLUTIONS-DRIVEN, ANTI-POVERTY NONPROFIT, DEDICATED TO AIDING AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EXTREME POVERTY, ESPECIALLY HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS. BASED IN BLOOMINGTON, IN, BEACON PROVIDES SIX CORE PROGRAMS; SHALOM CENTER, FRIEND'S PLACE, PHIL'S KITCHEN, CRAWFORD HOMES, RAPID REHOUSING, AND STREET OUTREACH.
Program accomplishments
- SHALOM CENTER: THE SHALOM CENTER IS BEACON'S DAY SHELTER AND OUR MAIN LOCATION, WHERE PHIL'S KITCHEN, RAPID-RE-HOUSING, AND STREET OUTREACH ALL WORK FROM. OPEN EVERY WEEKDAY FROM 8AM TO 4PM, SHALOM PROVIDES LIFE ESSENTIALS TO HELP PEOPLE STABILIZE IN TIMES OF NEED, INCLUDING: DAY SHELTER, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH (60,190 MEALS SERVED), EMERGENCY GROCERIES, RESTROOMS, SHOWERS (5,339), LAUNDRY (1,733), STORAGE, TELEPHONES, A MAILING ADDRESS, BUS TICKETS (5,985), PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE (50 PEOPLE), RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE (262 HOUSEHOLDS), IDENTIFICATION (138), AND ACCESS TO HOUSING RESOURCES. SHALOM CENTER ALSO PROVIDED COUNSELING SESSIONS (2,023), ASSISTED PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES, AND REUNITED HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH OUT-OF-TOWN FAMILIES (43). FRIEND'S PLACE: BEACON PROVIDES OVERNIGHT SHELTER TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. FRIEND'S PLACE IS THE ONLY YEAR-ROUND, NONRELIGIOUS SHELTER FOR ADULTS (AGE 18+) IN OUR REGION. FRIEND'S PLACE PROVIDES SAFE AND SOBER BEDS FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND GENDER NONBINARY PEOPLE. THE SHELTER OPENS DAILY AT 5:15PM. GUESTS MUST NOT BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND MONROE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY. FRIEND'S PLACE SHELTERED 269 PEOPLE (25.65% OF WHOM MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING) FOR 14,210 BED-NIGHTS.CRAWFORD HOMES AND RAPID RE-HOUSING: AS A HOUSING FIRST ORGANIZATION, BEACON PRIORITIZES HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. BEACON PROVIDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (CRAWFORD HOMES) FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS DUE TO DISABILITIES. CRAWFORD HOMES PROVIDED HOMES FOR 132 FORMERLY HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. RAPID REHOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SHORT-TERM HOMELESSNESS WHO NEED LESS INTENSIVE SUPPORTS. RAPID RE-HOUSING HOUSED 119 PEOPLE WITHOUT SHELTER.Expenses $2,609,101 · grants $1,278,021 · revenue $74,274
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 74-3056968
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2002
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B90)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,058,272
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,077,846
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $5,055,554 | $3,182,440 | $4,058,272 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,936,800 | $2,956,137 | $1,212,489 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,762,867 | $2,704,647 | $1,206,986 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 74-3056968).
Questions about BEACON INC
- What is the EIN of BEACON INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BEACON INC is 74-3056968.
- Is BEACON INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2002.
- Are donations to BEACON INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BEACON INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BEACON INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BEACON INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of BEACON INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names FORREST GILMORE.
- Who are the officers and directors of BEACON INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 13 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $74,800 (FORREST GILMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does BEACON INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,055,554, expenses of $3,182,440 and total assets of $4,058,272 at year end.
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