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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,880,684
Total expenses
$5,396,217
Contributions and grants received
$3,806,326
Grants paid
$56,536
Program service revenue
$262,850
Investment income
$809,031
Other revenue
$2,477
Total assets, end of year
$31,967,483
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,465,075
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,502,408
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,990,865
Management and general expenses
$1,089,424
Fundraising expenses
$315,928
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,990,865

Program services were 74.0% 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

    $1,801,394

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $420,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,136,530

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $448,402

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $29,617

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $262,850 · related or exempt $262,850

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $809,031 · excluded $809,031

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $610,781

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

    $1,801,394

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $610,781

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,477 · related or exempt $1,477

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INVESTMENT INCOM

    total $1,000 · excluded $1,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,477

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $56,536 · program services $56,536

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $327,589 · program services $196,553 · management and general $98,277 · fundraising $32,759

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,447,155 · program services $1,183,259 · management and general $200,120 · fundraising $63,776

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $50,361 · program services $36,233 · management and general $10,856 · fundraising $3,272

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $119,432 · program services $99,032 · management and general $20,305 · fundraising $95

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $130,061 · program services $102,764 · management and general $20,728 · fundraising $6,569

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $137,608 · program services $110,086 · fundraising $27,522

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $271,547 · management and general $271,547

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,815 · management and general $50,080 · fundraising $25,735

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $221,093 · management and general $221,093

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,328 · program services $4,865 · management and general $1,097 · fundraising $366

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $95,723 · program services $32,937 · management and general $31,393 · fundraising $31,393

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $243,814 · program services $209,262 · management and general $26,077 · fundraising $8,475

  • 17 · Travel

    total $62,406 · program services $53,225 · management and general $1,299 · fundraising $7,882

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,574 · program services $10,574

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,054,241 · program services $1,049,568 · management and general $3,507 · fundraising $1,166

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $53,602 · program services $44,000 · management and general $8,576 · fundraising $1,026

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPEAKER/ENTERTAINER FEE

    total $155,313 · program services $155,313

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

    total $153,025 · program services $153,025

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRAPHIC DESIGN

    total $138,690 · program services $132,844 · management and general $5,846

  • 24d · Other expenses: PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGR

    total $102,690 · program services $88,575 · fundraising $14,115

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $482,614 · program services $272,214 · management and general $118,623 · fundraising $91,777

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $102,110 · end of year $101,457

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,399,223 · end of year $15,144,279

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $218,397 · end of year $609,015

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $78,193 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $125,178 · end of year $392,607

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,674,319

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,766,665

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,957,824 · end of year $5,907,654

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,630,762 · end of year $4,493,273

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,541,578 · end of year $4,695,348

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $373,240 · end of year $623,850

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,148 · end of year $202,490

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $302,123 · end of year $774,244

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $246,820 · end of year $488,341

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,750,898 · end of year $26,263,777

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,092,516 · end of year $4,238,631

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CIVIC AND CULTURAL), RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. MIZEL INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO DEVELOP A MORE EDUCATED, CONSCIENTIOUS AND EMPOWERED COMMUNITY. IT ACHIEVES ITS MISSION THROUGH DYNAMIC CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AT THE MIZEL MUSEUM AND THE COUNTERTERRORISM EDUCATION LEARNING LAB.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CIVIC AND CULTURAL), RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

  • CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL TOURS, PROGRAMS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS - SERVING YOUTH THROUGH SENIORS. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF USERS 100,000 ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $3,990,865 · Grants $56,536 · Revenue $264,327

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry A Mizel

    CHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Lustig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arlene Hirschfeld

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Pollak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Hillary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Burg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Courtney Mizel

    VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Richard Sapkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Walter Isenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Herbert Buchwald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Mandarich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Ikard

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Engleberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carrie Delima

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Pearlman

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $342,212
    From this org
    $322,635
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,577
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,635
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,577
    Filer's total
    $342,212

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION OF THE FOUNDATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MS. PEARLMAN, IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION. COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY REVIEW OF KEY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION OF COMPARABLE NONPROFITS. DETAILS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS ARE DOCUMENTED AND MAINTAINED BY THE FOUNDATION.
PART I, LINE 7
THE FOUNDATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MS. PEARLMAN, WAS PAID A BONUS THAT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION. DETAILS OF THE BONUS ARE DOCUMENTED AND MAINTAINED BY THE FOUNDATION.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • FARM VENTURES I LLC

    INVESTMENT IN RAW LAND · CO · income $1,000 · assets $597,646

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513159349300311

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