THE GRAPPLING GROWTH INITIATIVE INC
EIN 33-2855684 · Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Recreation, Sports (N12)
What they do
WE BELIEVE BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE to ANYONE WILLING to PUT IN THE WORK--REGARDLESS of THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION. OUR MISSION is to SUPPORT YOUTH and ADULT PRACTITIONERS ACROSS THE U.S BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS for COMPETITION EXPENSES, TRAINING and GEAR. WE FOCUS ON ASSISTING LOWER-RANKED ATHLETES WHO DEMONSTRATE STRONG CHARACTER and GIVE BACK to THE JIU JITSU COMMUNITY--BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE FUTURE of THE SPORT. TOO OFTEN, TALENTED INDIVIDUALS ARE FORCED to WALK AWAY FROM JIU JITSU DUE to THE FINANCIAL BURDEN. WERE HERE to CHANGE THAT. JIU JITSU OFFERS FAR MORE THAN JUST PHYSICAL FITNESS. IT BUILDS CONFIDENCE, RESILENCE, DISCIPLINE, and EMOTIONAL STRENGTH. IT TEACHES YOU HOW to FACE ADVERSITY, HOW to COMMUNICATE, HOW to LEAD--AND IT CREATES A DEEP SENSE of BELONGING. THESE BENEFITS CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING, ESPECIALLY for THOSE NAVIGATING HARDSHIP. BY BREAKING DOWN FINANCIAL BARRIERS, WERE NOT JUST HELPING INDIVIDUALS, WERE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE of THE JIU JITS
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (7)
DANIELLE NOVGRADAC-SIRICOSECRETARY
FIYIN SOKOYA MDTREASURER
GREG SIRICOCHAIRMAN
JOHN ROBACK MDVICE PRESIDE
ROBERT LANEYVICE PRESIDE
SEAN APPLEGATEVICE PRESIDE
WES TURNERVICE PRESIDE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2025
- Location
- 2255 CUMBERLAND PKWY SE STE 1300, ATLANTA, GA 30339-4515
- County
- Fulton
- In care of
- % ROBERT LANEY
- Primary officer
- ROBERT LANEY, VICE PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MYERS & BARNES LLC
- NTEE classification
- Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Recreation, Sports (N12)
- IRS tax category
- Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Recreation, Sports