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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,185,472
Total expenses
$5,169,737
Contributions and grants received
$334,652
Grants paid
$98,528
Program service revenue
$5,157,285
Investment income
$270,035
Other revenue
$423,500
Total assets, end of year
$6,023,325
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,648,483
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,374,842
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,268,081
Management and general expenses
$1,828,591
Fundraising expenses
$73,065
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,268,081

Program services were 63.2% 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

    $334,652

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP

    total $3,179,174 · related or exempt $3,179,174

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TOURNAMENT REVENUES

    total $1,294,403 · related or exempt $1,294,403

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $252,802 · related or exempt $252,802

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SALES COMMISSION

    total $145,000 · related or exempt $145,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $285,906 · related or exempt $285,906

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $135,122 · excluded $135,122

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $13,718 · related or exempt $13,718

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $820,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $685,087

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $134,913

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $134,913 · related or exempt $134,913

  • 11a · Other revenue: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $398,387 · related or exempt $398,387

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $11,395 · related or exempt $11,395

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $409,782

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $92,000 · program services $92,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,528 · program services $6,528

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $144,263 · program services $75,017 · management and general $69,246

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,341,147 · program services $697,946 · management and general $643,201

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $134,524 · management and general $134,524

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,119 · management and general $26,119

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $368,138 · program services $339,370 · management and general $28,768

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $73,065 · fundraising $73,065

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,871 · management and general $27,871

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $424,745 · management and general $424,745

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,345 · management and general $54,345

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,796 · management and general $44,796

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,033 · management and general $80,033

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,263 · management and general $20,263

  • 24a · Other expenses: TOURNAMENT EXPENSE - DO

    total $1,207,084 · program services $1,207,084

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $448,565 · program services $448,565

  • 24c · Other expenses: TOURNAMENT EXPENSES - I

    total $356,943 · program services $356,943

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

    total $141,747 · management and general $141,747

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $177,561 · program services $44,628 · management and general $132,933

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,012,816 · end of year $577,906

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,907,439 · end of year $675,079

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $67,588

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $149,171 · end of year $31,282

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

    $423,540

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

    $188,875

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $933,552 · end of year $234,665

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,076,445 · end of year $4,285,577

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $151,228

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $515,217 · end of year $496,277

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,841,165 · end of year $1,033,310

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $118,896

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,755,450 · end of year $2,416,395

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,967,591 · end of year $1,958,447

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

US CHESS IS A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO ADVANCING THE ROLE OF CHESS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. US CHESS PROMOTES THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME OF CHESS, NOT JUST FOR ITS OWN SAKE AS AN ART, AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL AND FOR ENJOYMENT, BUT ALSO AS A MEANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

US CHESS PROMOTES THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME OF CHESS, FOR ITS OWN SAKE AS AN ART AND FOR ENJOYMENT, BUT ALSO AS A MEANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY. IT INFORMS, EDUCATES, AND FOSTERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAYERS (PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR) AND POTENTIAL PLAYERS. IT ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK OF INSTITUTIONS DEVOTED TO ENHANCING THE GROWTH OF CHESS, FROM LOCAL CLUBS TO STATE AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT PROMOTES CHESS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS.

  • US CHESS PROMOTED THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF CHESS BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS, ABOUT THE GAME, ART, SCIENCE, SPORT, AND DISCIPLINE OF CHESS. US CHESS AND ITS MEMBERS SUPPORTED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS; CONDUCTED, SPONSORED, AND PROMOTED CHESS LESSONS, SEMINARS, AND LECTURES; HELD CHESS TOURNAMENTS FOR YOUTH, ADULTS, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; PRODUCED PUBLICATIONS FOR ITS MEMBERS AND OTHERS DESCRIBING THE CORPORATION'S ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTING CHESS EDUCATION; ENCOURAGED THE FORMATION OF CHESS GROUPS, CLUBS, AND ASSOCIATIONS; AND SUPPORTED AND PROMOTED CHESS-RELATED ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $3,268,081 · Grants $98,528 · Revenue $5,715,698

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Hoffpauir

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • John Fernandez

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Hater

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Carol Meyer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,706
    From this org
    $137,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • David Day

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Randy Bauer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kevin Pryor

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Chuck Unruh

    VICE-PRESIDENT FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Fun Fong

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

  • RENAISSANCE KNIGHTS CHESS FOUNDATION

    $30,000

    TO SEND STUDENTS FROM CHICAGO PS DISTRICT TITLE I SCHOOLS TO THE 2023 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WASHINGTON, DC. THIS WILL INCLUDE PLAYER MEMBERSHIPS, REGISTRATIONS, MEALS, HOTEL LODGING, TRANSPORTATION, TEAM ROOM, AND COACHING.

  • BALTIMORE KIDS CHESS LEAGUE INC

    $30,000

    TO SEND STUDENTS FROM BALTIMORE TITLE I SCHOOLS TO THE 2023 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WASHINGTON, DC TO INCLUDE PLAYER REGISTRATIONS, MEALS, HOTEL LODGING, BUS TRANSPORTATION, TEAM ROOM AND CHAPERONES.

  • CHESS IN THE SCHOOLS

    $10,000

    TO SEND STUDENTS FROM NEW YORK CITY TITLE I SCHOOLS TO THE 2023 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WASHINGTON, DC TO INCLUDE PLAYER REGISTRATIONS, MEALS, HOTEL LODGING, BUS TRANSPORTATION, AND TEAM ROOM.

  • CHESS IN THE SCHOOLS

    $8,500

    TO HELP COVER THE COSTS OF THE GIRLS IN CHESS INITIATIVE, A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS IN FOUR GIRLS PREP CHARTER SCHOOLS, TWO ELEMENTARY AND TWO MIDDLE, LOCATED IN THE LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF LONGWOOD/HUNTS POINT IN THE BRONX AND MANHATTAN'S LOWER EAST SIDE. CIS INSTRUCTORS WILL OFFER WEEKLY CHESS CLASSES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND TWO-HOUR-LONG CHESS CLUBS IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL HOURS.

  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION WOMEN'S PROJECT FUNDING

    $8,500

    HER MOVE NEXT WILL USE THE US CHESS WOMEN/STL CHESS CLUB GRANT FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND FOSTER EDUCATION VIA A TOURNAMENT/EVENT SERIES THROUGH SUMMER 2022-EARLY 2023.

  • HAMILTON MEADOW PARK SCHOOL

    $5,000

    TO SEND STUDENTS FROM HAMILTON MEADOW PARK SCHOOL TO THE 2023 NATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ROUND ROCK, TX AND WILL INCLUDE AIRFARE, HOTEL LODGING, AND MEALS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322829349300522

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