Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,555,638
- Total expenses
- $1,925,230
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,328,294
- Grants paid
- $43,700
- Program service revenue
- $55,991
- Investment income
- $167,199
- Other revenue
- $4,154
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,589,881
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $266,622
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $6,323,259
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,476,935
- Management and general expenses
- $223,787
- Fundraising expenses
- $224,508
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,476,935
Program services were 76.7% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$52,498
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,275,796
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2a · Program service revenue: BE A LEADER PROGRAM
total $55,991 · related or exempt $55,991
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3 · Investment income
total $133,906 · excluded $133,906
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $533,558
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $500,265
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $33,293
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $33,293 · excluded $33,293
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$8,485
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$4,331
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $4,154
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $43,700 · program services $43,700
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $165,000 · program services $59,571 · management and general $50,979 · fundraising $54,450
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,046,330 · program services $923,073 · fundraising $123,257
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $26,120 · program services $25,152 · management and general $553 · fundraising $415
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $92,040 · program services $73,727 · management and general $4,178 · fundraising $14,135
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11a · Fees: management
total $124,313 · program services $51,440 · management and general $68,873 · fundraising $4,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $2,603 · management and general $2,603
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $45,000 · management and general $45,000
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $19,768 · management and general $19,768
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $36,266 · program services $24,133 · management and general $8,976 · fundraising $3,157
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14 · Information technology
total $34,078 · program services $32,171 · management and general $1,548 · fundraising $359
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $59,326 · program services $44,494 · management and general $7,371 · fundraising $7,461
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17 · Travel
total $41,085 · program services $38,231 · management and general $824 · fundraising $2,030
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $14,623 · program services $8,830 · management and general $3,792 · fundraising $2,001
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENTS
total $142,892 · program services $129,602 · management and general $47 · fundraising $13,243
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24b · Other expenses: Training and Development
total $23,893 · program services $22,811 · management and general $1,082
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER SERVICES
total $8,193 · management and general $8,193
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,586,131 · end of year $2,588,993
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $271,738 · end of year $454,667
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $16,500 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $23,779
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,755,991 · end of year $3,148,933
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $16,800 · end of year $16,800
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $54,150 · end of year $356,709
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $74,798 · end of year $69,457
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $44,741 · end of year $11,250
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $26,156 · end of year $185,915
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,973,345 · end of year $5,243,262
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $582,270 · end of year $1,079,997
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Be A Leader's mission is to empower students to access, navigate, and succeed in college.
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Our vision is that every student has the skills, tools, and opportunities to achieve their life goals. Guided by our mission to empower students to access, navigate, and succeed in postsecondary education, Be A Leader Foundation provides college access, postsecondary transition, and college success services, now reaching well over 14,000 students a year. Our theory of change rests on the belief that providing students with guidance, mentorship, access to resources, and empowerment meaningfully enhances their chances of pursuing postsecondary education. Our students carry tremendous potential, but often lack the external support and resources needed to complete the college-going equation. Caring adults are central to how we close that gap our volunteers serve as mentors who help guide college-going conversations with students, while senior boot camp coaches play a crucial role in helping seniors meet critical deadlines throughout their final year.
Expenses $1,476,935 · Grants $43,700 · Revenue $55,991
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Soilo J FelixSOILO J FELIX
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $165,000
- From this org
- $165,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $165,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $165,000
-
Sharon Irwin Foulon
Chief Adv. Officer
- Total calculated
- $115,000
- From this org
- $115,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Melissa B TrujilloMELISSA B TRUJILLO
CHAIR/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris BustamanteCHRIS BUSTAMANTE
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Benito AlmanzaBENITO ALMANZA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lon BabbyLON BABBY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim DesotoTIM DESOTO
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Travis PachecoTRAVIS PACHECO
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rob TaylorROB TAYLOR
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Glenn WikeGLENN WIKE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 1 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202612449349300141
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