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Nonprofit · EIN 45-0501348

FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC

Tax-exempt · TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302

Financials

$240K$240K2022$218K$196K2023$369K$229K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$369,357$228,739$140,618$738,630$0$738,630
June 30, 2024990$218,303$195,828$22,475$598,012$0$598,012
June 30, 2023990$240,198$240,229-$31$575,537$0$575,537
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$363,663
of which government grants
$26,014
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,660
Other revenue
$1,034

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$39,362
Other salaries and wages
$25,842
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$26,110
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$18,000
Program services (functional)
$198,602
Management and general (functional)
$30,137

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$598,012
Total assets, end of year
$738,630
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$738,630
Gross receipts
$369,357
Employees
4
Volunteers
8
Year formed
2002
State of legal domicile
FL

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
SONIA VALLADARES-MCGHEECEO
Officer
40$79,994
LORI DUARTE-ROBERTSCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
KRISTI AIELLOBOARD MEMBER UNTIL 2/1/2025
Trustee or director
5$0
ALEXIS DEMPSEY DOYLEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
HOLLY LA ROSABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
SIMONE MARSTILLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
JULIE SMYTHEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
CHRISTINA WEAVERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 9 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
SONIA VALLADARESCEO
Officer
40$87,021
LORI DUARTE-ROBERTSCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
KRISTI AIELLOBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
SIMONE MARSTILLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
WILLIAM THOMAS TOM ROBINSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
NEIKO SHEABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
JULIE SMYTHEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
DAVID VAN DER LIKEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
CHRISTINA WEAVERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 8 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
SONIA VALLADARESCEO
Officer
40$79,050
LORI DUARTE-ROBERTSCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
KRISTI AIELLOBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
SIMONE MARSTILLERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
JULIE SMYTHEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
NEIKO SHEABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
DAVID VAN DER LIKEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0
CHRISTINA WEAVERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
5$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 10688, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302-2688
Mailing address (990-N for 2014)
PO BOX 10688, TALLAHASSEE FL 32302
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
SONIA VALLADARES-MCGHEE, PO BOX 10688, TALLAHASSEE, FL 323022688
Principal officer (990-N for 2014)
BERT EARP, 1713 MAHAN DR, TALLAHASSEE FL 32308
Signed the 990
SONIA VALLADARES-MCGHEE, CEO
Phone
(850) 922-7275
Return prepared by
JAMES MOORE & CO PL

Mission

THE FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE FLORIDA STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE'S EFFORTS TO REPRESENT EVERY CHILD UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF FLORIDA'S DEPENDENCY COURTS.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • DIRECT SUPPORT/CHILDREN'S NEEDSTODAY THE FLORIDA STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE HAS MORE THAN 27,860 FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER ALUMNI. WHETHER THROUGH GRANTS, INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE DONATIONS, OR TIME, THE FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION HAS CONTINUALLY WORKED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO CHILDREN REPRESENTED BY THE FLORIDA STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE. WHEN A SPECIFIC NEED IS IDENTIFIED, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES TARGETED SUPPORT FOR UNIQUE AND UNFUNDED NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM VOLUNTEERS. THE FOUNDATION FUNDS SUCH THINGS AS CHILDREN'S NEEDS AND MONEY FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN REPRESENTED BY FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM VOLUNTEERS. THROUGH ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE FLORIDA STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, THE FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION IS HELPING CREATE A NEW REALITY, WHERE EVERY ABUSED, ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED CHILD IN FLORIDA HAS A VOICE IN COURT THROUGH THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM.
    Expenses $95,468
  • TRIUMPH AWARD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMTHE TRIUMPH AWARD IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING YOUTH WHO HAVE OVERCOME ALL ODDS. AS YOU KNOW, YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE FACE INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES AND NEED THE SUPPORT OF FRIENDS, TEACHERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE COMMUNITY. THE FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THISEXTENDED SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RECOGNIZE THOSE YOUTH WHO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF THE TRIUMPH AWARD. THE TRIUMPH AWARD REPRESENTS: DETERMINATION, RESILIENCY, EDUCATION, ASPIRATIONS, AND MOTIVATION. THE RECIPIENT SHOULD BE ONE THAT EXEMPLIFIED THESE CHARACTERISTICS DURING THEIR TIME IN CARE AND IS DETERMINED TO CHANGE THE STATISTICS. ALL TWENTY GUARDIAN AD LITEM JUDICIAL CIRCUITS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE THEIR MOST DESERVING YOUTH (MUST BE A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR THAT IS SLATED TO GRADUATE IN JUNE OR AN EXISTING COLLEGE FRESHMAN). IN ADDITION TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ALL TRIUMPH AWARD RECIPIENTS ALSO RECEIVE AN APPLE MAC BOOK TO HELP FURTHER THEIR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS.
    Expenses $66,849 · grants $39,362
  • VOLUNTEER RETENTION & RECRUITMENT VOLUNTEER RETENTION IS MAINTAINED THROUGH VARIOUS AVENUES SUCH AS VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION, TRAINING AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THEIR ADVOCACY OF FOSTER CHILDREN. VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT IS INCREASED BY CREATING AND MAINTAINING PARTNERSHIPS WITH CORPORATIONS, OTHER STATE AGENCIES AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
    Expenses $36,285

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
45-0501348
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2003
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Human services (P30)
Assets (IRS master file)
$738,630
Income (IRS master file)
$369,357

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$369,357$228,739$738,630IRS
990June 2024$218,303$195,828$598,012IRS
990June 2023$240,198$240,229$575,537XML
990June 2022$257,032$248,321$575,568IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990-N for 2014
Officer: BERT EARP
June 30, 2015≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-0501348).

Questions about FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC

What is the EIN of FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC is 45-0501348.
Is FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2003.
Are donations to FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names SONIA VALLADARES-MCGHEE.
Who are the officers and directors of FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 8 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $79,994 (SONIA VALLADARES-MCGHEE, CEO).
How much revenue does FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $369,357, expenses of $228,739 and total assets of $738,630 at year end.

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