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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SLAM FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,429,138
Total expenses
$13,673,095
Contributions and grants received
$6,199,194
Grants paid
$2,612,873
Program service revenue
$7,728,812
Investment income
$501,132
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,393,945
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,702,210
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,691,735
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,517,935
Management and general expenses
$155,160
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,517,935

Program services were 98.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,587,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,611,694

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES: RENTAL INCOME

    total $7,625,252 · related or exempt $7,625,252

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEES: AFFILIATION FEES

    total $103,560 · related or exempt $103,560

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $501,132 · related or exempt $501,132

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,585,873 · program services $2,585,873

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $27,000 · program services $27,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $388,282 · program services $388,282

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,756 · program services $33,806 · management and general $24,950

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,270 · program services $1,270

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,397,836 · program services $7,397,836

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,628 · program services $1,468 · management and general $130,160

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,730 · program services $31,730

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,315 · program services $18,315

  • 24a · Other expenses: RECOVERALE GRANT REPAYM

    total $2,987,500 · program services $2,987,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT FEES

    total $33,327 · program services $33,327

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER ADMIN EXPENSES

    total $6,070 · program services $6,070

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $2,050 · program services $2,000 · management and general $50

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,458 · program services $3,458

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,842,984 · end of year $11,280,704

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,795,167 · end of year $2,263,914

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

    $1,221,410

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

    $174,311

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,078,830 · end of year $1,047,099

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,011,747 · end of year $1,802,228

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,031,219 · end of year $12,844,267

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $62,407 · end of year $158,533

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $699,410 · end of year $699,410

  • 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 $1,935,692 · end of year $2,691,735

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO ADVANCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE BY CREATING A NATIONAL NETWORK OF SLAM SCHOOLS THAT PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND FOR SPORTS INDUSTRY CAREERS BEYOND COLLEGE.

  • SLAM FOUNDATION, INC. SUPPORTS SEVERAL 501(C)(3) EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH OPERATE CHARTER SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE. THE SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES HELPS THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS DELIVER ENHANCED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THEIR STUDENTS.

    Expenses $13,517,935 · Grants $2,612,873 · Revenue $8,229,944

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rene Ruiz

    SECRETARY,DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Anthony Mesa

    PRESIDENT,CHAIRMAN,DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alina Lopez

    VICEPRESIDENT,VICECHAIRMAN,DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523169349308262

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