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← AMERICA SCORES CLEVELAND

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICA SCORES CLEVELAND.

Totals

Total revenue
$792,701
Total expenses
$703,807
Contributions and grants received
$584,274
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$190,128
Investment income
$17,582
Other revenue
$717
Total assets, end of year
$865,684
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,165
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$837,519
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$607,733
Management and general expenses
$39,023
Fundraising expenses
$57,051
Program service expenses (Part III)
$607,733

Program services were 86.3% 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

    $91,279

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $123,396

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $369,599

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT INCOME

    total $190,128 · related or exempt $190,128

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,582 · related or exempt $17,582

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $26,754

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

    $91,279

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $26,754

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $717 · excluded $717

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $717

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,388 · program services $64,230 · management and general $6,579 · fundraising $6,579

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $277,771 · program services $230,367 · management and general $8,396 · fundraising $39,008

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,843 · program services $14,113 · management and general $461 · fundraising $1,269

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,163 · program services $25,626 · management and general $1,234 · fundraising $2,303

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,858 · program services $3,176 · management and general $18,393 · fundraising $289

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,015 · program services $3,464 · management and general $109 · fundraising $442

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,752 · program services $5,157 · management and general $1,690 · fundraising $2,905

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,334 · program services $18,529 · management and general $641 · fundraising $1,164

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,128 · program services $5,519 · management and general $428 · fundraising $181

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,570 · program services $2,426 · management and general $349 · fundraising $1,795

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,842 · program services $5,842

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,761 · program services $9,578 · management and general $323 · fundraising $860

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEACHER/COACHES - OTHER

    total $84,136 · program services $84,136

  • 24b · Other expenses: TEACHER/COACHES - SOCCER

    total $36,253 · program services $36,253

  • 24c · Other expenses: TEACHER/COACHES - WRITING

    total $34,924 · program services $34,924

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXP - SOCCER

    total $18,351 · program services $17,957 · management and general $361 · fundraising $33

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $46,718 · program services $46,436 · management and general $59 · fundraising $223

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $110,238 · end of year $117,481

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $413,298 · end of year $470,129

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,236 · end of year $26,924

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $10,877

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,842

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $210,008 · end of year $240,273

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,426 · end of year $28,165

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $675,196 · end of year $767,519

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $70,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AMERICA SCORES CLEVELAND INSPIRES URBAN YOUTH TO LEAD HEALTHY LIVES, BE ENGAGED STUDENTS, AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

  • CORE SOCCER PROGRAMMING FOR GRADES 3-5 POET-ATHLETES (STUDENTS FROM PARTNERING CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS) MEET WITH THEIR SOCCER COACHES FOR SOCCER PRACTICES AND GAMES DURING AFTERSCHOOL HOURS TWO DAYS PER WEEK FOR 22 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UTILIZING THE AMERICA SCORES SOCCER CURRICULUM. THIS CURRICULUM EMPHASIZES CHARACTER-BUILDING SKILLS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK AND COMMITMENT, DAILY LESSONS END WITH DISCUSSION PROMOTING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, SELF-ESTEEM, GOAL SETTING AND SCHOOL STEWARDSHIP. POET-ATHLETES PLAY GAMES BETWEEN AMERICA SCORES SCHOOLS AT SCHOOL SITES AND OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS ONCE PER WEEK. PROGRAM YEARS BEGIN AND END WITH COMMUNITY SOCCER EVENTS. DURING FY24, 354 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE 22 WEEKS OF WHICH 70% WERE RETURNING STUDENTS FROM FALL TO SPRING, A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RETENTION RATE FROM PAST YEARS. 73% OF PARTICIPANTS IMPROVED ON THE PACER TEST IN THE NUMBER OF SHUTTLES RUN FROM THEIR PRE- TO POST-ASSESSMENT. 97% OF CAREGIVERS AGREED THAT THEIR CHILD SPENDS MORE TIME PHYSICALLY ACTIVE SINCE BEING PART OF THE SCORES PROGRAM.

    Expenses $169,654

  • CORE WRITING PROGRAMMING FOR GRADES 3-5 POET-ATHLETES (STUDENTS FROM PARTNERING CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS) MEET WITH THEIR WRITING COACHES FOR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS DURING AFTERSCHOOL HOURS TWO DAYS PER WEEK FOR 22 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN THE FALL, POET-ATHLETES ARE ENGAGED IN THE "POWER OF POETRY" CURRICULUM. THE FALL SEASON ENDS WITH A POETRY SLAM. THE SPRING WRITING CURRICULUM, "WRITING FOR THE COMMUNITY", FOCUSES ON SERVICE-LEARNING, WHERE POET- ATHLETES SELECT A COMMUNITY ISSUE AND THEN WORK AS A TEAM TO IMPLEMENT A SERVICE PROJECT. THE SPRING SEASON ENDS WITH A PRESENTATION OF TEAM-LED COMMUNITY PROJECTS. DURING FY24, 354 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE 22 WEEKS. 78% OF PARTICIPANTS MAINTAINED OR SHOWED IMPROVED ON THE 6+1 TRAIT WRITING ASSESSMENT FROM PRE TO POST TEST. 97% OF COACHES SURVEYED, AGREED THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS; 87% OF PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT THE SCORES PROGRAM HELPED THEM BECOME COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT WHEN SPEAKING IN FRONT OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE; 97% OF CAREGIVERS/PARENTS AGREED THAT BECAUSE OF THE SCORES PROGRAM THEIR CHILD'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVED SINCE JOINING AMERICA SCORES.

    Expenses $165,029

  • ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING IN FY24 INCLUDED A JUNIOR PROGRAM FOR GRADES 1-2 AT 14 SCHOOLS AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR GRADES 6-8, OFFERED IN BOTH SCHOOLS AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CLEVELAND RECREATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS. PRACTICES RANGED FROM 60 TO 120 MINUTES AND WERE HELD TWO TO FOUR DAYS PER WEEK, WITH AN EQUAL FOCUS ON SOCCER AND LITERACY PROGRAMMING. APPROXIMATELY 246 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN JR. SCORES FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY OF PROGRAMMING, WITH 95% IMPROVING OR MAINTAINING THEIR SCORES ON DOLCH SIGHT WORD PRE- AND POST-ASSESSMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, 94 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE SPRING SESSION, WITH 95% REPORTING THAT THE SCORES PROGRAM BOOSTED THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND 89% OF CAREGIVERS AGREED THAT THEIR CHILD SPENT MORE TIME READING OR WRITING AFTER JOINING THE PROGRAM. SUMMER PROGRAMMING SPANNED FIVE TO TEN WEEKS IN COLLABORATION WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, CMSD SUMMER SCHOOLS, AND THE CITY OF CLEVELAND RECREATION CENTERS. IN TOTAL, SCORES SERVED AN ADDITIONAL 910 YOUTH IN GRADES 1-8 THROUGH ITS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. OVERALL, AMERICA SCORES ENGAGED 1,264 CLEVELAND YOUTH DURING FY24.

    Expenses $273,050 · Revenue $190,128

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ALISON BLACK

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $77,385
    From this org
    $77,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRISTIAN TRUDELL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LAURA MIMURA

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JEFF BOEHLING

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MICHELE SANCHEZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • VINCENT BELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PATRICK CLUNK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KEVIN FENTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVID GEDEON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MEREDITH HOLT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JASON LANSDALE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LYLE LEAVITT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KUDA MAPOSA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MAIRGHREAD MUKEREDZI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JORDAN MASTERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MASON OATEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRANDON PATTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KIMBERLY PRINCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOSEPH REINES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RITA ROCHFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SCOTT SNIDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANDREW VENTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ADAM ZELWIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520799349300417

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