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GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ATHLETICS LEARNING & SERVICE GOALS

EIN 95-4457394 ANAHEIM, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,139,957
Expenses 2024
$1,465,103

Program services were 56.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N68
Classification
1200
Street
1170 N LA PALMA PARKWAY

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).

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Mission and programs · 2024

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 $857,000 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 9/30/2025GOALS 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 2025 GOALS ALSO OPERATED EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS SO THAT COMMUNITY YOUTH WOULD HAVE A SAFE HARBOR FOR READING, PLAY, AND SOCIALIZING. MULTIPLE OTHER GOALS LOCATIONS: WHICH CONTINUE TO FEATURE 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 AND SUMMER OF 2025. GOALS LEARNED DURING THE WINTER OF 2026 THAT OUR PRIZED "SUMMER OF SERVICE" WILL BE RENEWED AND FORTIFIED BY THE RETURN OF THE AMERICORPS SUMMER ASSOCIATES PROGRAM. WE EXPECT TO RECRUIT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 30 SUMMER STAFF TO FILL PROGRAM POSITIONS WHICH ARE SERVICE ORIENTED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN LA COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY. DURING THE SUMMER OF '25 WE DID CONDUCT A NUMBER OF PHYSICAL SERVICE PROJECTS WITH LIMITED PARTICIPATION TO CORE GOALS STAFF, ADULT AMERICORPS STAFF SUMMER INTERNS AND A SMALL GROUP OF TEEN GOALS CADETS YOUTH FOR 4 SUMMER WEEKS. WE ALSO HOSTED A MODEST "SPORTS CAMP FOR INCOMING YOUNGSTERS AT AN ADJOINING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AS WELL. ANOTHER SERVICE ELEMENT THAT WAS SUSTAINED ON A REDUCED BASIS 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 THE 2024 THROUGH CLOSE OF 2025 FY. 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. GOALS LAUNCHED APPROXIMATELY 20 SUCH EXPEDITIONS AND AN EVEN GREATER NUMBER ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE UPCOMING 2025_26 FY YEAR. GOALS HAS SUSTAINED AND STRENGTHENED 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. GOALS HAS NOW SUCCEEDED IN RESTORING CLOSE TO 80% OF THIS SPRAWLING FACILITY AFTER IT WAS CLOSE TO RUIN WHEN OUR ORGANIZATION ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS STEWARDSHIP IN 2022. WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE FULL PHYSICAL RESTORATION BY THE CLOSE OF CALENDAR 2026 AND STEADILY EXPAND HIGH NEED YOUTH ACCESS FOR WILDERNESS EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES FOR DECADES TO COME!GOALS FOR MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY: THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP TOOK ROOT DURING THE SUMMER OF 2025 AND WE EXPECT EXPANSION EFFORTS TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO COME. GOALS HAS DESIGNED A MODEL TO PROVIDE EXPERT "LEARN TO PLAY" COACHING CLINICS FOR ALL ENROLLED YOUTH AT THIS NEXT DOOR PUBLIC CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO GROW FROM THE EARLY FIRST YEAR ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 80 STUDENTS TO MORE THAN 200 IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. POTENTIALLY GOALS WILL ALSO ROLL OUT BOTH A DAY-TIME ACTIVITY PROGRAM, AFTERSCHOOL TEAM ACTIVITY PROGRAM AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AS WELL.

    Expenses $821,652 · Revenue $1,139,957

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

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.

  • Jerry O'Connell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy MacDonald

    MEMBER

    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
  • Israel Ramos

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Wilk

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $121,680
    From this org
    $121,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

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
    $1,139,957
    Expenses
    $1,465,103
    Contributions
    $1,118,327
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,783,052
    Expenses
    $1,689,650
    Contributions
    $1,565,929
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,226,685
    Expenses
    $1,404,980
    Contributions
    $1,032,392
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,764,025
    Expenses
    $1,418,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,766,668
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,306,675
    Expenses
    $1,336,044
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,441,212
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,626,032
    Expenses
    $3,577,629
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,589,930
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,626,032
    Expenses
    $3,577,629
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,589,930
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,219,601
    Expenses
    $4,053,308
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,344,355
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,999,336
    Expenses
    $3,491,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,235,405
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,933,368
    Expenses
    $5,267,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,611,321

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

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.