Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$709,513

Total expenses

$675,681

Contributions and grants received

$631,358

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$56,463

Investment income

$15,507

Other revenue

$6,185

Total assets, end of year

$939,699

Total liabilities, end of year

$23,170

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$916,529

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$572,777

Management and general expenses

$43,899

Fundraising expenses

$59,005

Program service expenses (Part III)

$572,777

Program services were 84.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CORE SOCCER PROGRAMMING FOR GRADES 3-5 POET-ATHLETES (STUDENTS FROM PARTNERING CLEVELAND SCHOOLS) MEET WITH THEIR SOCCER COACHES FOR SOCCER PRACTICES AND GAMES DURING AFTERSCHOOL HOURS TWO DAYS PER WEEK FOR 22 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UTILIZING THE AMERICA SCORES SOCCER CURRICULUM. THIS CURRICULUM EMPHASIZES CHARACTER-BUILDING SKILLS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK AND COMMITMENT, DAILY LESSONS END WITH DISCUSSION PROMOTING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, SELF-ESTEEM, GOAL SETTING AND SCHOOL STEWARDSHIP. POET-ATHLETES PLAY GAMES BETWEEN AMERICA SCORES SCHOOLS AT SCHOOL SITES AND OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS ONCE PER WEEK. PROGRAM YEARS BEGIN AND END WITH COMMUNITY SOCCER EVENTS. DURING FY25, 366 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE 22 WEEKS OF WHICH 73% WERE RETURNING STUDENTS FROM FALL TO SPRING. 86% OF PARTICIPANTS IMPROVED ON THE PACER TEST IN THE NUMBER OF SHUTTLES RUN FROM THEIR PRE- TO POST-ASSESSMENT. 98% OF CAREGIVERS AGREED THAT THEIR CHILD SPENDS MORE TIME PHYSICALLY ACTIVE SINCE BEING PART OF THE SCORES PROGRAM

  Expenses $158,804

• CORE WRITING PROGRAMMING FOR GRADES 3-5 POET-ATHLETES (STUDENTS FROM PARTNERING CLEVELAND SCHOOLS) MEET WITH THEIR WRITING COACHES FOR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS DURING AFTERSCHOOL HOURS TWO DAYS PER WEEK FOR 22 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN THE FALL, POET-ATHLETES ARE ENGAGED IN THE "POWER OF POETRY" CURRICULUM. THE FALL SEASON ENDS WITH A POETRY SLAM. THE SPRING WRITING CURRICULUM, "WRITING FOR THE COMMUNITY", FOCUSES ON SERVICE-LEARNING, WHERE POET-ATHLETES SELECT A COMMUNITY ISSUE AND THEN WORK AS A TEAM TO IMPLEMENT A SERVICE PROJECT. THE SPRING SEASON ENDS WITH A PRESENTATION OF TEAM-LED COMMUNITY PROJECTS. DURING FY25, 366 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE 22 WEEKS. 79% OF PARTICIPANTS MAINTAINED OR SHOWED IMPROVED ON THEIR WRITING ASSESSMENT, 91% OF COACHES SURVEYED, AGREED THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS; 93% OF PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT THE SCORES PROGRAM HELPED THEM BECOME COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT WHEN SPEAKING IN FRONT OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE; 92% OF CAREGIVERS/PARENTS AGREED THAT BECAUSE OF THE SCORES PROGRAM THEIR CHILD'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVED SINCE JOINING AMERICA SCORES.

  Expenses $151,978

• ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING IN FY25 INCLUDED A JUNIOR PROGRAM FOR GRADES 1-2 AT 12 SCHOOLS AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR GRADES 6-8, OFFERED IN 5 SCHOOLS AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 5 CITY OF CLEVELAND RECREATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS. PRACTICES RANGED FROM 60 TO 120 MINUTES AND WERE HELD TWO TO FOUR DAYS PER WEEK, WITH AN EQUAL FOCUS ON SOCCER AND LITERACY PROGRAMMING. 261 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN JR. SCORES FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY OF PROGRAMMING, WITH 93% IMPROVING OR MAINTAINING THEIR SCORES ON DOLCH SIGHT WORD PRE- AND POST-ASSESSMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, 138 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE SPRING SESSION, WITH 100% REPORTING THAT THE SCORES PROGRAM BOOSTED THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND 88% OF CAREGIVERS AGREED THAT THEIR CHILD SPENT MORE TIME READING OR WRITING AFTER JOINING THE PROGRAM. SUMMER PROGRAMMING SPANNED FIVE TO EIGHT WEEKS IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS, CMSD SUMMER SCHOOLS, AND THE CITY OF CLEVELAND RECREATION CENTERS. ADDITIONALLY SCORES HELD CLINICS, WINTER SESSIONS, AND PARTNERED IN MANY CITY WIDE EVENTS SCORES SERVED AN ADDITIONAL 1,103 YOUTH IN GRADES 1-8 THROUGH ITS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. OVERALL, AMERICA SCORES ENGAGED 1,868 CLEVELAND YOUTH DURING FY25.

  Expenses $261,995 · Revenue $56,463

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202611059349301326

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