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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AFAR INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 2 December 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,481,678
Total expenses
$1,084,863
Contributions and grants received
$1,218,914
Grants paid
$250
Program service revenue
$225,700
Investment income
$33,269
Other revenue
$3,795
Total assets, end of year
$3,794,458
Total liabilities, end of year
$78,609
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,715,849
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$488,766
Management and general expenses
$250,667
Fundraising expenses
$345,430
Program service expenses (Part III)
$488,766

Program services were 45.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,218,914

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICES TO TOC

    total $190,600 · related or exempt $190,600

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ASAP

    total $20,000 · related or exempt $20,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPEAKING FEES

    total $8,000 · related or exempt $8,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OPEN GYM

    total $1,500 · related or exempt $1,500

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $600 · related or exempt $600

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,269 · excluded $33,269

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,795 · excluded $3,795

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,795

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $250 · program services $250

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $222,709 · program services $109,127 · management and general $69,040 · fundraising $44,542

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $448,826 · program services $164,466 · management and general $88,040 · fundraising $196,320

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,604 · program services $3,062 · management and general $1,793 · fundraising $2,749

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,100 · program services $21,382 · management and general $12,520 · fundraising $19,198

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,583 · management and general $7,583

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,840 · program services $14,920 · management and general $14,920

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $169,542 · program services $84,740 · management and general $37,391 · fundraising $47,411

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,591 · program services $1,248 · management and general $216 · fundraising $3,127

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,185 · program services $15,978 · management and general $5,152 · fundraising $6,055

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,158 · program services $11,374 · management and general $4,451 · fundraising $3,333

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,479 · program services $12,813 · management and general $959 · fundraising $707

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,821 · program services $145 · management and general $5 · fundraising $5,671

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,511 · program services $16,060 · management and general $5,210 · fundraising $4,241

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,395 · program services $3,167 · management and general $1,287 · fundraising $941

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $29,396 · program services $29,396

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONOR RELATIONS

    total $10,958 · fundraising $10,958

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,495 · management and general $1,495

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF MEETING EXPENSE

    total $1,033 · program services $638 · management and general $218 · fundraising $177

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $387 · management and general $387

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,464,170 · end of year $1,641,248

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,709,984 · end of year $1,597,743

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $155 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,372

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

    $195,339

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

    $127,476

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,238 · end of year $67,863

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $82,076 · end of year $115,810

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $9,978

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $133,480 · end of year $360,444

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $84,069 · end of year $46,821

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $31,788

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $374,540 · end of year $229,331

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,994,494 · end of year $3,486,518

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE THOSE IMPACTED BY DISABILITIES WITH A DAILY OPPORTUNITY TO BE FIT, ACTIVE, AND HEALTHY, AND TO PLAY.

  • ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS: OPEN GYM AND MORE. BY PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFITS, AND PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, THE ABILITY CENTER HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE THREE COMMUNITY-BASED, INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS THAT SERVE ALL ABILITIES. 1) OPEN GYM PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES TO PLAY TOGETHER. 2) 3V3 COMMUNITY RECREATION WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR EVERYBODY. 3) WISCONSIN THUNDER IS THE ABILITY CENTER'S WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AGES 21 AND OVER. FROM VETERANS TO CIVILIANS, THE WISCONSIN THUNDER WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL CLUB COMPETES IN COMPETITIONS PRIMARILY ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

    Expenses $117,338 · Revenue $2,100

  • RAMPUP: UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY: THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLABORATION, OUR RAMPUP PROGRAM WILL DESIGN, BUILD AND/OR IMPLEMENT UNIVERSALLY INCLUSIVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTINUE TO EMPOWER THOSE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY. IN YEARS PAST, IN COLLABORATION WITH MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS, WE BROUGHT ACCESSIBLE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES TO FOUR COUNTY PARKS, AND TRANSFORMED MILWAUKEE'S BRADFORD BEACH INTO AMERICA'S MOST ACCESSIBLE BEACH WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PHYSICAL RENOVATION ALONG WITH THE PLACEMENT OF SEASONAL MATS AND ADAPTIVE BEACH WHEELCHAIRS.

    Expenses $54,428 · Grants $250 · Revenue $13,000

  • ASAP: INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: THE ABILITY CENTER'S ADAPTIVE SCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC PROGRAM (ASAP), HOSTS DISABILITY AWARENESS ASSEMBLIES AND INCLUSIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES. WE TEACH STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH AN IMMERSIVE, INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE BY PUTTINGTHEM IN "A DIFFERENT PAIR OF SHOES", PROVIDING EACH STUDENT AND EDUCATOR WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THAT REGARDLESS OF "ABILITY" - EVERYBODY IS CAPABLE.

    Expenses $117,095 · Revenue $20,000

  • THOUGH NO LONGER ITS FISCAL AGENT, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER'S EFFORTS TO CREATE A 300,000 SQUARE FOOT, INTENTIONALLY REIMAGINED COMMUNITY CENTER ON MILWAUKEE'S NORTH SIDE. TOC'S FACILITY STRUCTURE AND PROGRAMMING WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WISCONSIN'S MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS AND WHERE EVERYONE CAN FIND ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. IT IS A PLACE WHERE ALL ARE WELCOMED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY OR PLAY. IT IS WHERE PEOPLE WILL FIND NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, INCOME, RELIGION, GENDER, PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE ABILITY.

    Revenue $190,600

  • RAMPUP: UNIVERSAL PARK: WE ARE CURRENTLY MOVING FORWARD EFFORTS TO BUILD AMERICA'S MOST INCLUSIVE PARK IN WISCONSIN AVENUE PARK WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES AND AGES CAN PLAY TOGETHER IN A PARK THAT EXEMPLIFIES UNIVERSAL INCLUSION WHILE PRESERVING, PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE PARK.

    Expenses $199,905

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Luber

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Burzynski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryant McFadden

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deb Schiel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Haupt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meghan Schopp

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Harris Morse

    DIRECTOR (PART-YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Holz Sr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Risser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Due

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Sabljak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Doman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Damian Buchman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $216,363
    From this org
    $216,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $216,363

  • Nicole Angresano

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $6,346
    From this org
    $6,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Courtney Rogaczewski

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,998
    From this org
    $147,998
    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. 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE = BOD
PART I, LINE 5
NOT CLEAR IF I NEED TO TALK ABOUT DAMIAN: TOC/TAC HERE
PART I, LINE 6
NOT CLEAR IF I NEED TO TALK ABOUT DAMIAN: TOC/TAC HERE
PART I, LINE 7
NOT CLEAR IF GAME TIME'S COMPENSATION FOR DAMIAN BELONGS HERE

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.

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.

  • THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC

    501(C)(3) · RECREATION & HEALTH PROMOTION · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MILWAUKEE ATHLETIC INSTITUTE INC

    C · YOUTH RECREATION · WI

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533119349304303

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