J ARON ALLEN LEGACY FOUNDATION
EIN 83-4489189 · Alliances & Advocacy - Health (E01)
What they do
AS HE APTLY DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, YOUTH SPORTS and STUDENT ATHLETICS, and ALL THAT ONE CAN LEARN FROM THEM, WERE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT to ARON ALLEN. AS SUCH, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS and FOCUS ON YOUTH SPORTS and STUDENT ATHLETICS IN THE STATE of MINNESOTA and AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE, THIS CORPORATION SHALL HAVE AS ITS PURPOSE THE MISSION TO:A) SUPPORT and CONDUCT EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND/OR INFORMATIONAL ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT PREVENTING HEAD INJURIES;B) SUPPORT and ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DIRECTED AT THE DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT of BRAIN INJURIES; and C) SUPPORT and FURTHER EFFORTS to ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT FREQUENTLY COME WITH BRAIN INJURIES, WITH THE OVERALL GOAL of PREVENTING BRAIN INJURIES and IMPROVING OUTCOMES for PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM BRAIN TRAUMA, AS A WAY of HONORING THE LIFE and LEGACY of J. ARON ALLEN, WHO PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 8, 2018.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (3)
JAMES W A LADNERSECRETARY/TREASURER
SHELLEY A ALLENEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRESIDE
VALERIE TRACYVICE PRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2019
- Location
- 2646 BOWER COURT, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55076
- County
- Dakota
- In care of
- JAMES WA LADNER
- Primary officer
- JAMES WA LADNER, SECRETARY/TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BOMBERG HANSON & ASSOCIATES LLC
- NTEE classification
- Alliances & Advocacy - Health (E01)
- IRS tax category
- Alliances & Advocacy - Health