Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$100,123

Total expenses

$131,207

Contributions and grants received

$6,125

Grants paid

$75,637

Program service revenue

$10,625

Investment income

$3,400

Other revenue

$79,973

Total assets, end of year

$104,808

Total liabilities, end of year

$103,097

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,711

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$109,514

Management and general expenses

$21,693

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$109,514

Program services were 83.5% 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

• ORGANIZE MANAGEMENT OF AN ANNUAL YOUTH BASEBALL CLINIC. THIS CLINIC, WHICH IS IN THE NATURE OF A TWO-DAY CAMP (DAY CAMP) IS DESIGNED TO GIVE CHILDREN INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME OF BASEBALL. THE PROGRAM ALSO TEACHES SPORTSMANSHIP AND THE POSITIVE VALUES OF RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, HONESTY, AND CARING. THIS CLINIC IS TAUGHT BY VOLUNTEER COACHES AND BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE WEST MICHIGAN WHITECAPS, A PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAM THAT IS PART OF THE DETROIT TIGERS FEEDER PROGRAM. THE CLINIC TARGETES CHILDREN AGES 8 THROUGH 12, WITH A CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 60-80 CHILDREN.

  Expenses $3,508 · Revenue $10,625

• SPONSORSHIP OF A READING CLUB IN CONJUCTION WITH LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER WEST MICHIGAN AREA. THE PROGRAM ENCOURAGES CHILDREN TO READ A MINIMUM OF FIFTEEN MINUTES PER DAY DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH (READING MONTH). THE PROGRAM RUNS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE TEACHERS OF LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES BOOKMARKS AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS TO ASSIST THE TEACHERS IN PROMOTING THIS READING PROGRAM.

  Expenses $21,838

• MAKE GRANTS TO OTHER NONPROFIT, IRC 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS. ONE OF THE PRIMARY RECIPIENTS OF THESE GRANTS IS EXPECTED TO BE THE YMCA INNER CITY YOUTH BASEBALL/SOFTBALL PROGRAM. TO SUPPORT THESE GRANTS, THE ORGANIZATION PLANS TO ORGANIZE AND SPONSOR AN ANNUAL BANGUET (AS A FUND RAISER), AND TO ALSO ORGANIZE AND MANAGE 50-50 RAFFLES AT VARIOUS WHITECAPS BALLGAMES.

  Expenses $84,168 · Grants $75,637

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

• YMCA INNER CITY YOUTH BASEBALL

  $45,000

  BASEBALL PROGRAMS

• FIRST STEPS KENT

  $10,000

  EARLY CHILDHOOD PROG

• GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY BASEBALL CTR

  $10,000

  BASEBALL PROGRAMS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

30 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202523189349306607

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