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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$583,090
Total expenses
$436,326
Contributions and grants received
$581,712
Grants paid
$47,493
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,378
Total assets, end of year
$824,943
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$824,943
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$351,163
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$85,163
Program service expenses (Part III)
$351,163

Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $166,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $415,712

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,878

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $166,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,500

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,378 · excluded $1,378

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $47,493 · program services $47,493

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $98,439 · program services $98,439

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,531 · program services $7,531

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $74,167 · program services $74,167

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $870 · program services $870

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,306 · program services $4,306

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,926 · program services $35,926

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,662 · program services $11,662

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,597 · program services $2,597

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,000 · program services $12,000

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,363 · program services $4,363

  • 20 · Interest

    total $197 · program services $197

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,888 · program services $7,888

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

    total $30,547 · fundraising $30,547

  • 24b · Other expenses: STRIKFORCE RENTAL - BOWL

    total $25,800 · fundraising $25,800

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNITY EVENTS

    total $24,784 · program services $24,784

  • 24d · Other expenses: PINSTACK RENTAL - BOWL

    total $22,500 · fundraising $22,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,256 · program services $18,940 · fundraising $6,316

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $678,179 · end of year $822,943

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $2,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $678,179 · end of year $824,943

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL (CEOC), OUR MISSION IS TO REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA BY WAY OF SPORTS, MENTORSHIP, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. OUR EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES INCLUDE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO NEED IMMEDIATE RELIEF AS WELL AS PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL IMPACT GENERATIONS TO COME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO REVITALIZE THE COMMUNITIES OF AMERICA THROUGH SPORTS, MENTORSHIP, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

  • IN 2024, SEEING THE NEED TO ASSIST STUDENT ATHLETES IN REALIZING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BEYOND THEIR DISCIPLINE OF SPORT, CEOC LAUNCHED FIRST DOWN MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE. THIS PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT ATHLETES TO USE THEIR LOVE AND TALENT FOR THE GAME TO GO BEYOND THE FIELD OF PLAY. CEOC RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE PLATFORM ATHLETES POSSESS AND HOW THAT PLATFORM CAN OFTEN INFLUENCE THE MASSES. OUR "FIRST DOWN" INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2024 WITH 12 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES. THEY ATTENDED 4 INTERACTIVE TRAINING SESSIONS; PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE, ROLE VS. IDENTITY, SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY, AND RESUME BUILDING/HR PANELS LED BY FORMER PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGIATE ATHLETES, AND BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

  • CEOC PARTNERED WITH SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (SMU) TO PILOT A 4-WEEK SESSION IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, WHICH INCLUDED CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENT ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN OUR FIRST DOWN U(NIVERSITY). OUR REASONS FOR EXPANDING INTO THE COLLEGIATE ARENA: - ONLY 27% OF NCAA ATHLETES AGREE THAT THEY HAD A MENTOR IN COLLEGE WHO ENCOURAGED THEM TO PURSUE THEIR GOALS AND DREAMS (NCAA AND GALLUP, 2020) - CAREER TERMINATION IS THE MOST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OF AN ATHLETE, WHICH OFTEN GENERATES IDENTITY CRISES & COPING DIFFICULTIES (HATAMLEH, M. (2013). THE LIFE TRANSITION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETES RETIREMENT FROM SPORT. EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, 9) - 95% OF FORTUNE 500 CEOS PLAYED SPORTS IN COLLEGE (COACHUP.COM) THE SUMMER PILOT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND CEOC LED INTERACTIVE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR COLLEGIATE ATHLETES AND GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AS PART OF A GRADUATE COURSE DURING THE FALL SEMESTER.

  • FUTURE INITIATIVES IN 2024, WE CONTINUED TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR LEARNING LABS TO INCREASE THEIR GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY IN OUR 2 LABS THAT WERE OPENED IN 2023. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING A 3RD LAB OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, AS THIS WILL ALLOW US TO SERVE MORE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM IN ANOTHER AREA IN THE DFW METROPLEX. CONTINUE TO GROW OUR FIRST DOWN AND FIRST DOWN U MENTORSHIP INITIATIVES. OTHER EXEMPT PURPOSES ACCOMPLISHMENTS -BACK TO SCHOOL LAPTOP DRIVE - CEOC, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ATT, COMPUDOPT, AND NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH PROVIDED 132 LAPTOPS TO STUDENTS, IN THE FRISCO AREA, THAT DO NOT OWN A PERSONAL COMPUTER AT HOME. -BONTON "I GOT YOUR BACK" BLOCK PARTY: CEOC, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BRIDGEBUILDERS, EQUIPPED MORE THAN 500 SOUTH DALLAS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR

    Expenses $351,163 · Grants $47,493 · Revenue $585,589

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robin Turner

    CO-FOUNDER/C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Linda Yaccarino

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tony Ewing

    VICE CHAIR/T

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jim Donofrio

    SEC/STRAT PT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Mansdoerfer

    OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leonard Wheeler

    STRATEGIC PT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Georgia Miller

    STRATEGIC PT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • SOUTH DALLAS DRIVING ACADEMY SOUTH DALLAS DRIVING ACADEMY

    $10,000

  • PRESTONWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY NORTH PRESTONWOOD CHRISTIAN ACASDEMY NORT

    $7,500

  • BRIDGEBUILDERS HIS BRIDGEBUILDERS INC

    no cash amount reported

    STUDENT USE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513219349304331

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