Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$754,755

Total expenses

$968,713

Contributions and grants received

$727,095

Grants paid

$229,516

Program service revenue

$27,500

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$160

Total assets, end of year

$198,999

Total liabilities, end of year

$52,434

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$146,565

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$873,521

Management and general expenses

$77,968

Fundraising expenses

$17,224

Program service expenses (Part III)

$873,521

Program services were 90.2% 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 · 2024

• COMMON GOAL USA IS DEDICATED TO USING SOCCER TO CREATE SAFE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. WE ENABLE A NETWORK OF YOUTH-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS TO MAXIMIZE SOCCER'S IMPACT FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES. WE FOCUS ON SUPPORTING COACHES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY, SOCIAL INCLUSION, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS ACROSS THE REGION. IN 2024, COMMON GOAL DELIVERED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF TRAINING AND CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SOCCER LEADERS.CREATE THE SPACE: IN JANUARY 2024, COMMON GOAL USA LAUNCHED A NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE CALLED CREATE THE SPACE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, CREATE THE SPACE LOGGED 54 HOURS OF IMMERSIVE TRAINING WITH 45 LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE SOCCER ECOSYSTEM, AS WELL AS FOUR VIRTUAL TRAININGS AND A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH IN-PERSON SERIES DURING COPA AMERICA, REACHING HUNDREDS OF YOUTH ACROSS THREE STATES. THE CAPSTONE EVENT WAS THE IN-PERSON RETREAT, WHICH GARNERED NEAR-PERFECT SATISFACTION RATINGS.PLAY PROUD IS A COMMON-GOAL LED, LGBTQ+ INCLUSION PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO CREATE A SOCCER COMMUNITY THAT ACTIVELY CELEBRATES DIVERSITY AND FOSTERS INCLUSION FOR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES. BY ENGAGING PROFESSIONAL SOCCER CLUBS, SUPPORTERS GROUPS, AND SOCCER FOR GOOD ORGANIZATIONS, THE PROGRAM BUILDS CAPACITIES AND IMPLEMENTS ACTIONABLE STEPS TO CREATE SAFER SPACES FOR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES IN SOCCER. THROUGH TAILORED IN-PERSON TRAINING, COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLANS, AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INITIATIVES, PLAY PROUD WORKS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE ACROSS SOCCER ECOSYSTEMS. IN 2024, PLAY PROUD IMPLEMENTED THE YEAR-LONG LGBTQ+ INCLUSION PROGRAM THROUGH 2 IN-PERSON RESIDENCIES HOSTED BY SOCCER IN THE STREETS AND REAL SALT LAKE/UTAH ROYALS, ONLINE WORKSHOPS, AND ACTIONABLE-SPECIFIC INCLUSION PLANS FOR EACH CITY GROUP. THE COHORT WAS MADE UP OF 29 PARTICIPANTS FROM 9 PROFESSIONAL SOCCER CLUBS, 7 SOCCER FOR GOOD ORGANIZATIONS, AND 3 SUPPORTERS GROUPS. SWITCH THE PITCH IS A NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON INCLUSIVE COACHING AND RACIAL JUSTICE WITHIN AND THROUGH SOCCER. DURING THE YEAR, COMMON GOAL AND PARTNERS DELIVERED COACH AND ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING IN THREE STATES, REACHING OVER 200 COACHES, EDUCATORS, AND PROGRAM LEADERS WITH INTERACTIVE AND EXPERIENTIAL CONTENT DESIGNED TO CREATE INCLUSIVE SPACES FOR ALL PEOPLE TO THRIVE WITHIN AND THROUGH SOCCER.

  Expenses $873,521 · Grants $229,516 · Revenue $27,500

As filed on the 2024 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

• SOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS

  $122,000

  IMPLEMENTATION OF SWITCH THE PITCH PROJECT

• LOVEFUTBOL INC

  $14,639

  IMPLEMENTATION OF LAY'S REPLAY PROGRAM

• FOOTBALL FOR HER INC

  $12,980

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

26 September 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202542829349301224

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.