NonprofitsDefy Ventures Inc

Education

Defy Ventures Inc

LOS ANGELES, CA

Total revenue

$4.6M

Total expenses

$4.3M

Net assets

$2.9M

Grants received

$7.1M

193 grants

EIN

273611908

Tax year

2024

Mission

To shift mindsets and give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.4M
Program service revenue$96K
Investment income$81K
Other revenue$13K
Total revenue$4.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$130K
Salaries & benefits$3.4M
Fundraising$351K
Other expenses$798K
Total expenses$4.3M
Total assets$4.0M
Net assets$2.9M

People

22 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JOHN GAROFOLO

CFO (THROUGH 12/24)

Board

$154K

50 hrs/wk

ANDREW GLAZIER

PRESIDENT & CEO

Board

$123K

50 hrs/wk

AMITA PARIKH

DR. OF FIN. & ADMIN. (AS OF 12/24)

Board

$8K

50 hrs/wk

NICOLE MILLER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JONATHAN NEIL

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

COLE RICHMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

BRIAN KORB

CHAIRMAN

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID SPROTT

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PRAVEEN SESHADRI

DIRECTOR (AS OF 6/24)

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

APRIL TAM SMITH

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ARIEL JADUSZLIWER

TREASURER

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

KERRY BENNETT

SECRETARY

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JOHN DVOR

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

MARCUS GLOVER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JENNIFER LOTITO

DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/24)

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

SONIA KAHLON

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

COSS MARTE

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

CHRISTINE CASTILLO

VP, PROGRAMS

Staff

$125K

50 hrs/wk

QUAN HUYNH

ED, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Staff

$122K

50 hrs/wk

JULIE JACKSON-FORSBERG

VP, LEARNING

Staff

$117K

50 hrs/wk

MARIAH DICKINSON

VP SITE OPERATIONS

Staff

$115K

50 hrs/wk

YEHUDAH PRYCE

SR. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, NMHP

Staff

$111K

50 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 193 of 193

FromAmountPurposeYear
$40K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$35K
COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND ALLOCATIONS
2024
$30K
PRISON MINISTRY
2024
$25K
Prepares EITs to rewrite their future with readine
2024
$25K
FAIR CHANCE COMMUNITY BASED PARTNER GRANT
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$20K
CUT RECIDIVISM
2024
$18K
General Operation
2024
$18K
GENERAL SUPPORT, GENERAL SUPPORT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER
2024
$18K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$11K
BNES - PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY ECONOMIC SECURITY
2024
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
For use in the general purpose fund
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
D0507 CEO OF YOUR NEW LIFE GRANT PAYMENT
2024
$5K
CASH DONATION FOR FUNDRAISING
2024
$5K
LA 2050 CHALLENGE GRANT
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
CHARITABLE
2024
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$3K
25 books
2024
$2K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$1K
General Support
2024
$218K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$100K
IN SUPPORT OF CREATING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CAREER PATHWAYS
2023
$100K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2023
$76K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$75K
LA 2050 CHALLENGE GRANT
2023
$75K
PATHWAYS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE
2023
$55K
INTERNATIONAL
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$35K
COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND ALLOCATIONS
2023
$30K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$25K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
Your New Life Program for Justic Impacted Youth
2023
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$25K
GRANTS
2023
$25K
COMMUNITY SERVICES
2023
$23K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$20K
SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES
2023
$18K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$15K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF REENTRY PROGRAMS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
2023
$11K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2023
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2023
$10K
CEO OF YOUR NEW LIFE PROGRAM FOR JUSTICE IMPACTED YOUTH
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL PROGRAM SERVICES
2023
$10K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE
2023
$5K
HUMANITARIAN
2023
$5K
Support in-prison cohorts. (Textbooks for 50 participants.)
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$5K
TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF DEFY VENTURES, SPECIFICALLY THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM PROGRAM FOCUSED ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
2023
$5K
TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF DEFY VENTURES, SPECIFICALLY THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM PROGRAM FOCUSED ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
2023
$3K
To assist ex-cons to succeed in life after prison.
2023
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$3K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2023
$1K
Charitable Event
2023
$185
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$150
Matching gifts for general operating support
2023
$150K
IN SUPPORT OF CREATING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CAREER PATHWAYS
2022
$95K
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$75K
To support Defy Venture Illinois programs and services at existing and new sites.
2022
$64K
CIRT ALLOCATIONS
2022
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
2022
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$45K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$40K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$37K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$30K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$25K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$22K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$18K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$13K
SUPPORTING WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
2022
$12K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$8K
Defy Ventures Illinois Fund
2022
$6K
CHARITABLE
2022
$3K
To assist ex-cons to succeed in life after prison.
2022
$3K
To further the mission of the organization
2022
$600
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$250
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$150K
IN SUPPORT OF CREATING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CAREER PATHWAYS
2021
$140K
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
$75K
To support Defy Venture Illinois programs and services at existing and new sites
2021
$75K
To support Defy Venture Illinois programs and services at existing and new sites
2021
$64K
CIRT Allocations
2021
$45K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$35K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$35K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$25K
GENERAL FUND
2021
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$20K
Defy Illinois and Defy National Fund
2021
$11K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$10K
CEO OF YOUR NEW LIFE PROGRAM
2021
$7K
General Support
2021
$6K
CHARITABLE
2021
$5K
SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES
2021
$4K
To support Foundation activities
2021
$689
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$500
PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE ONE OF AMERICA'S ARLGEST FORGOTTEN COMMUNITIES TO DEFY THE ODDS BY EQUIPING THEM WITH NEW SKILLS, NEW CONNECTIONS, AND A NEW BELIEF TO MATCH THEIR NEW PURPOSE, AND SUCCEED IN THEIR NEW LIFE OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE.
2021
$500
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$175K
IN SUPPORT OF CREATING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CAREER PATHWAYS
2020
$144K
GRANT TO SUPPORT AARP FOUNDATION'S WORKFORCE PROGRAM
2020
$106K
HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$80K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$70K
Program Support
2020
$69K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$49K
General Support
2020
$45K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$45K
CIRT Allocations
2020
$44K
General Operating
2020
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$25K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2020
$25K
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$25K
GENERAL FUND
2020
$23K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2020
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$10K
BUILDING GRANT
2020
$10K
SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT
2020
$10K
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
2020
$6K
To support Foundation activities
2020
$5K
General Operating Support
2020
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$2K
501 (C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$185K
Help the organization that transforms the lives ofbusiness leaders and people with criminal histories through theircollaboration along the entrepreneurial journey.
2019
$135K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$45K
General Support
2019
$45K
HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$25K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMP
2019
$15K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$9K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$6K
CHARITABLE
2019
$202K
GENERAL
2018
$163K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$150K
NEBRASKA PRISONS PROJECT
2018
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$49K
DEFY OF N CALIFORNIA
2018
$21K
General Support
2018
$13K
General & Unrestricted
2018
$6K
CHARITABLE
2018
$180K
CRIME & LEGAL-RELATED
2017
$68K
Help the organization that transforms the lives ofbusiness leaders and people with criminal histories through theircollaboration along the entrepreneurial journey.
2017
$63K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2017
$30K
General Support
2017
$25K
Operating Support
2017
$8K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2017

Funded by

$7.1M from 97 funders · 193 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$692K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

$576K · 5 grants · 2020–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$480K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$449K · 6 grants · 2017–2023

The Chicago Community Trust

$301K · 4 grants · 2021–2023

United Way Of The Midlands

$287K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

The Julia Burke Foundation

$253K · 2 grants · 2017–2019

Ernst & Young Foundation

$250K · 1 grant · 2021

Details

EIN273611908
NTEE codeB90
Subsection03
Ruling date2010-11
Formed2010
Employees60
Volunteers904
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