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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UPWARD UNLIMITED.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,076,126
Total expenses
$1,893,530
Contributions and grants received
$68,744
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,786,067
Investment income
$61,991
Other revenue
$159,324
Total assets, end of year
$1,540,085
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,073,750
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$466,335
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,191,480
Management and general expenses
$673,546
Fundraising expenses
$28,504
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,191,480

Program services were 62.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $63,744

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TEAM REVENUE

    total $1,030,520 · related or exempt $1,030,520

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAMMING

    total $356,961 · related or exempt $356,961

  • 2c · Program service revenue: INTERNAL LEAGUES

    total $256,035 · related or exempt $256,035

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TOURNAMENT HOST

    total $158,606 · related or exempt $158,606

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SHOOTING LAB

    total $117,929 · related or exempt $117,929

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total -$133,984 · related or exempt -$133,984

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $61,991 · excluded $61,991

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $82,506

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $82,506

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $82,506 · related or exempt $82,506

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $55,332

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $55,332

  • 11a · Other revenue: PROCESSING FEES

    total $21,486 · related or exempt $21,486

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,486

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $158,162 · program services $5,045 · management and general $153,117

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $655,279 · program services $344,430 · management and general $310,849

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,405 · management and general $12,405

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,392 · program services $750 · management and general $13,642

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $64,129 · program services $28,517 · management and general $35,612

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,365 · management and general $33,365

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,367 · program services $10,332 · management and general $3,035

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $33,527 · program services $23,346 · management and general $10,181

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $223,608 · program services $223,608

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,099 · management and general $6,099

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,542 · management and general $3,542

  • 20 · Interest

    total $28,946 · management and general $28,946

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,633 · program services $3,633

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,966 · management and general $14,966

  • 24a · Other expenses: COGS - TRAVEL TEAMS

    total $146,565 · program services $146,565

  • 24b · Other expenses: COGS - TOURNAMENT ENTRY

    total $89,945 · program services $89,945

  • 24c · Other expenses: COACH EXPENSE

    total $71,463 · program services $71,463

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $58,757 · program services $55,012 · management and general $3,745

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $261,380 · program services $188,834 · management and general $44,042 · fundraising $28,504

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $16,082 · end of year $18,581

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,363,847 · end of year $1,519,996

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,897 · end of year $1,410

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $24

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

    $25,858

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $25,760

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,731 · end of year $98

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,819 · end of year $45,513

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,057,023 · end of year $1,028,237

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $283,739 · end of year $466,335

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NASHVILLE YOUTH SPORTS CLUB, INC (DBA STARS BASKETBALL CLUB) IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT EXISTS TO PROMOTE THE DISCOVERY OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH SPORTS. THE MISSION OF STARS BASKETBALL IS: PLANTING SEEDS FOR CHRIST THROUGH BASKETBALL. WE BRING CHRISTIAN LEADERS, ATHLETES, AND THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE TOGETHER THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF SPORTS WHILE PROMOTING GROWTH IN MIND, BODY, AND SOUL. AS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN SPORTS MINISTRY, WE OFFER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO GIVE ATHLETES A PLACE TO STRIVE FOR HIGHER PERFORMANCE AND EXCELLENCE. WE CULTIVATE VALUABLE RESOURCES TO AID IN PLANNING AND EXECUTING FIRST CLASS, ORGANIZED, AND DETAILED SPORTS TRAINING AND OFFERINGS. THE 360 PROGRESSION, A UNIQUELY DESIGNED TOTAL SPORTS EXPERIENCE THAT ADAPTS AND EXPANDS AS PLAYERS DEVELOP AND GROW IN THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEY, IS PRIMARILY USED TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION. THE 360 PROGRESSION INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION THAT INCREASES IN INTENSITY AS THEY IMPROVE AND ENRICHES THEIR

  • NASHVILLE YOUTH SPORTS CLUB (DBA STARS BASKETBALL CLUB)PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND BASKETBALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1ST-12TH GRADE ATHLETES, BOYS & GIRLS, THROUGH TEAM PLAY, PROGRAMMING (CAMPS AND CLINICS), TOURNAMENTS, AND LEAGUES, BUT THE CLUB PLACES A HIGH PRIORITY ON PROVIDING A MORE THAN EXPERIENCE. THIS IMPACT IS SEEN BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT. STARS HAS THE DESIRE TO IMPACT ATHLETES: MENTALLY, ATHLETICALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND SOCIALLY.

    Expenses $1,147,546 · Revenue $1,668,767

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $43,934 · Revenue $117,300

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Lance Akridge

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $158,161
    From this org
    $156,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,764
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,397
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,764
    Filer's total
    $158,161
  • Mitch Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kyle Bullock

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Hunsinger

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Louis Willhoit

    BOARD CHAIRM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

None.

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
2024
Filed
17 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202642299349302189

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