LET THE KIDS EXPLORE
EIN 93-2820745 · Educational Services (B90)
What they do
Let The Kids Explore Assisted With Homeschool Support and Provided Low Cost and Free Activities While Supporting Local Small Ramona Businesses and Nonprofits. In 2025, Let The Kids Explore Accomplished This By Supporting Run Clubs and Expanding Our Run Club Programs to Escondido to Provide A Charter PE Option. We Also Sponsored Several Programs That Helped Support Local Families Like Sponsoring A Cooking Class In July At No Cost to Families. We Offered Free Get-togethers Like Our Glow Activities, and Enrichment Meet Ups. These Events Were Free for Families and Supplies Were Provided By Let The Kids Explore. In December 2025, We Received The Joel Anderson Nonprofit Award.
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Of every $100 spent, about $63.70 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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Money report from 2025The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders8 people are listed in the latest report.
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Financial picture
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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No compensation was reported for these leaders. The complete board and leadership roster is shown below.
Board and leadership roster (8)
ALEC FOSTERLINGVICE PRESIDENT
ANDRIAH CHAMPIONDIRECTOR
KAREN FOSTERLINGPRESIDENT
KARIA PERHACH OWENSSECRETARY
MANUELA MITCHELLDIRECTOR
SANDRA ZAPATADIRECTOR
TABITHA LAWRENCEDIRECTOR
ZANDRA BROWNDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2023
- Location
- PO BOX 532, RAMONA, CA 92065-0532
- County
- San Diego
- In care of
- % KAREN FOSTERLING
- Primary officer
- KAREN FOSTERLING, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- September 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ACCOUNTINGWISE CPA
- NTEE classification
- Educational Services (B90)
- IRS tax category
- Educational Services