Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LQ FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,271,658
Total expenses: $1,292,031
Contributions and grants received: $1,076,650
Grants paid: $1,082,150
Program service revenue: $195,000
Investment income: $8
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $186,732
Total liabilities, end of year: $62,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $124,732
Program services expenses (Part IX): $1,270,029
Management and general expenses: $20,879
Fundraising expenses: $1,123
Program service expenses (Part III): $1,270,029

Program services were 98.3% 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.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,076,650
2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING - BEZOS

total $195,000 · related or exempt $195,000
3 · Investment income

total $11 · excluded $11
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

other assets $3
7c · Gain or loss

other assets -$3
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$3 · excluded -$3

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $5,500 · program services $5,500
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $1,076,650 · program services $1,076,650
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $7,865 · management and general $7,865
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $5,242 · management and general $5,242
11b · Fees: legal

total $650 · management and general $650
11c · Fees: accounting

total $6,000 · management and general $6,000
11g · Fees: other

total $187,610 · program services $187,610
13 · Office expenses

total $351 · management and general $175 · fundraising $176
14 · Information technology

total $1,894 · management and general $947 · fundraising $947
17 · Travel

total $269 · program services $269

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $176,105 · end of year $171,732
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $15,000
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $61,000 · end of year $62,000
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 $145,105 · end of year $124,732

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THROUGH GRANT-MAKING AND PRO-BONO LEADERSHIP TRAINING, WE DEVELOP STRONG COMMUNITY LEADERS AROUND THE GLOBE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO: (1) SUPPORTING COLLABORATIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, (2) ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND CREATING SOCIAL MOBILITY FOR SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, (3) PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND (4) ADVANCING EDUCATION.

GRANTS MADE, MAINLY TO COUNT US IN FOR EARTH FC, A CAMPAIGN IN THE RUN UP TO COP 30 IN BRAZIL TO ENCOURAGE FANS, PLAYERS, CLUBS AND GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

Expenses $1,084,779 · Grants $1,082,150
PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES CONTRACTED BY THE BEZOS EARTH FUND IN SUPPORT OF (I) INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE LEGITIMACY OF CLIMATE PLEDGES (II) THE RAISING OF AMBITION TO SECURE A 1.5-DEGREE TRAJECTORY FOR THE WORLD AND (III) IMPROVED CONTEXT FOR COP 30. PROVIDING ADVICE ON AREAS FOR INVESTMENT THAT COULD SUBSTANTIALLY SHIFT THE CONTEXT OR RAISE AMBITION IN 2025.

Expenses $185,250 · Revenue $195,000

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

Listed in Part VII

LINDSAY LEVIN

PRES/SEC/TREAS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JULIE HILL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
NINAN CHACKO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DARYA SHAIKH

PARTNER, LEADERS QUEST

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SABEENA BAGOL

CFO, LEADERS QUEST

Total calculated

$7,865

From this org

$7,865

From related orgs

$0

Other

$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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, LINE 5: LEADERS' QUEST LIMITED, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYS SABEENA BAGOL AND COMPENSATES HER FOR WORK PERFORMED AS AN OFFICER OF LQ FOUNDATION. DURING THE 2025 TAX YEAR, SABEENA BAGOL RECEIVED COMPENSATION OF $7,865 FROM LEADERS' QUEST LIMITED FOR WORK PERFORMED IN HER ROLE AS AN OFFICER OF LQ 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
IRS schema version: 2025v4.2
Source object: 202632309349303203

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