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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FIREWORK FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,106,882
Total expenses
$525,100
Contributions and grants received
$1,395,581
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$45,886
Other revenue
-$334,585
Total assets, end of year
$1,577,585
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,939
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,571,646
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$387,072
Management and general expenses
$50,801
Fundraising expenses
$87,227
Program service expenses (Part III)
$387,072

Program services were 73.7% 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

    $828,659

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $566,922

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $231,112

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,886 · related or exempt $45,886

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $828,659

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $334,585

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$334,585 · excluded -$334,585

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,481 · program services $66,837 · management and general $19,096 · fundraising $9,548

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $59,268 · program services $31,497 · management and general $5,777 · fundraising $21,994

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,651 · program services $27,845 · management and general $7,619 · fundraising $8,187

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,015 · program services $14,022 · management and general $3,568 · fundraising $7,425

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $88,289 · program services $57,989 · fundraising $30,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,639 · program services $22,439 · fundraising $200

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,847 · program services $36,303 · fundraising $6,544

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $81,673 · program services $81,673

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,943 · program services $29,081 · management and general $1,409 · fundraising $1,453

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,330 · program services $9,519 · management and general $12,811

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $8,000 · program services $8,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,388 · program services $1,867 · management and general $521

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $1,576 · fundraising $1,576

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $990,421 · end of year $1,577,585

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $557 · end of year $5,939

  • 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 $989,864 · end of year $1,571,646

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EMPOWER CHILDREN FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BY IGNITING THEIR INNER LIGHT THROUGH THE ARTS; TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN; TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH LIFE EXPERIENCES THROUGH PROGRAMS AND CLASSES; TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE A POSITIVE SELF IMAGE IN CHILDREN; TO ENCOURAGE THE CHILD TO SET LIFE GOALS AND TO REALIZE HIS OR HER POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER CHILDREN FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BY IGNITING THEIR INNER LIGHT THROUGH ART

  • TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDRENCAMP FIREWORK IS A SLEEP AWAY EXPERIENCE IN NATURE WHERE KIDS CAN HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO DISCOVER THEIR SPARK THROUGH ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING AND BRING THAT SPARKLE HOME TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $343,187

  • THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE PROVIDE LEADERS IN TRAINING (LIT'S) THE OPPURTUINITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHING ACTIVITIES THAT IGNITE THE SPARK AND CREATIVITY WITHIN THEMSELVES. THIS INCLUDES A LAAMP ONE-WEEK INTENSIVE MUSIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOP WHERE LIT'S HAVE A CREATIVE OUTLET TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL PROCESS OF MAKING MUSIC FROM START TO FINISH ALONGSIDE EXPERIENCED PRODUCERS AND MUSICIANS, ONE-TO-TWO-DAY WORKSHOPS WITH ASU FIDM (A FASHION SCHOOL IN LA) WHOM WE PARTNER WITH WHERE LIT'S ARE MENTORED BY FASHION EXPERTS TO OFFER HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN THE ART OF DESIGN AND THE LITTLE KITCHEN ACADEMY MULTI-WEEK WORKSHOP WHERE LIT'S EXPERIENCE THE PROCESS OF PREPARING MEALS FROM START TO FINISH ALONGSIDE EXPERIENCED CHEFS.

    Expenses $31,250

  • OUR CAMP FIREWORK REUNIONS OFFER A CREATIVE SPACE FOR CAMPERS TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR PEERS AND COUNSELORS WHILE REFLECTING ON HOW CAMP IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AND HOW THEY ARE USING THE FIREWORK PILLARS IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

    Expenses $12,635

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Katheryn Hudson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ngoc Hoang-Delvecchio

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bernie Gudvi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Jensen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Rollerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judee Ann Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deray McKesson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gaudecio Marquez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Starler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Lerche

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,481
    From this org
    $95,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349315604

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