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FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH

FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,000 to it, the largest being WATER BUFFALO CLUB INC DBA WE BENEFIT CHILDREN ($33,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$128k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$51k
Net assets
$93k
0/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Foundation for Learning Athletics and Growth does

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.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Annual charity golf tournamentthe hack is an annual charity golf tournament that hosts 72 players and an additional 100 attendees and volunteers. Clients / sponsors are commercial real estate professionals (industrial focus). Proceeds go to support nicks kids youth soccer program. Impacts 80 people, 45 kids, scholarships for private school and program overhead / events.2nd annual charity cornhole tournamentthe sack is an annual charity cornhole tournament that hosts 48 players and an additional 60 attendees and volunteers. Clients / sponsors are commercial real estate professionals (office, industrial, retail focused). Proceeds go to support ruck for vets program. Impacts 30 people, program events.

    $112,008 spentof which $104,006 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $112,008.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($148k) Expenses 100 ($61k) Net assets 100 ($89k)2023 Revenue 83 ($123k) Expenses 206 ($126k) Net assets 103 ($91k)2024 Revenue 86 ($128k) Expenses 207 ($126k) Net assets 105 ($93k)
202220232024
Revenue (86)Expenses (207)Net assets (105)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $92k to $99k (+7%).

$92k
$99k
$98k
202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

169% of FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$87k
’22
−$3k
’23
$2k
’24
9.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20222024
Listed811
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $18k → $33k.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH.

65%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 44% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH is better cushioned than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve9.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 18%Fundraising 2%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH?
FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,000 to it, the largest being WATER BUFFALO CLUB INC DBA WE BENEFIT CHILDREN ($33,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $51,000 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH.
Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH?
WATER BUFFALO CLUB INC DBA WE BENEFIT CHILDREN is the largest funder on record, with $33,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING ATHLETICS AND GROWTH find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing