CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE
EIN 86-2604241 · Public Health (E70)
What they do
CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE (CHL) is A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THE BLACK CHURCH THE OLDEST and MOST TRUSTED INSTITUTION IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY - WITH THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, TRAINING, and SUPPORT to ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES IN HARD-TO-REACH COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE DELIVERY of HEALTH SERVICES and COMMUNITY WELLNESS PROGRAMS. OUR PROVEN, SUSTAINABLE, and SCALABLE MODEL THAT BRINGS TOGETHER FAITH and SCIENCE is BASED ON THE ESTABLISHMENT of A TRAINED FAITH-BASED HEALTH NAVIGATOR IN EACH CHL CHURCH. WERE AT THE FOREFRONT of SHAPING THE HEALTH EQUITY FIELD to ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS of HEALTH, AS WELL AS A LEADER ON THE GROUND IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES and HANDS-ON ACTION WITH VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. WE ARENT JUST DISCUSSING THE PATH TOWARDS HEALTH EQUITY - WERE PAVING IT. FOUNDED IN 2021 DURING THE HEIGHT of THE COVID PANDEMIC, CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE FUNDED 120 CHURCHES ACROSS 13 STATES THAT CONDUCTED OVER 3,700 EVENTS and VACCINATED and TESTED OVER 110,000 INDIV
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders9 people are listed in the latest report.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $2,878,558 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
Pay context: The highest compensation shown in this filing is $143,333 for REV KIMBERLY L WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT &). Compare pay with organizations of similar size and complexity.
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REV KIMBERLY L WILLIAMSPRESIDENT &
YOLANDA MACKPROGRAM DIRE
RON TICHOCHIEF OPERAT
DEBRA FRASER-HOWZECHAIRPERSON
DR DONNA CHRISTENSENSECRETARY
ERNEST HOPKINSMEMBER
GRACE BONILLAMEMBER
LARRY LUCASTREASURER
SANDRA THURMANMEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- 528 SEVEN BRIDGE ROAD SUITE 129, EAST STROUDSBURG, PA 18301
- County
- Pike
- In care of
- REV KIMBERLY L WILLIAMS
- Primary officer
- REV KIMBERLY L WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT & CEO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BUCKNO LISICKY & COMPANY PC
- NTEE classification
- Public Health (E70)
- IRS tax category
- Public Health
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes