Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$526,175

Total expenses

$252,027

Contributions and grants received

$1,698

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$512,789

Investment income

$3,038

Other revenue

$8,650

Total assets, end of year

$204,088

Total liabilities, end of year

$16,803

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$187,285

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$239,096

Management and general expenses

$12,931

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$239,096

Program services were 94.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• VALLEY GUARDIAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: LSA PROVIDES WORKSHOPS, MENTORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN 40+ UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS. THESE STUDENTS ARE IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. THE PROGRAM ENABLES THESE UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS TO RECEIVE OUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING THAT NORMALLY CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY STUDENTS COMING FROM HIGHER SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS FAMILIES. THE VALLEY GUARDIAN GROUP DONATES ALL THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROGRAM. LSA THEN PROVIDES THE REST OF THE EXPENSE FOR THE PROGRAM OUT OF THEIR OWN RESOURCES.

  Expenses $52,848 · Revenue $69,000

• GETAWAYS/RETREATS: LSA PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS ALL OVER THE VALLEY TO COME TO A 2 NIGHT 3 DAY TRIP TO STRAWBERRY ARIZONA. THE STUDENTS STAY AT A CABIN IN STRAWBERRY AND PARTICIPATE IN MULTIPLE LEADERSHIP AND TEAM ACTIVITIES. THE STUDENTS ARE ALSO ABLE TO ENGAGE IN HIGH ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES THAT HELP THEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THE STUDENTS ARE ALSO ABLE TO SPEND TIME INTERACTING WITH ALL THE COACHES AT LSA. THESE GETAWAYS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO HELP STUDENTS WITH INCREASING THEIR SOCIAL, LEADERSHIP, AND LIFE SKILLS. ATTENDEES WERE ASKED TO PAY A REGISTRATION FEE TO ATTEND THESE ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $78,487 · Revenue $83,000

• SUMMER PROGRAMS: THE LSA HOSTED 7 SUMMER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COURSES FOR STUDENTS IN ARIZONA. IN THESE WEEK-LONG COURSES, STUDENTS LEARNED HOW TO APPLY LSA'S LEADERSHIP METHODOLOGY TO THEIR PERSONAL LIVES TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS MORE EFFECTIVELY. STUDENTS AND PARENTS PAID LSA DIRECTLY TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS. CHARITABLE DONATIONS TO LSA WERE ALSO USED TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS. THE FUNDING WAS USED TO PURCHASE MATERIALS, FUND MARKETING EFFORTS, AND COMPENSATE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTRACTORS.

  Expenses $48,441 · Revenue $162,000

• EDUCATION PROGRAMS: LSA WORKS WITH MULPLE SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZAONS IN THE VALLEY TO HELP STUDENTS INCREASE THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMICS. THIS YEAR LSA ALSO BEGAN HELPING SCHOOLS TO USE THEIR LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY TO HELP STUDENTS PREPARE FOR TAKING THE ACT STANDARDIZED TEST. LSA ALSO WAS HELPING MULPLE ORGANIZAONS IMPROVE THEIR STUDENTS EMOTIONAL STABILITY WITH LESSONS AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS COME DIRECTLY FROM THE EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL

  Expenses $18,791 · Revenue $50,439

• WORKSHOPS AND SUCCESS COACHING: LSA OFFERS TO MENTOR STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE WITH THEIR COACHES. THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED ONLINE AND STUDENTS CAN MEET WITH A COACH WEEKLY, BIWEEKLY, OR MONTHLY. ALONG WITH THIS PROGRAM, LSA ALSO OFFERS MULTIPLE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY FOR THEIR SUCCESS COACHING FOR VALLEY GUARDIAN STUDENTS, AND OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THOSE WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE COACHING PROGRAM, CAN REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOPS THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE STUDENT PROGRAM EACH SEMESTER. THESE WORKSHOPS GO FROM TOURS AND EXPOSURE TO COLLEGE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, TO SERVICE ACTIVITIES WHERE THE STUDENTS DO THINGS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED IN THE VALLEY. ALSO ONLINE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS OCCUR BI-WEEKLY FOR THESE STUDENTS. DURING THESE ACTIVITIES LSA IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO HELP STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LIFE, AND DO ACTIVITIES THAT HELP INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHERS AND INCREASE THEIR EMOTIONAL STABILITY. TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS INDIVIDUALS NEED TO PAY A REGISTRATION FEE.

  Expenses $40,529 · Revenue $157,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

14 August 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202312409349301386

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