Totals
- Total revenue
- $925,609
- Total expenses
- $1,140,093
- Contributions and grants received
- $872,342
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $7,091
- Investment income
- $49,041
- Other revenue
- -$2,865
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,475,179
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $19,595
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,455,584
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $973,272
- Management and general expenses
- $166,821
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $973,272
Program services were 85.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$872,342
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2a · Program service revenue: Mdse Sales/Uniform Asst
total $7,091 · excluded $7,091
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3 · Investment income
total $49,041 · related or exempt $49,041
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$24,927
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$27,792
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$2,865
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $10,000 · management and general $10,000
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,010 · management and general $1,010
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
-
24a · Other expenses: GALA Operations
total $440,059 · program services $440,059
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24b · Other expenses: Student Support
total $254,766 · program services $254,766
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24c · Other expenses: FOGALA Operations
total $145,450 · management and general $145,450
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24d · Other expenses: Arts & Humanities
total $119,487 · program services $119,487
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24e · All other expenses
total $169,321 · program services $158,960 · management and general $10,361
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,694,557 · end of year $1,358,122
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $61,070
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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
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $55,987
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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
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $3,301
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $22,729 · end of year $16,294
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $1,671,828 · end of year $1,455,584
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Friends of GALA (FoGALA) is solving economic and gender disparities that exist within STEM fields today, by removing interpersonal, academic and financial barriers for all girls who attend Girls Academic Leadership Academy.Our vision is to remove personal and educational barriers to achievement by opening access to resources, mentors and opportunities for girls, 6th through 12th grade, living in Los Angeles. We achieve this by raising awareness, securing funds, advocating for public all-girls education in STEM, and creating connections for industry leaders to directly impact their future.GALAs vision is to address the projected workforce shortfall of engineers and scientists in the United States, and the ongoing gender and racial inequities in STEM fields. Recognizing that all-girls schools boost the academic achievement and self-confidence of young women in general, and in STEM education in particular, GALA is designed to provide 6th-12th grade girls with a clear pathway to college an
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Operations: FoGALA provides operations support in the form of professional development, including travel to conferences; campus beautification; admissions staff and school tours; teacher appreciation gifts and luncheons; website software; events coordinator; campus events; and office supplies.
Expenses $440,058
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Student Support: Other program expenses include student support in the form of providing Chromebooks with cases to every student; covering AP testing fees; providing Princeton Review SAT prep for all of our juniors; field trips to the Aquarium of the Pacific, JA Finance Park, LA City Hall, and engineering competitions among others; supplies for Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) and Special Education (RSP); summer school, including our Science Sleuths camp, middle and high school math enrichment programs, and PE; Graduation; and our CIF Athletics program.
Expenses $350,343
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Arts & Humanities: FoGALA provides support in the form of partial salaries for the Architecture and Dance teachers; Broadcast cameras, wireless mics, lighting, and soundboard; 3D printer and filament for Architecture; 6 MacBooks with digital audio stations for the music program; registration and transportation to the Choral Music Festival; Graphic Arts computer and projector; and digital cameras for the Yearbook elective.
Expenses $120,175
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Science Provided cutting-edge science curriculum and equipment for middle school and high school classes, including drones for our Aerospace elective and rockets for Engineering. Supported the Robotics teams with equipment and registered them in the First Robotics tournament where they advanced to the regionals and won the Inspire Award the highest all-round award in the competition. Also supported new classes, like Bio-Medical and Sports Medicine.
Expenses $45,576
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Math and Engineering: FoGALA provided graphing calculators to all high school math students to provide equal access to math curriculum and testing requirements. For engineering, the students received a class set of rockets and a field trip to Cal State Long Beach Society of Women Engineers Girls Day.
Expenses $17,120
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Katherine Eshaghoff
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Chelsea Gilmore
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Danielle Fogel
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Angela Macias
Asst Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mazi O'Leary
Purchaser
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sharis Peters
Purchaser
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Shanon Trygstad
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tiffany Morrison
External Comm
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Twanda Beo
Dir Fundraising
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jody Giles
Dir Development
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dan Nieman
Dir Grants
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Carla Ascarza
Dir Ops
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Gwendolyn Soldwisch
Asst Dir Ops
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Chris Bensch
Onsite Ops
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 6 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202600969349301255
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