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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ATHLETICS LEARNING & SERVICE GOALS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,783,052
Total expenses
$1,689,650
Contributions and grants received
$1,565,929
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$217,123
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,667,197
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,577
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,655,620
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,235,574
Management and general expenses
$425,731
Fundraising expenses
$28,345
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,235,574

Program services were 73.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $753,587

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $812,342

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $246,547

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANAHEIM ICE REBATE

    total $217,123 · related or exempt $217,123

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,680 · program services $61,340 · management and general $61,340

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $777,283 · program services $667,234 · management and general $85,513 · fundraising $24,536

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,375 · program services $63,812 · management and general $6,664 · fundraising $1,899

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,069 · management and general $6,069

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $632 · management and general $632

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,100 · program services $24,284 · management and general $8,816

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,174 · program services $2,390 · management and general $22,284 · fundraising $1,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,359 · program services $3,949 · management and general $410

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,565 · management and general $38,565

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,096 · management and general $10,096

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $274,381 · program services $269,590 · management and general $4,791

  • 24b · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

    total $103,342 · program services $0 · management and general $103,342

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTING/CAMPS/ACTIVITIES

    total $91,651 · program services $89,899 · management and general $1,752

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $20,583 · management and general $20,583

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $108,360 · program services $53,076 · management and general $54,874 · fundraising $410

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $314,929 · end of year $423,864

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $233 · end of year $5,423

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $6,372,681

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,441,117

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,970,129 · end of year $4,931,564

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $306,346 · end of year $306,346

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $392 · end of year $2,698

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $29,027 · end of year $8,879

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,212,218 · end of year $1,305,620

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,350,000 · end of year $4,350,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ATHLETICS, LEARNING AND SERVICE (GOALS) IS DEVOTED TO REMOVAL OF BARRIERS SO THAT LESS PRIVILEGED CHILDREN MAY FREELY ENJOY ORGANIZED SPORTS, ACCESS QUALITY EDUCATION, AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS. THE ORGANIZATION CREATES AFTER SCHOOL AND WEEKEND PROGRAMS FOR YOUTHS BUILT AROUND ATHLETICS, LEARNING AND SERVICE ENRICHMENT.

  • GOALS OPERATES OVER 20 ENRICHMENT AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AGES 6 TO 19 YEARS OF AGE. ALL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE IN SPECIFICALLY TARGETED DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAMS OPERATE UNDER THREE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN ATHLETICS, LEARNING ENRICHMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO HELP OTHERS.DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR GOALS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $359,040 IN DONATED SERVICES AND $862,000 IN DONATED USE OF FACILITIES FROM LOCAL CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BUSINESSES IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS. A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF MAJOR GOALS PROGRAMS OPERATIVE DURING FY 9/30/2024GOALS FOR VALADEZ PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS PROGRAM OPERATES MONDAY - FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR (LATE AUGUST THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MID-JUNE). GOALS PROVIDES A BLEND OF ALL FREE SERVICES FEATURING DAILY ORGANIZED SPORTS PROGRAMS, HOMEWORK HELP TO ASSURE ALL SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, AND WEEKLY FIELD TRIPS FOR GENERAL ENRICHMENT. PROGRAM YOUTH PARTICIPATION AVERAGED IN THE 90-120 RANGE, AND THIS MET STATE AND LOCAL EXPECTATIONS FOR SOLID "ASES" INVOLVEMENT FIGURES FOR THE FULL PROGRAM YEAR. TOTAL (DUPLICATE COUNTS) YOUTH SERVED = 18,000. GOALS FOR OAK VIEW ALSO CONTINUED TO THRIVE AS AN AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM UNDER CONTRACT WITH OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. THIS GOALS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM FEATURES FREE DAILY ON-SITE ACTIVITIES FEATURING ATHLETICS, HOMEWORK HELP AND VARIOUS OTHER SUPPORT PROGRAMS. MUCH LIKE THE GOALS FOR VALADEZ PROGRAM. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR MONDAY TO FRIDAY AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AT THE OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN OPERATED FOR 12 YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP AND UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. DAILY PARTICIPATION AVERAGED CLOSE TO 80 UNDERSERVED YOUTH OVER THE 180-DAY PROGRAM PERIOD (TOTALING SOME 14,480 STUDENT TOTALS/DUPLICATE COUNTS). GOALS FOR ABC (A BETTER COMMUNITY). THE GOALS ABC INITIATIVE AND FACILITIES CONTINUED AT FULL CAPACITY THIS YEAR AND FEATURED BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE GOALS CLUBHOUSE (RESTORED BY GOALS IN 2018). GOALS PROVIDED FREE "WALK-IN" AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES FOR AN AVERAGE OF 100 YOUNGSTERS EACH WEEK. IN ADDITION, GOALS HOSTED TWO MAJOR COMMUNITY "CLOTHES DRIVES AND DISTRIBUTED AN ESTIMATED $150,000 WORTH OF DONATED QUALITY CLOTHING TO NEEDY FAMILIES. MULTIPLE FIELD TRIPS TO AREA PARKS AND OTHER MAIN GOALS FACILITIES IN CENTRAL ANAHEIM (WITH FREE BUS TRANSIT) WERE ALSO ARRANGED. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024 GOALS ALSO OPERATED EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS SO THAT COMMUNITY YOUTH WOULD HAVE A SAFE HARBOR FOR READING, PLAY, AND SOCIALIZING. MULTIPLE OTHER GOALS LOCATIONS FEATURED AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS AT RIO VISTA, RUBY DRIVE, MELROSE AND TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, GOALS PROVIDED A 32 WEEK "LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY" PROGRAM FOR 125 CHILDREN (ALL FREE OF COURSE). THIS INCLUDED A CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, ON SITE SCHOOL SKILL TRAINING SESSIONS WEEKLY, AND OFF-SITE TRAVEL TO GOALS RINK SITES FOR HOCKEY TRAINING, SCRIMMAGES, SKATING AND ICE HOCKEY GAMES. ALL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. GOALS REVIVED OUR "EVERYBODY COUNTS" IN-PERSON SUPPORT FOR OUR DIFFERENTLY ABLED NEIGHBORS. TYPICALLY, THIS WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEARBY NOT FOR PROFIT "MY DAY COUNTS" PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ENRICHMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH "DIFFERENT ABILITIES" (ONCE REFERRED TO ERRONEOUSLY AS DISABILITIES!). GOALS HAS OPERATED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAMS, ART PROGRAMS AND GARDENING PROGRAMS WHILE INTEGRATING SOME SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF, AMERICORPS VOLUNTEERS, PROGRAM INTERNS, AND YOUTH PARTICIPANTS IN OUR GOALS CADETS PROGRAM. SOME 150 PARTICIPANTS ARE TYPICALLY INVOLVED ANNUALLY. GOALS CADETS & THE SUMMER OF SERVICE. TYPICALLY, GOALS OPERATES A MAJOR REGIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS WHICH INCLUDES GOALS PARTICIPANTS FROM JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AGE UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGES. THE PROGRAM HAS FEATURED THE INCLUSION OF "SUMMER ASSOCIATES" SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICORPS VISTA NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUMMER ASSOCIATES' PROGRAM WAS ON HIATUS DUE TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTBACKS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024. GOALS IS HOPEFUL THAT THIS REMARKABLE PROGRAM WILL BE RESURRECTED IN 2025 OR IN FUTURE YEARS. DURING THE SUMMER OF '23 WE CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF PHYSICAL SERVICE PROJECTS AND LIMITED PARTICIPATION TO CORE GOALS STAFF, ADULT AMERICORPS STAFF SUMMER INTERNS AND A GROUP OF TEEN GOALS CADETS YOUTH FOR 8 SUMMER WEEKS. THE FOCUS WAS CENTERED ON SEVERAL DAYS EACH SUMMER WEEK TO IMPROVE GOALS FACILITIES AT OUR "DREAMSCAPE" SPORTS VENUES AND TO HELP BUDDY UP WITH OUR "EVERYBODY COUNTS" THERAPEUTIC RECREATION AND GARDENING PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE "DIFFERENTLY ABLED" PARTICIPANTS. GOALS FOR VALCREST: WE ARE PROUD TO REPORT THAT OUR CONTINUED RESTORATION EFFORTS WERE ON-GOING WITH THE HISTORIC CAMP VALCREST SITE IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST DURING MANY MONTHS OF 2024. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH MULTIPLE MOUNTAIN "EXPEDITIONS" WITH GOALS COACHES LEADING THE WAY WITH GROUPS OF OUR YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. FOR MANY, THIS WAS THEIR FIRST-TIME HIKING AND EXPERIENCING A TRUE FOREST ADVENTURE. A COUPLE OF THESE EXPEDITIONS COINCIDED WITH SNOWFALL, SO WE HAD THE FUN OF SLEDDING DOWN HILLS AND BUILDING SNOW PEOPLE! GOALS EXPECTS TO LAUNCH AS MANY AS 20 MORE EXPEDITIONS IN 2025 AND THEN EXPAND YOUTH ACCESS TO EVEN GREATER LEVELS AS THE CAMP ITSELF IS IMPROVED. GOALS HAS SUSTAINED AN EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LA'S RECREATION & PARKS DEPARTMENT AND HAS ALSO BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE USDA/FOREST SERVICE, CALTRANS AND OTHER ENTITIES AS THESE EFFORTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND CAMP VALCREST WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED DURING A 10-YEAR PERIOD FROM THE MID 1940'S THROUGH THE 1950'S AS ONE OF MANY ORGANIZATION" CAMPS SANCTIONED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE A FOREST EXPERIENCE FOR URBAN YOUTH WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY. GOALS HAS PLEDGED TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RETURNING THIS HISTORIC SITE TO FUNCTIONING AND TO PROVIDE ALL CAMP SPOTS AT NO CHARGE TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN. THE HOPE IS TO COMPLETE ALL CAMP RESTORATION NEEDED FOR PHASED IN USE. SOME HAS BEGUN BY THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDED USE IS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED. GOALS ATHLETICS, FACILITIES, BUS SERVICES AND ICE HOCKEY: GOALS CONTINUES TO OPERATE MANY FACILITIES ACROSS SEVERAL CITY BLOCKS IN ANAHEIM WHICH COLLECTIVELY WE REFER TO AS "GOALSLAND", THE ABC GOALS CENTER IN WEST ANAHEIM, AND OF COURSE THE MAJOR ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM ACTIVITIES DAILY AT ANAHEIM ICE WHICH IS ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL GOALS GOALSLAND COMPLEX OF OUR HEADQUARTERS, OUTDOOR GARDENS, RINKS, TENNIS COURTS, SOCCER ARENA, LAKERS LEGENDS COURT, INDOOR MODULAR TEACHING SPACE, AND BUS + STORAGE FACILITIES. GOALS CURRENTLY HAS A SCHOOL PUPIL ACTIVITY BUS (SPAB) CERTIFIED BUS FLEET OF 2 BUSES, A PASSENGER VAN, PLUS EQUIPMENT TRAILERS AND IS SANCTIONED AS A BUS 'TERMINAL" WITH 45-DAY INSPECTION AND OTHER OVERSIGHT BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. ALL FACILITIES ARE OVERSEEN AND MAINTAINED BY GOALS COACHES AND THE LAND IS LICENSED FROM THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ON A LONG-TERM / NO CHARGE BASIS. ALL LAND IMPROVEMENTS (SPORTS FACILITIES, LIGHTING, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, FENCE LINES, SECURITY MEASURES, ETC. HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY GOALS OVER THE PAST DECADE PLUS. GOALS DID ALSO CONTINUE WHAT HAS BEEN A MULTI-SUMMER SPORTS CAMP PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A 5-WEEK INTENSIVE PERIOD DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024. THIS PROGRAM FEATURED 5 DAYS PER WEEK/4-8 HOUR DAYS OF SPORTS THEMED RECREATION AND SPORTS GAMES WHICH INVOLVED 5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES AND SOME 400 CHILDREN. ALL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO THE CHILDREN AT NO COSTS. PYLUSD DID SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM WITH A GRANT OF APPROXIMATELY $90,000. GOALS WILL BE EXPLORING NEW PROGRAMS FOR THE UPCOMING PROGRAM AND CALENDAR YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANAHEIM DUCKS NHL HOCKEY FRANCHISE AS THE POPULARITY AND INTEREST IN OUR "LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY" PROGRAM (AS REVIEWED ABOVE) HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.

    Expenses $1,235,574 · Revenue $1,783,052

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dave Wilk

    EXECUTIVE DIR.

    Total calculated
    $122,680
    From this org
    $122,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related
  • Jerry O'Connell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy MacDonald

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grace Cardona

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Taromina

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Dominguez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Escobedo

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Spyksma

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Rose

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Israel Ramos

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • ANAHEIM COMMUNITY SUPPORT CORP

    501(C)(3) · RENTAL · CA

    Directly controlled by GROWTH OPPORTUNITITES THROUGH ATHLETICS LEARNING & SERVICE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542209349301864

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