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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHAMPIONS FOR LITERACY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,889,040
Total expenses
$3,635,854
Contributions and grants received
$3,889,040
Grants paid
$307,230
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$843,341
Total liabilities, end of year
$397,329
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$446,012
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,249,484
Management and general expenses
$157,401
Fundraising expenses
$228,969
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,249,484

Program services were 89.4% 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

    $3,889,040

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $307,230 · program services $307,230

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,206 · program services $57,194 · management and general $14,481 · fundraising $27,531

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $259,038 · program services $147,544 · management and general $38,430 · fundraising $73,064

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,270 · program services $9,101 · management and general $6,674 · fundraising $8,495

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,730 · program services $16,915 · management and general $3,328 · fundraising $7,487

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,709 · management and general $56,709

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,656 · program services $13,131 · fundraising $27,525

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $32,312 · program services $21,279 · management and general $1,734 · fundraising $9,299

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,026 · program services $161 · management and general $2,700 · fundraising $165

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,021 · management and general $8,951 · fundraising $4,070

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,346 · program services $4,195 · management and general $3,070 · fundraising $2,081

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,299 · program services $4,460 · management and general $2,104 · fundraising $7,735

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,750 · program services $6,926 · management and general $335 · fundraising $489

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT LITERACY PROGRAM

    total $2,632,038 · program services $2,632,038

  • 24b · Other expenses: GAME COORDINATION

    total $37,051 · program services $25,874 · management and general $5,824 · fundraising $5,353

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT

    total $36,705 · program services $875 · management and general $0 · fundraising $35,830

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING AND RESOURCES

    total $12,464 · management and general $12,464

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,003 · program services $2,561 · management and general $597 · fundraising $19,845

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $269,547 · end of year $815,868

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,522

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $27,473

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $80,243 · end of year $397,329

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,459 · end of year $102,434

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $82,367 · end of year $343,578

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

USE THE POWER OF SPORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CAUSE OF LITERACY, GENERATE FUNDS FOR LOCAL LITERACY PROGRAMS, AND CREATE VOLUNTEER ACTIVATIONS FOR ATHLETES TO PROMOTE THE POWER OF READING TO STUDENTS PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHAMPIONS FOR LITERACY ("CFL") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO USE THE POWER OF SPORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ILLITERACY, RAISE FUNDS FOR LITERACY PROGRAMS, AND CREATE VOLUNTEER ACTIVATIONS FOR ATHLETES TO PROMOTE THE POWER OF READING TO STUDENTS PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

  • FIGHT FOR LITERACY - THE FIGHT FOR LITERACY PROVIDES TURN-KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ATHLETES, SPORTS TEAMS, CORPORATE PARTNERS, AND FANS TO IMPACT EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY. THIS INITIATIVE WORKS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CAUSE OF LITERACY, GENERATE FUNDS FOR LOCAL LITERACY PROGRAMS, AND CREATE VOLUNTEER ACTIVATIONS FOR ATHLETES TO PROMOTE THE POWER OF READING TO STUDENTS PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

    Expenses $3,249,484 · Grants $307,229

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John E Wilfong

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Wilfong

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Renshaw

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Lamar Stanley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Brian Hayhurst

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jonathan Wood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Dr Alissa Campbell Shaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Graham Neff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Dr Dawn Wade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Ashton Emmanuel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Baker

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,589
    From this org
    $99,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,383
    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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510319349301861

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