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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LAFC SPORTS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$681,144
Total expenses
$938,001
Contributions and grants received
$717,857
Grants paid
$549,075
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$36,713
Total assets, end of year
$812,316
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,063,722
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$251,406
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$575,695
Management and general expenses
$358,943
Fundraising expenses
$3,363
Program service expenses (Part III)
$575,695

Program services were 61.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $141,070

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $576,787

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $15,680

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

    $141,070

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $52,393

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$36,713 · excluded -$36,713

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $549,075 · program services $549,075

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,891 · management and general $97,891

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,156 · management and general $6,156

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,796 · management and general $7,796

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $219,974 · management and general $219,974

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,841 · management and general $5,841

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,086 · program services $2,086

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING & ACTIVATIO

    total $24,534 · program services $24,534

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $14,975 · management and general $14,975

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD EXPENSES

    total $6,077 · management and general $6,077

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $3,363 · fundraising $3,363

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $233 · management and general $233

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $274,352 · end of year $594,018

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $137,556 · end of year $218,298

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $406,457 · end of year $1,063,722

  • 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 $5,451 · end of year -$251,406

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT UNDERSERVED LOS ANGELES YOUTH BY CREATING NEW SOCCER PITCHES, INCREASING ACCESS TO ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROVIDING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LAFC FOUNDATION FURTHERS OUR CLUB'S MISSION OF UNITING THE WORLD'S CITY THROUGH (SEE SCHEDULE O) THE WORLD'S GAME, BRINGING JOY TO PEOPLE, AND BEING A FORCE FOR GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND BRINGING THE INDOMITABLE BLACK & GOLD SPIRIT WHEREVER WE GO.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.TO SUPPORT UNDERSERVED LOS ANGELES YOUTH BY CREATING NEW SOCCER PITCHES, INCREASING ACCESS TO ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROVIDING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP SERVICES.BY LEVERAGING THE LAFC BRAND AND ITS DEDICATED, IMPASSIONED COMMUNITY OF FANS AND STAKEHOLDERS, THE FOUNDATION HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED OVER 50,000 DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE AND UNDERSERVED YOUTH IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF 45 FUTSAL COURTS BY END OF 2024, 6 COMPLETED IN 2024. OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE FUNDING OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (YLP) AT THE BRESEE FOUNDATION, THE FALCON SCHOLARS PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH AND WELLBEING SUPPORT THROUGH FREE SOCCER PROGRAMMING, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY YEAR, AND PROVIDE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTED THE ALLIANCE, COLLABORATION OF 12 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS IN GREATER LA, TO PURSUE CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY DRIVING INVESTMENT AND IMPACT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH SPORT. AND WE'RE EVEN PROUDER THAT WE COULD HOST TWO HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS FOR THE SUMMER.IN ADDITION, WE FUNDED 5 YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAMS IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HELPING TO ELIMINATE THE PAY TO PLAY MODEL.

    Expenses $575,695 · Grants $549,075

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Allison Rosenthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Berg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rico Jeffrey Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natasha Beck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bennett Rosenthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brandon Beck

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Freedman

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (UNTIL 08/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stacy Johns

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (THRU 08/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chelsey Oeffler

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Brigitte Flores

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $97,891
    From this org
    $97,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Wendy Fletcher

    CFO & SECRETARY (FROM 08/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Vanessa Montes

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (FROM 08/24)

    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4
THE MANAGER OF THE LAFC FOUNDATION SPENDS 100% OF THEIR TIME WORKING FOR LAFC SPORTS FOUNDATION. THEY ARE PAID BY LAFC SPORTS LLC, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION, AND LAFC SPORTS FOUNDATION REIMBURSES THEIR COMPENSATION TO LAFC SPORTS LLC. BASED ON THE FORM 990 RULES, COMPENSATION PAID BY AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE FILING ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED IN PART VII, COLUMN D AND SCHEDULE J, PART II AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN PAID BY THE FILING ORGANIZATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349311338

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