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← REAL CHAMPIONS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REAL CHAMPIONS INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 23 February 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$565,095 changed to $962,129
Total expenses
$721,721 changed to $1,254,598
Contributions and grants received
$546,541 changed to $946,059
Investment income
$18,554 changed to $16,070
Total assets, end of year
$644,081 changed to $374,514
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,699 changed to $38,689
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$641,382 changed to $335,825
Program services expenses
$481,474 changed to $1,027,425
Management and general expenses
$165,102 changed to $132,109
Fundraising expenses
$75,145 changed to $95,064
Program service expenses (Part III)
$481,474 changed to $1,027,425

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Carl Martin Jr
  • James Chavez
  • John Hussey
  • Karen Cooper

Listed only on the later return

  • Carl F Martin Jr
  • Donald Belt
  • John F Hussey
  • Karen Williams Cooper

Listed under a different title

  • Lu Klaiber: SECRETARY then ADMIN SECRET

Totals

Total revenue
$565,095
Total expenses
$721,721
Contributions and grants received
$546,541
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$18,554
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$644,081
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,699
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$641,382
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$481,474
Management and general expenses
$165,102
Fundraising expenses
$75,145
Program service expenses (Part III)
$481,474

Program services were 66.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $546,541

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,554 · excluded $18,554

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $71,587 · program services $23,862 · management and general $23,863 · fundraising $23,862

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $404,613 · program services $347,260 · management and general $57,353

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,550 · program services $2,550

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,405 · program services $28,372 · management and general $6,209 · fundraising $1,824

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,322 · management and general $55,322

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,920 · fundraising $1,920

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $38,171 · program services $24,582 · management and general $2,773 · fundraising $10,816

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $32,526 · program services $977 · fundraising $31,549

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,715 · program services $2,161 · management and general $3,144 · fundraising $410

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $658 · program services $556 · management and general $51 · fundraising $51

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,283 · program services $8,532 · management and general $11,529 · fundraising $222

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,757 · program services $16,509 · management and general $248

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,616 · program services $2,616

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,604 · program services $4,038 · management and general $1,103 · fundraising $463

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF EXPENSES & TRAINI

    total $10,688 · program services $9,501 · management and general $130 · fundraising $1,057

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES & SU

    total $8,615 · program services $8,558 · fundraising $57

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,340 · program services $1,374 · management and general $988 · fundraising $1,978

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $3,351 · program services $26 · management and general $2,389 · fundraising $936

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $127,040 · end of year $274,161

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $658,126 · end of year $341,935

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $33,762

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $5,777

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,301 · end of year $27,985

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,459 · end of year $2,699

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $798,008 · end of year $641,382

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO BECOME TRUSTED ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN BY ESTABLISHING LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS THAT LEAD THEM TO GREATER OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE, SCHOOL, WORK. CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE WILL ALWAYS BE A GOOD INVESTMENT.

  • HELP TO ELIMINATE THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL PROVERTY BY PROVIDING FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL MENTORS AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORTERS FOR "HIGHLY AT-RISK" CHILDREN.

    Expenses $481,474

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ophelia Heywood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Keith Osborn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ned McNair

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dale Paulling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lu Klaiber

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bob Paulling

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wynn Englisbe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Karen Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Roger Gaston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Hussey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Chavez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carl Martin Jr

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
27 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521209349303252

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