Goabove Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND INTERNSHIP
- Income
- $43,242
- Spending
- $60,031
- Reserves
- 2.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 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 December 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 December 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)
- $54,577 spent. VOLUNTEERS - MANNY MERAZ AND MALACHI SHELLMIRE-SHERRILLS VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME FOR THE MEALS IN MOTION WORKSHOP AT CCAV THAT GOABOVE FILMED AS A COLLABORATIVE IN-KIND SERVICE TO MEALS IN MOTION FOR A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP IN MEALS IN MOTION'S FAVOR FOR A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH CCAV. FROM IT, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE FOOTAGE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AND IN OUR CLIPS FOR COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. ORGANIZATION MISSION STATEMENT "TO TRANSFORM LIVES BY EQUIPPING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WITH EDUCATION, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS, AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO ACHIEVE CAREER SUCCESS, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND GENERATIONAL PROSPERITY." PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2025, GOABOVE ACQUIRED THREE NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT INTRODUCED 32 STUDENTS FROM EMPOWER GENERATIONS, 13 CLIENTS FROM PENNY LANE - AV, AND 26 CLIENTS FROM ANTELOPE VALLEY YOUTH CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN YOUTH CENTER, AKA AYC) TO GOABOVE'S MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY FOR PODCASTING AND MUSIC PRODUCTION . FROM THESE ADDED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, GOABOVE ENROLLED 12 PARTICIPANTS FROM AYC INTO ITS PILOT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT WAS LAUNCHED THE FALL OF 2025 (OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2025) AND STARTED IT FIRST YEAR COHORT ON SEPTEMBER 2025 WITH EMPOWER GENERATIONS' MIC'D UP PROGRAM COLLABORATION WITH A TOTAL OF 22 ENROLLED STUDENTS. WHILE PENNY LANE'S COLLABORATION DID NOT PRODUCE ANY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, IT DID ALLOW FOR GOABOVE TO PRESENT THE ORGANIZATION ON A REGULAR MONTHLY BASIS FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2025 AT PENNY LANE AND ENGAGE WITH ITS PARTICIPANTS. AN ADDED BONUS TO OUR CCAV PARTNERSHIP IN 2025 WAS GOABOVE'S ABILITY TO PRESENT ITS PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES TO THEIR PARTICIPANTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AT THE DROP IN CENTER FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER AS WELL TO ENCOURAGE THE INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION TO THE CONTRACTED CCAV MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR PODCASTING AND MUSIC PRODUCTION HELD ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS AT THE GOABOVE STUDIO. GO ABOVE COMPLETED ITS YEAR 2 CONTRACT AND ENTERED INTO THE FINAL YEAR 3 CONTRACT WITH CCAV FOR MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY IN PODCASTING AND MUSIC PRODUCTION FOR THE FUNDED AMITY GRANT. GOABOVE WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY SERVICE THE CCAV CONTRACT AND "GO ABOVE AND BEYOND" MEETING ITS DELIVERABLES OF 15 NEW CCAV PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS PER COHORT BY REFERRING 8 PARTICIPANTS ON ITS OWN TO CCAV TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM FOR COHORT 2 AND 3.
- $3,952 spent. IN KIND COMPUTERS AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT DONATED TO ORGANIZATION.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2023.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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