Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,195,119
- Total expenses
- $1,396,402
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,042,284
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $177,625
- Investment income
- $382
- Other revenue
- -$25,172
- Total assets, end of year
- $880,200
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $111,140
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $769,060
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $837,510
- Management and general expenses
- $181,997
- Fundraising expenses
- $376,895
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $837,510
Program services were 60.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,042,284
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Participant Fees
total $177,625 · related or exempt $177,625
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3 · Investment income
total $382 · excluded $382
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$91,981
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$86,591
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $5,390 · excluded $5,390
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$20,300
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$50,862
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9c · Net income from gaming
total -$30,562 · excluded -$30,562
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $167,629 · program services $100,577 · management and general $33,526 · fundraising $33,526
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $519,638 · program services $358,610 · management and general $17,697 · fundraising $143,331
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $26,592 · program services $19,360 · management and general $2,991 · fundraising $4,241
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $81,451 · program services $54,304 · management and general $7,953 · fundraising $19,194
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $55,998 · program services $37,578 · management and general $4,030 · fundraising $14,390
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $30,000 · management and general $30,000
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $29,200 · management and general $29,200
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $10,682 · program services $1,284 · management and general $541 · fundraising $8,857
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $1,331 · program services $1,331
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $19,006 · program services $15,917 · management and general $704 · fundraising $2,385
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23 · Insurance
total $13,817 · management and general $13,817
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24a · Other expenses: Gold Medal Ceremony/Reception
total $120,710 · program services $120,710
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24b · Other expenses: Indirect Event Expenses
total $111,093 · fundraising $111,093
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24c · Other expenses: Computer and Database
total $29,383 · program services $21,668 · management and general $2,181 · fundraising $5,534
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24d · Other expenses: Telephone
total $24,477 · program services $18,630 · management and general $5,847
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24e · All other expenses
total $155,395 · program services $87,541 · management and general $33,510 · fundraising $34,344
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $535,791 · end of year $652,516
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $21,224 · end of year $21,607
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $396,645 · end of year $151,138
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $81,877 · end of year $24,551
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$127,809
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$111,456
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $18,901 · end of year $16,353
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $8,888 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $8,483 · end of year $14,035
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $94,928 · end of year $97,012
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $6,538 · end of year $14,128
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $698,729 · end of year $682,660
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $271,614 · end of year $86,400
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The primary goal of the Congressional Award Foundation is to promote and recognize service, initiative, and achievement in America's youth. We strive to help young people realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.Young people register for the Congressional Award program and set personally challenging goals in four program areas - Voluntary Public Service, Personal Development, Physical Fitness and Expedition/Exploration. These diverse areas encourage young people to discover new talents, learn about the world around them and to take positive action in their communities.The beauty of the Congressional Award program is that all young people, regardless of their situation, can qualify for an award. The program has no minimum grade point average requirements. It accommodates youth with special needs or disabilities, and is completely non-competitive. The Congressional Award program requires that youth work with an adult mentor or advisor, providing an oppo
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Gold Award Ceremony: Medals are earned by youth between the ages of 14 and 23 years of age. It represents more than 4,000 hours of volunteer time through self improvement education and physical fitness. Salaries allocated to the program are for specific mentoring, research and overall support to more than 27,000 youths, their guides and coaches.
Expenses $837,510 · Revenue $177,554
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Erica W Heyse
National Dirctr
- Total calculated
- $170,000
- From this org
- $170,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $170,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $170,000
-
Mr Paxton K Baker
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Marc Baer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Simeon Banister
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Rita Vaswani
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Edward L Blansitt III
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Romero Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Skip Braziel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Ashley Hayes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Beverly Gilyard
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Edward L Cohen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kathy R Didawick
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Hon Debbie Dingell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mitchell Draizin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Steve Hartell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Shawn Whitman
Vice Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Lawrence J Green MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Brian Johnson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Anthony Crowell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Myriah Jordan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
J Steven Hart Esq
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Thomas S Kim
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
David W Hunt Esq
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Margaret Wormington
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Hon Sheila Jackson-Lee
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jade Shields
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Pamela Alexander
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Will Stute
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Karen Talarico
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Hon Ritchie Torres
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Adrian Harpool
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Linda Mitchell Phd
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Hon Richard Hudson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jim Dunn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Joyce Rogers
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Melissa Foxman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kim Talley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mateo Magdaleno
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Hon Joe Manchin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Lance Mangum
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jonathan Heafitz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Steven Roberts
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Vipul Dev
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Secretary Rodney E Slater
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mike Kelley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Patrick Gilha
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Chiling Tong
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jason Benjamin Van Pelt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kathryn Weeden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Raymond Kerins
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Christopher Leahy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Laura O'Connor
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Michael Pitts
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Molly Ryan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
David Schiappa
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Karen Sessions
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sanyin Siang
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Michael Skahill
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Bruce Walker
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Cheri Bustos
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Riley Swineheart
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Diana Leon Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Amina Bulman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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merrill Eisenhower Atwater
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Lindsay Dickinson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Hon Gregg Harper
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Raymond Hall
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Bradley Knox
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Hon Cynthia Lummis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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John Mason
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Michael Parrish
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Vanessa Sinders
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Diane Dewhirst
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Mayealie Adams
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Brittany Masalosalo
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Maurice Obeid
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Nick Cannon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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George B Gould
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Anne Bruce
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Hon Johnny Isakson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Christopher Spear
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jesse Hill
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Larry Duncan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Karlos Lasane II
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Beth Ann Ruofff
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Amina Bulman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202502279349301970
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