Gift of Soccer Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452986844
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5053502753
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,779
Expenses
$42,710
Assets
$69
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kenneth Levandoski (Executive Director)
  • Margorie R Espe (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Kenneth Levandoski (Executive Director)
  • Margorie R Espe (Executive Director)
  • Kenneth J Levandoski (Treasurer/Marketing Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Gift of Soccer Foundation empowers underprivileged youth worldwide through the joy of soccer. With financial support, we collect and repurpose gently used equipment, giving kids the chance to learn, play, and grow. By providing these resources to humanitarian organizations, we help them build trust within their communities, bringing happiness to children and fostering strong bonds that support better health, education, and essential services.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Gift of Soccer Foundation collects and redistributes gently used soccer gear and resources to children locally, regionally, and worldwide. With financial support, the Foundation is able to collect, repurpose, and deliver quality equipment-giving kids the opportunity to learn, play, and grow through the game. In addition to distributing gear, the Foundation organizes professional soccer clinics and local outreach efforts that strengthen communities, build confidence, and create lasting connections. By partnering with humanitarian organizations, the Foundation helps them build trust within the communities they serve-using soccer to bring joy to children while supporting broader goals such as improved health, education, and access to essential services. To date, The Gift of Soccer Foundation has delivered 98,750+ pieces of soccer gear to 27 countries across six continents. This impact has been made possible through donations from 132+ locations across the United States and through 58 major donation initiatives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 177.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.