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FINAL THIRD FOUNDATION

EIN 81-4359966 COLUMBUS, OH

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Revenue 2024
$930,001
Expenses 2024
$870,711

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N64
Classification
2000
Street
2404 E MAIN ST

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 · 2024

Mission

FINAL THIRD FOUNDATION (F3) CONTINUES TO GROW AND EVOLVE IN CENTRAL OHIO AND THROUGH ITS PARTNER ORGANIZATION IN KENYA. F3 USES THE GAME OF SOCCER TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, EDUCATE, AND ENRICH COMMUNITIES. WHAT BEGAN WITH THE LIKONI COMMUNITY FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN KENYA HAS EXPANDED INTO A NETWORK OF PROGRAMS THAT UNIFY COMMUNITIES THROUGH SOCCER, LITERACY, WELLNESS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING. GUIDED BY A GLOBAL MINDSET AND A FOCUS ON COLLECTIVE IMPACT, F3 STRENGTHENS TRUST, BELONGING, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH LOCALLY AND ABROAD.IN 202425, F3 EXPANDED ACCESS AND DEEPENED PARTNERSHIPS THAT STRENGTHEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORT AND LEARNING. ALONG-SIDE KEY PARTNERS LIKE NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, THE ORGANIZATION HELPED LAUNCH THE FIRST COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS REGION 3 ELEMENTARY SOCCER AND WINTER FUTSAL LEAGUES, SERVING MORE THAN 275 STUDENTS. NEW COLLABORATIONS BEGAN WITH WHITEHALL RECREATION TO SUPPORT YOUTH SOCCER AND COACHING EDUCATION, WHILE A FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXLE

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FINAL THIRD FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, ENGAGE, AND EDUCATE THROUGHSOCCER-BASED YOUTH-FOCUSED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. THE FOUNDATION STRIVES TO PROMOTEHEALTH, WELLNESS, ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, BOTH ON AND OFFTHE FIELD. ITS OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS TO UNITE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND EMPOWER THEM TOACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.

  • RECREATIONAL LEAGUES AND COMMUNITY SOCCER: THROUGH THE COLUMBUS EAST SOCCER ASSOCIATION (CESA), F3 SERVED MORE THAN 1,450 PLAYERS ACROSS ITS 202425 SEASONS, SUPPORTED BY 196 VOLUNTEER COACHES AND 107 TEAMS. SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUBSIDIZED FEES TOTALED $51,780, WITH $27,700 IN DISCOUNTED FIELD COSTS AT PATHWAYS PARK. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED BEXLEY AND WHITEHALL RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, OHIO YOUTH ACADEMY, COLUMBUS LIONS, COLUMBUS EAGLES, BRICE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, GALACTICOS, DL SOCCER ACADEMY, AND COLUMBUS BILINGUAL ACADEMY.SOCCER & LITERACY INITIATIVE: THE EARLY READERS PROGRAM REACHED 356 PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ACROSS NINE SCHOOLS. F3S AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM SERVED 1,140 STUDENTS IN GRADES 36 AT 15 SCHOOLSDOUBLE THE PREVIOUS YEARS REACHWITH PROJECTIONS TO SERVE 2,000+ STUDENTS IN 202526. THE VIBRANT VOWELS RESEARCH STUDY, CONDUCTED WITH COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS AND RADBOUD UNIVERSITY, EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF COLOR-CODING TEXT ON READING FLUENCY AMONG 3RD5TH GRADERS AT EIGHT SCHOOLS.ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND PATHWAYS PARK: THE SPROUTS PROGRAM ENGAGED 160 STUDENTS ACROSS THREE SCHOOLS THROUGH GARDENING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LESSONS. COLLABORATIONS WITH OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SUPPORTED MEADOW RECLAMATION AND SOIL RESTORATION PROJECTS AT PATHWAYS PARK. IN 2024, ONE ACRE OF MEADOW WAS SEEDED AND 60 TREES PLANTED WITH THE HELP OF 5060 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND LOCAL PARTNERS.F3 ACADEMY AND ELITE PATHWAYS: TO MAKE HIGH-LEVEL SOCCER ACCESSIBLE, F3 LAUNCHED THE F3 ACADEMY AND 618 PROJECT. THE ACADEMY (AGES 610) COSTS $100 PER YEAR AND INCLUDES TWO UNIFORMS, NINE LEAGUE GAMES, AND PROFESSIONAL COACHING. 36 PLAYERS CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE. THE COLLEGE ID CAMP HOSTED 57 PLAYERS AND COLLEGE COACHES FROM SEVEN UNIVERSITIES, OFFERING AFFORDABLE EXPOSURE AT $25 PER PARTICIPANT. SUMMER CAMP AND WINTER FUTSAL CLINICS ENGAGED 50 YOUTH IN 202425, PROMOTING TEAMWORK AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT.LIKONI COMMUNITY FOOTBALL LEAGUE (KENYA): FOUNDED IN 2011, THE LIKONI COMMUNITY FOOTBALL LEAGUE HAS ENGAGED OVER 16,000 YOUTH THROUGH STRUCTURED FOOTBALL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. ABOUT 600 PLAYERS PARTICIPATE EACH SEASON ACROSS BOYS AND GIRLS DIVISIONS. F3 PROVIDES FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT TO STRENGTHEN GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: F3 INVESTS IN THE GROWTH OF COACHES, REFEREES, AND EDUCATORS. IN 202425, 12 COMMUNITY MEMBERS EARNED U.S. SOCCER GRASSROOTS LICENSES, AND F3 HOSTED FOUR COACHING EDUCATION SESSIONS AND ONGOING MENTORSHIP. REFEREE TRAINING SUPPORTED 40 OFFICIALS (AGES 1467) FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND REMOVED FINANCIAL BARRIERS THROUGH A UNIFORM & ACCESSORY PROGRAM. F3S SOCCER & LITERACY STAFF COMPLETED YEAR-ROUND INSTRUCTIONAL TRAININGS TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND DATA COLLECTION FIDELITY.

    Expenses $704,817 · Grants $5,874 · Revenue $421,160

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Benjamin Levey

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $95,671
    From this org
    $85,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,248
    Hours/week
    60

  • Joseph Macklin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brynn Kolada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Marcellino

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Blumberg

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charles Gocken

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Ramsden

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Obinna Moneme

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelsey Gregory

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Gerdes

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $930,001
    Expenses
    $870,711
    Contributions
    $513,215
    Grants paid
    $5,874
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $886,513
    Expenses
    $891,090
    Contributions
    $374,082
    Grants paid
    $13,915
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $611,270
    Expenses
    $650,084
    Contributions
    $149,723
    Grants paid
    $18,423

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $348,369
    Expenses
    $345,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,968

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $137,839
    Expenses
    $155,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,485

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $119,250
    Expenses
    $105,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,215

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $211,748
    Expenses
    $206,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,131

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $51,625
    Expenses
    $52,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $781

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

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 11 November 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.