Totals
- Total revenue
- $32,603
- Total expenses
- $59,178
- Contributions and grants received
- $32,603
- Grants paid
- $16,197
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $48,627
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $48,627
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $53,737
Program services were 90.8% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
Education Is Key is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing scholarships wellness and enrichment programs for inner-city students of Los Angeles
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Education Is Key empowers inner-city and underserved youth through scholarships mentorship education and community engagement. The organization has awarded over 40 scholarships supporting students in universities community colleges trade schools vocational programs and career pathways. Its scholarship model prioritizes effort commitment and potential over strict GPA requirements. Mentorship initiativesincluding World Changers 6 Keys to Success Empower Him Her and Be Your Own CEOfocus on financial literacy entrepreneurship mental health civic engagement and leadership. Annual wellness events like We Outside promote healthy lifestyles family engagement and community connection. In response to the January 2025 Eaton Wildfire Education Is Key partnered with Pasadena African American Parent Council to provided 5 laptops and scholarship to impacted students. Throughout 2025 the organization strengthened educational access self-sufficiency and community empower
Expenses $53,737 · Grants $16,197
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Nicole Lindsey
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Ryan Morris
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Melissa Massironi
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0.5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 15 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202611359349201821
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