- Revenue 2025
- $155,905
- Expenses 2025
- $155,718
Program services were 91.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- O50
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 24430 HAWTHORNE BLVD STE 100
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING, ATHLETICS, & GROWTH (FLAG) IS COMMITTED TO INSPIRING YOUTH, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO REACH GOALS IN ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, AND PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-PROFITS TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT YOUTH, VETERANS, AND FAMILIES IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING, ATHLETICS, & GROWTH (FLAG) IS COMMITTED TO INSPIRING YOUTH, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO REACH GOALS IN ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, AND PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.
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THE FILING ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR NICKS KIDS SOCCER, WHICH IS A YOUTH PROGRAM FOCUSED ON THE WELLBEING OF EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL. OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD WITHIN OUR PROGRAM IS ABLE TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF BEING A CHILD. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ARTICULATE AND SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE AND A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT TO ENSURE A POSITIVE FUTURE.
Expenses $124,120 · Grants $38,026
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FLAG SUPPORTS LAPD VETERANS BY SPONSORING A MONTHLY APPRECIATION LUNCH, PROVIDING A MEANINGFUL WAY TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
Expenses $16,198
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THE FILING ORGANIZATION GIVES GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SERVING VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA FACING CHALLENGES SUCH AS CRIME, ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND TEEN DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE. THE FILING ORGANIZATION ALSO GIVES GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AIMED AT BRINGING AWARENESS TO VETERAN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
Expenses $2,557 · Grants $2,557
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Adam DeierlingADAM DEIERLING
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Christian D SorensonCHRISTIAN D SORENSON
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Scott RecknorSCOTT RECKNOR
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ana Garnica-FosterANA GARNICA-FOSTER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Rusty SmithRUSTY SMITH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Greg MartinGREG MARTIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Richard MyersonRICHARD MYERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Rob AntrobiusROB ANTROBIUS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Tom SheetsTOM SHEETS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Patrick SchlehuberPATRICK SCHLEHUBER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Phil BrodkinPHIL BRODKIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $155,905
- Expenses
- $155,718
- Contributions
- $184,571
- Grants paid
- $40,583
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2024
- Revenue
- $128,411
- Expenses
- $126,466
- Contributions
- $217,412
- Grants paid
- $31,089
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2023
- Revenue
- $122,640
- Expenses
- $125,979
- Contributions
- $183,129
- Grants paid
- $104,006
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2022
- Revenue
- $148,476
- Expenses
- $61,059
- Contributions
- $220,170
- Grants paid
- $50,803
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021
- Tax period
- 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
- Principal officer
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Christian Sorenson
- Mailing address
- 23820 Hawthorne Boulevard Suite 100Torrance CA 90505
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$33,000
2023 ASSIST UNDERSERVED CHILDREN
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2022 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.