Be Smooth, Inc. is a community-based organization in Stockton, California founded in 2018 by Lecia Harrison in honor of her son, Brandon Harrison, a 20-year-old rising leader in the movement for youth justice and a powerful advocate for education and healing. Our mission is to foster school communities where youth and families heal, grow, and create change. Be Smooth, Inc. aims to do this by supporting the healthy well-being of community members, families and youth. Promoting education, healing, and positive youth development coaching students on life skills and tools for positive decision-making supporting students and their families in successfully navigating the educational, mental health, juvenile justice and other systems that create obstacles and challenges to positive outcomes. This can be accomplished by facilitating opportunities for relationship-building between schools, families, and communities and educating policymakers.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$30K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2019 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $184K a year · 40% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$30K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$77K
Net assets
$39K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$77K
FY2019
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$77K
FY2022$547K
FY2023$265K
FY2024$576K
Expenses
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FY2019
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019Not on file
FY2022$183K
FY2023$292K
FY2024$359K
Net assets
$39K
FY2019
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$39K
FY2022$364K
FY2023$336K
FY2024$553K

From the FY2019 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2018.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ; $30K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$29,597Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary and Community Outreach
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Research and Development Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lecia Harrison’s $118K as Executive Dir. is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2019
Lecia Harrison$117,568$106,314$83,809$29,597

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Fosters healing and growth in youth and families through education and well-being support.

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100K

By the numbers

The FY2019 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$77K
Other income$77K
Owns and owes
$39K
net assets
People
5
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$77K
Total revenue$77K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$39K
Operations
Employees6
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $576K$359K$217K$553K 990 PDF
FY2023 $265K$292K−$28K$336K 990 PDF
FY2022 $547K$183K$364K$364K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 Not on file
FY2019 Viewing $77K$39K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2019 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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