Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$355,148

Total expenses

$578,734

Contributions and grants received

$469,563

Grants paid

$245,413

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

-$114,415

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,427,791

Total liabilities, end of year

$50,128

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,377,663

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$358,722

Management and general expenses

$173,179

Fundraising expenses

$46,833

Program service expenses (Part III)

$358,722

Program services were 62.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• AT THE ACBL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, WE ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING A BRIDGE TO TOMORROW FOR THIS GAME WE ALL LOVE. WE ARE SUPPORTING LEARNING, PLAY AND LOVE OF THE GAME TODAY, WHILE ALSO HAVING OUR EYES ON THE HORIZON. WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF BRIDGE, SUPPORTING TODAY'S YOUNG LEARNERS WHO WILL BE TOMORROW'S ENTHUSIASTS AND ADVOCATES, FUNDING RESEARCH AND APPS THAT TAKE BRIDGE INTO NEW ARENAS, OFFERING LEGACY OPPORTUNITIES, AND GROWING THE AUDIENCE TO REACH OUTSIDE THE SPACE WE'VE PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED INTO NEW FRONTIERS.

  Expenses $103,652 · Grants $39,073

• ACBL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SUPPORTS MULTIPLE NATIONAL YOUTH AND COLLEGIATE BRIDGE TOURNAMENTS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. ANNUALLY, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE ACBL COLLEGIATE BOWL BY PROVIDING FULL AND PARTIAL STIPENDS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN AN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATMOSPHERE. IN 2024, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE WORLD YOUTH TRANSFORMATIONAL BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH IS FOR JUNIOR PLAYERS UNDER 31 COMPETING IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WHILE DEVELOPING MORE ADVANCED PLAYERS INTO THE GAME'S BIGGEST FUTURE ADVOCATES. ANNUALLY, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES NABC (NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS) YOUTH STIPENDS TO JUNIOR BRIDGE PLAYERS COMPETING IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS.

  Expenses $129,155 · Grants $113,661

• ACBL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH JUMPSTART BRIDGE, A PROVEN, EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TEACHER TRAINING, INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS, AND BOTH PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CARD GAME BRIDGE AS AN ENRICHMENT, AFTERSCHOOL, OR CLUB ACTIVITY FOR K12 STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATORS, WHILE DELIVERING REAL-WORLD BENEFITS IN STUDENT LEARNING, CRITICAL THINKING, AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. JUMPSTART BRIDGE IS SUPPORTED WITH FUNDS AND SUPPLIES FROM THE ACBL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM FOR 2024 WAS JUMP START BRIDGE. THIS PROGRAM, LED BY PATTY TUCKER, INTRODUCED BRIDGE TO OVER 12,000 KIDS, A HUGE INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS YEARS' YOUTH PROGRAMS. WITH THE HELP OF PATTY, THE ACBL, AND BARON BARCLAY, WE ARE BUILDING A NEW GENERATION OF PLAYERS. THIS PROGRAM IS THRIVING AND THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME IN 2025!

  Expenses $92,679 · Grants $92,679

• BRIDGEWHIZ IS AN EXCITING, DIGITAL INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE (GRADES 4-12) THE ESSENTIALS OF THE FASCINATING GAME OF BRIDGE WHOSE BENEFITS, INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION, AND ADVENTURE WILL LAST A LIFETIME. BRIDGEWHIZ IS FREE TO ALL STUDENTS WITH EACH GRADUATE RECEIVING A FREE, ONE-YEAR JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE (ACBL). STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO GRADUATE INTO MORE ADVANCED CLASSES THROUGHOUT THEIR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

  Expenses $33,236

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE INC

  $46,661

  REIMBURSEMENTS TO ACBL FOR THEIR COLLEGE TEAM PROGRAM

• ATLANTA JUNIOR BRIDGE (DBA JUMPSTART BRIDGE)

  $14,470

  PROVIDE OUTREACH AND RESOURCES TO TEACHERS TO INCORPORATE BRIDGE INTO SCHOOL PROGRAMS

• UNITED STATES BRIDGE FEDERATION

  $10,000

  SUPPORT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMPETING FOR THE USA AT THE FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY MIND GAMES

• AMERICAN BRIDGE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

  $9,700

  SUPPORT THE ANNUAL ABTA CONVENTION TO PROVIDE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE GAME OF BRIDGE

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

6 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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