Lev Leytzan the Compassionate Clown Alley Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT & THERAPEUTIC CLOWNING
- Income
- $31,404
- Spending
- $34,417
- Reserves
- 4.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $24,733 spent. LEV LEYTZAN: THE COMPASSIONATE CLOWN ALLEY, INC.(TM) WORKS WITH YOUTH WHO ARE BOTH AT RISK AND MAINSTREAM, AS WELL AS ADULTS OF ALL AGES. PERFORMING ART SKILLS RELATED TO CLOWNING, COMEDY, CIRCUS AND IMPROVISATION ARE TAUGHT. TRAINEES BECOME THERAPEUTIC/HOSPITAL CLOWNS WHO PROVIDES SERVICES TO THOSE PERSONS RECUPERATING FROM ILLNESSES, CONVALESCING OR WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT BENEFIT FROM ENCOUNTERING CLOWNING, LAUGHTER AND HUMOR NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. CLOWNING THERAPEUTIC VISITATIONS INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 6 VISITS TO HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES AND ORPHANAGES; AND APPROXIMATELY 122 VISITS TO PRIVATE RESIDENCES. APPROXIMATELY 1,230 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES, THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS TO EXTEND THE TWOFOLD PURPOSE OF LEV LEYTZAN (TO TRAIN YOUTH AND ADULTS IN VARIOUS PERFORMING ARTS AS WELL AS TO FACILITATE THE USE OF THOSE SKILLS IN THE EASING OF SUFFERING)TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THERE ARE PLACES ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHERE CHILDREN AND ADULTS LIVE DAILY WITH THE THREAT OR REALITY OF GUNFIRE, RANDOM EXPLOSIONS, PHYSICAL HARM, PSYCHOLOGICAL MISTREATMENT, FAMINE, PREVENTABLE ILLNESS, RAPE AND GENOCIDE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE PEOPLE SUFFER FROM THE AFTERMATH OF WAS, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, CORRUPTION AND NATURAL DISASTER. THE AMBASSDOR PROGRAM WILL SEND THE TRAINED CLOWNS OF LEV LEYTZAN TO THESE AREAS AROUND THE WORLD TO BRING JOY, RELIEF, DISTRACTION, HOPE AND MOMENTS OF NORMALCY AND EMPOWERMENT TO THOSE SUFFERING.
- SEE NARRATIVE FOR PART III LINE 28
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending July 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2004.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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