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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CALIFORNIA STATE GAMES.

Totals

Total revenue
$993,826
Total expenses
$830,303
Contributions and grants received
$407,331
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$586,349
Investment income
$146
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$523,343
Total liabilities, end of year
$180,597
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$342,746
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$470,565
Management and general expenses
$359,738
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$470,565

Program services were 56.7% 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

    $407,331

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ENTRY FEES

    total $567,826 · related or exempt $567,826

  • 2b · Program service revenue: VENDORS/MERCHANDISING/

    total $44,372 · related or exempt $44,372

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HOTELS

    total -$25,849 · related or exempt -$25,849

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $146 · excluded $146

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $155,812 · management and general $155,812

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,809 · management and general $7,809

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,379 · management and general $11,379

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,871 · management and general $22,871

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,685 · management and general $14,685

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,600 · management and general $3,600

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,348 · program services $431 · management and general $13,917

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,506 · management and general $34,506

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,955 · program services $1,914 · management and general $1,041

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,959 · program services $19,438 · management and general $521

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPORT EXPENSES

    total $372,453 · program services $372,453

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $68,121 · program services $68,121

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS

    total $51,109 · management and general $51,109

  • 24d · Other expenses: AWARDS & GIFTS

    total $32,744 · program services $27,470 · management and general $5,274

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,952 · program services -$19,262 · management and general $37,214

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $128,743 · end of year $215,532

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $88,194 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $120,006 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $513

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,609 · end of year $23,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $284,298

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $30,490

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $128,847 · end of year $97,728

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,700 · end of year $52,379

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $210,005 · end of year $342,746

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE GAMES IS TO PROMOTE AND NURTURE THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS BY MANAGING A HIGH QUALITY AMATEUR SPORTS EVENT THAT ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION AND PROVIDES AN OLYMPIC-STYLE EXPERIENCE.

  • IN SUMMER 2024, THE CALIFORNIA STATE GAMES HOSTED THE STATE GAMES OF AMERICA, A BIENNIAL EVENT THAT INVITES MEDALISTS FROM ALL NATIONAL CONGRESS OF STATE GAMES MEMBER STATES (APPROXIMATELY 30 STATES) FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS TO COMPETE IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION. THE LAST TIME THE CALIFORNIA STATE GAMES HOSTED THE STATE GAMES OF AMERICA WAS IN 2011. THE 2024 STATE GAMES OF AMERICA INCLUDED ARCHERY, ARTISTIC SWIMMING, BADMINTON, BASKETBALL, BMX RACING, CLIMBING, CURLING, DIVING, FIELD HOCKEY. FIGURE SKATING (ISI & USFS), FOOTGOLF, JUDO, NINJA CLIMBING, PICKLEBALL, RUGBY, SKATEBOARDING, SOFTBALL, SURFING, SWIMMING (SHORT COURSE & LONG COURSE), TRACK & FIELD, WATER POLO, WRESTLING, AND YOGA. UNLIKE TYPICAL YEARS WHERE ATHLETES COME FROM CALIFORNIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES, THE STATE GAMES OF AMERICA WELCOMED ATHLETES FROM OVER 20 STATES IN SUMMER 2024 TO SAN DIEGO.

    Expenses $348,943 · Revenue $383,680

  • THE 2024 CALIFORNIA WINTER GAMES WAS HELD IN SAN DIEGO IN FEBRUARY & MARCH. PARTICIPATING WERE 1,971 ATHLETES COMPETING IN 4 SPORTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CAL WINTER GAMES IS TO HOST A HIGH-QUALITY SPORTS EVENT THAT INCLUDES ATHLETES FROM NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA BUT THROUGHOUT THE US. THE SPORTS INCLUDED WERE CURLING, FIGURE SKATING, ICE HOCKEY & GYMNASTICS.

    Expenses $121,622 · Revenue $202,669

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dennis Dubard

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Rohland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cherry Park

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Goodwin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelley Zimmerman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Martin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Willie Banks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Neville

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Natalie Schneck

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523199349302032

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