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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH.

Totals

Total revenue
$155,905
Total expenses
$155,718
Contributions and grants received
$184,571
Grants paid
$40,583
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$28,666
Total assets, end of year
$95,186
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,284
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$91,902
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$142,875
Management and general expenses
$12,843
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$142,875

Program services were 91.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $131,450

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,121

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $21,909

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $131,450

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $50,575

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$28,666 · excluded -$28,666

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,557 · program services $2,557

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $38,026 · program services $38,026

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,803 · management and general $5,803

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,385 · management and general $2,385

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,684 · management and general $2,684

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $62 · management and general $62

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,710 · management and general $1,710

  • 24a · Other expenses: NICKS KIDS PROGRAM

    total $86,094 · program services $86,094

  • 24b · Other expenses: VETERANS OUTREACH PROGR

    total $16,198 · program services $16,198

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $75 · management and general $75

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $124 · management and general $124

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $98,224 · end of year $85,186

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,259 · end of year $3,284

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $92,965 · end of year $91,902

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING, ATHLETICS, & GROWTH (FLAG) IS COMMITTED TO INSPIRING YOUTH, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO REACH GOALS IN ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, AND PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-PROFITS TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT YOUTH, VETERANS, AND FAMILIES IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING, ATHLETICS, & GROWTH (FLAG) IS COMMITTED TO INSPIRING YOUTH, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO REACH GOALS IN ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, AND PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.

  • THE FILING ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR NICKS KIDS SOCCER, WHICH IS A YOUTH PROGRAM FOCUSED ON THE WELLBEING OF EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL. OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD WITHIN OUR PROGRAM IS ABLE TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF BEING A CHILD. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ARTICULATE AND SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE AND A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT TO ENSURE A POSITIVE FUTURE.

    Expenses $124,120 · Grants $38,026

  • FLAG SUPPORTS LAPD VETERANS BY SPONSORING A MONTHLY APPRECIATION LUNCH, PROVIDING A MEANINGFUL WAY TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.

    Expenses $16,198

  • THE FILING ORGANIZATION GIVES GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SERVING VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA FACING CHALLENGES SUCH AS CRIME, ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND TEEN DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE. THE FILING ORGANIZATION ALSO GIVES GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AIMED AT BRINGING AWARENESS TO VETERAN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

    Expenses $2,557 · Grants $2,557

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam Deierling

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christian D Sorenson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Recknor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ana Garnica-Foster

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Rusty Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Greg Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Richard Myerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Rob Antrobius

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Tom Sheets

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Patrick Schlehuber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Phil Brodkin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
2 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642459349300734

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