THE UNDERDOG FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $158K · expenses $475K · assets $316K

EIN
92-0853531
Address
668 HOPENA PL, KAHULUI, HI 96732-1740
NTEE code
O50
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
January 2026 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt: reinstated May 15, 2025 after an automatic revocation on May 15, 2025 IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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
Joseph Dickson Jr PRESIDENT2024 15 $0 reported 1
Amber Dickson VICE PRESIDENT2024 8 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOSEPH DICKSON JR PRESIDENT15 $0-$0 $01
AMBER DICKSON VICE PRESIDENT8 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 2 grants to organizations · $13K · 3 grants to individuals · $309K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2024 · 4 contributors · $51K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Namau'u Technilogical & Industrial Organization or other SAN ANTONIO, TX $30,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
3 GOODFELLOW BROS Organization or other KIHEI, HI $10,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
4 ALPHA INC Organization or other KAHULUI, HI $6,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2 M&J PLANT SOLUTIONS LLC Organization or other BRANFORD, FL $5,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

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
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$157,774$475,076 $315,751$153,911 $88,870- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $10,000 in all, tax years 2023 to 2023. 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
MAUI UNITED WAY INC Public charity Exact 2023 1$10,000 2023$10,000
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2024 · Form 990PF · $475,076 spent · pay $0 · grants $322,072 · events $11,084
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Contributions, gifts, grants paid $322,072 67.8%
Occupancy $80,792 17.0%
Other expenses $28,768 6.1%
Fees: other professional $23,106 4.9%
Travel, conferences and meetings $11,084 2.3%
Printing and publications $9,254 1.9%
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