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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VIRGINIAFIRST.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,094,225
Total expenses
$808,728
Contributions and grants received
$670,315
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$413,281
Investment income
$10,629
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,064,648
Total liabilities, end of year
$574,782
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$489,866
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$672,026
Management and general expenses
$81,412
Fundraising expenses
$55,288
Program service expenses (Part III)
$671,602

Program services were 83.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $50,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $620,315

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $22,917

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Events - Registration Fees Workshops

    total $413,281

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,629

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $370,229 · program services $296,183 · management and general $37,023 · fundraising $37,023

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,267 · program services $6,613 · management and general $827 · fundraising $827

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,814 · program services $22,251 · management and general $2,781 · fundraising $2,781

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,225 · program services $445 · management and general $1,558 · fundraising $222

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,000 · program services $1,200 · management and general $4,200 · fundraising $600

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,400 · program services $5,280 · management and general $18,480 · fundraising $2,640

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,738 · program services $35,332 · management and general $3,218 · fundraising $3,188

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,797 · program services $18,237 · management and general $2,280 · fundraising $2,280

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,148 · management and general $4,074 · fundraising $4,074

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,902 · program services $1,522 · management and general $190 · fundraising $190

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,851 · program services $11,533 · management and general $5,318

  • 24a · Other expenses: Event Catering and Travel

    total $151,719 · program services $151,719

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment rental

    total $36,927 · program services $36,927

  • 24c · Other expenses: Team Volunteer Support

    total $56,288 · program services $56,288

  • 24d · Other expenses: Venue Expense Event Services

    total $16,790 · program services $16,790

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,633 · program services $11,706 · management and general $1,463 · fundraising $1,463

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $306,272 · end of year $53,734

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $237,310 · end of year $643,735

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $32,250

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

    $13,500

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

    $7,889

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,513 · end of year $5,611

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,915 · end of year $329,318

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,641 · end of year $336,682

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $48,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $287,500 · end of year $238,100

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $204,369 · end of year $489,866

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The VirginiaFIRST mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To inspire youth to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills.

  • FIRST inspires young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. FIRST Chesapeake, an independent 501c3 nonprofit, is the official FIRST Partner Organization for FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia as well as FIRST LEGO League Explore in Maryland.

    Expenses $671,602 · Grants $625,315 · Revenue $433,281

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Bryant

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $111,871
    From this org
    $111,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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
2023
Filed
15 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349302801

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