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.
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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 RosenthalALLISON ROSENTHAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Larry BergLARRY BERG
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rico Jeffrey GarciaRICO JEFFREY GARCIA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Natasha BeckNATASHA BECK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bennett RosenthalBENNETT ROSENTHAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brandon BeckBRANDON BECK
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Larry FreedmanLARRY FREEDMAN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (UNTIL 08/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Stacy JohnsSTACY JOHNS
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (THRU 08/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Chelsey OefflerCHELSEY OEFFLER
MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
Brigitte FloresBRIGITTE FLORES
MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $97,891
- From this org
- $97,891
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Wendy FletcherWENDY FLETCHER
CFO & SECRETARY (FROM 08/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Vanessa MontesVANESSA 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
-
$162,275
FUTSAL COURT PROJECT
-
$100,000
ALLIANCE: LA INITIATIVE
-
$66,134
LAFC YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
-
ZAINO TENNIS COURTS INC
$54,925
FUTSAL COURT BUILD CONTRACTOR
-
$53,177
SOCCER CLINICS & PROGRAMMING
-
$27,500
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP
-
$25,000
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER GALA
-
POWER SOCCER DONATION
-
LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION
$12,943
GALA
-
HAWTHORNE SCHOOL DISTRICT
$10,000
FUTSAL COURT DONATION
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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