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← ESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$626,673
Total expenses
$487,697
Contributions and grants received
$815,033
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$188,360
Total assets, end of year
$278,458
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$278,458
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$281,854
Management and general expenses
$205,843
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$281,854

Program services were 57.8% 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

    $321,704

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $493,329

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $321,704

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $188,360

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$188,360 · excluded -$188,360

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $180,000 · management and general $180,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,843 · management and general $25,843

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $888 · program services $888

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,800 · program services $24,800

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $250,762 · program services $250,762

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $655 · program services $655

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,476 · program services $4,476

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHIPPING

    total $215 · program services $215

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $40 · program services $40

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSE FEE

    total $18 · program services $18

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $139,482 · end of year $278,458

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $139,482 · end of year $278,458

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE ATHLETES TO MAXIMIZE THEIR ATHLETIC POTENTIAL AND TO USE THEIR TALENTS AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE TO ASSIST AND LIFT OTHERS. ESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES IS BUILDING A CULTURE OF ATHLETES WHO USE THEIR INFLUENCE, A PHRASE WE CALL THE "SPORTLIGHT", TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO MAY BE DOWNTRODDEN, DEPRESSED, AND IN NEED OF FRIENDSHIP, ALL WHILE GIVING A MORE FOCUSED EFFORT TO SCHOOL AND ATHLETICS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL COURSES AND SEMINARS. ATHLETES & PARENTS ARE TAUGHT TO DEVELOP PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP, HARD WORK, GOAL SETTING, KINDNESS, DEDICATION, AND HELPING OTHERS. THE PLAN IS WORKING. LIVES ARE BEING INFLUENCED FOR GOOD. STUDENT ATHLETES ARE THE CULTURE CREATORS IN THE SCHOOLS OF AMERICA AND WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING AND MOTIVATION CAN BE THE CHANGE WE ALL KNOW IS NEEDED TO PREVENT THE HORRIFIC STORIES WE HEAR ALMOST DAILY FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE JOINING THE CAUSE, AND THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS HAVE TAKEN THE ESP

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE ATHLETES TO MAXIMIZE THEIR ATHLETIC POTENTIAL AND TO USE THEIR TALENTS AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE TO ASSIST AND LIFT OTHERS. ESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES IS BUILDING A CULTURE OF ATHLETES WHO USE THEIR INFLUENCE, A PHRASE WE CALL THE "SPORTLIGHT", TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO MAY BE DOWNTRODDEN, DEPRESSED, AND IN NEED OF FRIENDSHIP, ALL WHILE GIVING A MORE FOCUSED EFFORT TO SCHOOL AND ATHLETICS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL COURSES AND SEMINARS. ATHLETES AND PARENTS ARE TAUGHT TO DEVELOP PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP, HARD WORK, GOAL SETTING, KINDNESS, DEDICATION, AND HELPING OTHERS. THE PLAN IS WORKING. LIVES ARE BEING INFLUENCED FOR GOOD. STUDENT ATHLETES ARE THE CULTURE CREATORS IN THE SCHOOLS OF AMERICA AND WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING AND MOTIVATION CAN BE THE CHANGE WE ALL KNOW IS NEEDED TO PREVENT THE HORRIFIC STORIES WE HEAR ALMOST DAILY FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE JOINING THE CAUSE, AND THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS.

  • HOLDING PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENTS/SEMINARS AS WELL AS ONE DAY AND MULTIPLE DAY CAMPS FOR ATHLETES, PARENTS, AND COACHES AND PROVIDING TRAINING IN SCHOOLS. LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SERVICES.

    Expenses $281,854

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dustin Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,000

  • Jason Coulan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Alli Bills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Spencer Bond

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Nate Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dan Luke

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503449349301300

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