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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AUTO DEALERS UNITED FOR CHILDREN.

Totals

Total revenue
$188,606
Total expenses
$102,420
Contributions and grants received
$156,390
Grants paid
$100,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$32,216
Total assets, end of year
$98,379
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$98,379
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$100,000
Management and general expenses
$2,420
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$100,000

Program services were 97.6% 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

    $156,390

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $110,260

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

    $156,390

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $78,044

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $32,216 · excluded $32,216

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,420 · management and general $2,420

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,193 · end of year $98,379

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADUC'S SPECIFIC AND PRIMARY PURPOSE IS THE RAISING OF MONIES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION FOR EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN PLAGUED BY DISEASE, POVERTY, ABUSE OR OTHER SOCIETAL ILLS BY RAISING FUNDS THROUGH THE ANNUAL GALA AND CONTRIBUTING THEM TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CONDUCT OR SUPPORT CHARITABLE WORKS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RAISE MONEY TO DISTRIBUTE TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN.

  • THE CARS ARE THE STARS CHARITY PREVIEW GALA IS AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR AUTO DEALERS UNITED FOR CHILDREN (ADUC). OVER THE YEARS THE PREVIEW GALA HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST BENEFITS IN THE GREATER TOLEDO AREA, HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL GREATER TOLEDO AUTO SHOW, AND HAS SURPASSED 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS IN DONATIONS TO LOCAL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES. ADUC SELECTS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN PLAGUED BY DISEASE, POVERTY, ABUSE OR OTHER SOCIETAL ILLS, AND DISTRIBUTIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. FOUR SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025.

    Expenses $100,000 · Grants $100,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • MARIANNE BALLAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PAUL DEVERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN YARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAN ZINNI

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621969349302752

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