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ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION OF FT LAUDERDALE INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $218K · expenses $203K · assets $15K

EIN
65-0474137
Address
PO BOX 283, FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33302-0283
Website
WWW.ACHIEVEMENTFTL.COM
NTEE code
B82
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2013
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Mission

The Achievement Foundation of Fort Lauderdale, Inc. is a Nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization [TIN: 65-0474137]. Our mission is built upon the fundamental premise that a world which celebrates individual achievement and strong communities can only be realized when humankind makes an unwavering commitment to the promotion of equality and ending poverty for all.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 2 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Gale S Nelson PRESIDENT2025 Not reported $0 reported 1
David Ricketts VICE PRESIDENT2025 Not reported $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 2 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 15 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GALE S NELSON PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $01
DAVID RICKETTS VICE PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$217,772$202,713 $15,059$15,059 $140,269$77,503 -015

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $102,319 in all, tax years 2023 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2023-2024 2$102,266 2024$43,747
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION OF FT LAUDERDALE INC” 2023 1$53 2023$53
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2025 · Form 990 · $202,713 spent · pay $0 · grants $202,713 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $202,713$202,713-- 100.0%
Total$202,713100%

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