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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LIGHTNING BOY FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$483,353
Total expenses
$528,690
Contributions and grants received
$391,526
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$99,265
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$7,438
Total assets, end of year
$215,600
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$215,600
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$378,693
Management and general expenses
$79,248
Fundraising expenses
$70,749
Program service expenses (Part III)
$378,693

Program services were 71.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $104,483

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $287,043

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Outreach and Exhibition Performances

    total $99,265 · related or exempt $99,265 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $104,483

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $6,609

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $14,047

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$7,438 · related or exempt -$7,438 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,082 · program services $18,958 · management and general $8,124 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $106,319 · program services $52,485 · management and general $48,418 · fundraising $5,416

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,500 · program services $0 · management and general $7,500 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $133,056 · program services $111,056 · management and general $0 · fundraising $22,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,124 · program services $10,611 · management and general $0 · fundraising $4,513

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,705 · program services $3,728 · management and general $895 · fundraising $2,082

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,937 · program services $387 · management and general $4,550 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $81,509 · program services $74,724 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,785

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,458 · program services $52,203 · management and general $2,929 · fundraising $4,326

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,057 · program services $1,057 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Fundraiser Dinner Cost

    total $25,627 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $25,627

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other Operating Expenses

    total $6,832 · program services $0 · management and general $6,832 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other program expenses

    total $53,484 · program services $53,484 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $260,937 · end of year $215,600

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $332,284 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $260,937 · end of year $180,746

  • 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 $332,284 · end of year $34,854

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

501(c)3 non profit public charity serving Native youth through cultural programming.

  • Provide direct instruction in traditional Native American hoop dance routine to youth ages 2 and older. Twenty or more youth hoop dancers consistently participated once or twice a week in small group practices throughout the year. Fund creation of regalia and hoops for each dancers to utilize throughout the early for performances and competitions.

    Expenses $86,651

  • Outreach to Native communities and exhibitions of the Native American hoop dance in both private and public settings.

    Expenses $117,818 · Revenue $99,865

  • Sponsor dance members of the Lightning Boy Foundation to travel and compete in the annual World Hoop Dance Championship in Phoenix, Arizona to demonstrate their skills and culture.

    Expenses $77,612

  • Host and produce an annual hoop dance competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico to shine the spotlight on youth Native American dancers to compete and share their culture with the local community.

    Expenses $96,612 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $73,505

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Felicia Rosacker-Rivera

    Founder, President

    Total calculated
    $32,500
    From this org
    $32,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joel McHorse

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kenneth Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • George Rivera

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Francesca Maestas

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2025
Filed
27 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601349349304150

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