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← SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,486,095
Total expenses
$15,685,090
Contributions and grants received
$8,903,514
Grants paid
$1,103,834
Program service revenue
$10,109
Investment income
$515,189
Other revenue
-$942,717
Total assets, end of year
$17,289,048
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,024,897
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,264,151
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,348,503
Management and general expenses
$775,011
Fundraising expenses
$3,561,576
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,348,503

Program services were 72.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,677,796

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $778,336

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $594,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,852,882

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $368,399

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $10,109 · related or exempt $10,109

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $523,129 · excluded $523,129

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,160,235

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,168,175

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$7,940

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,940 · excluded -$7,940

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $452,162

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,677,796

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $452,162

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $1,484,436

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $2,436,134

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total -$951,698 · excluded -$951,698

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $31,028

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $24,425

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $6,603 · excluded $6,603

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,378 · excluded $2,378

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,378

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,103,834 · program services $1,103,834

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,230,233 · program services $565,456 · management and general $236,953 · fundraising $427,824

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,014,025 · program services $3,513,492 · management and general $218,685 · fundraising $1,281,848

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $130,078 · program services $95,456 · management and general $9,947 · fundraising $24,675

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $451,859 · program services $308,113 · management and general $32,525 · fundraising $111,221

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $495,624 · program services $330,679 · management and general $39,666 · fundraising $125,279

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,245 · program services $649 · management and general $1,947 · fundraising $649

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $198,129 · program services $99,064 · management and general $39,626 · fundraising $59,439

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $180,000 · program services $90,000 · fundraising $90,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,328,100 · program services $483,968 · management and general $27,768 · fundraising $816,364

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $61,976 · program services $46,482 · fundraising $15,494

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $427,806 · program services $301,363 · management and general $19,704 · fundraising $106,739

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $213,034 · program services $148,464 · management and general $10,306 · fundraising $54,264

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $529,959 · program services $374,751 · management and general $25,868 · fundraising $129,340

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,344 · program services $88,128 · management and general $8,135 · fundraising $35,081

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $291,797 · program services $168,572 · management and general $32,383 · fundraising $90,842

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,948 · program services $790 · management and general $2,369 · fundraising $789

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $764,597 · program services $764,597

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $199,066 · program services $99,533 · management and general $39,813 · fundraising $59,720

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $182,725 · program services $109,205 · management and general $18,067 · fundraising $55,453

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING & COMPETITION

    total $2,525,032 · program services $2,515,489 · management and general $536 · fundraising $9,007

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECOGNITION COSTS

    total $84,383 · program services $55,228 · management and general $5,401 · fundraising $23,754

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $78,795 · program services $53,476 · management and general $3,633 · fundraising $21,686

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $55,501 · program services $31,714 · management and general $1,679 · fundraising $22,108

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,165,295 · end of year $4,233,531

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $469,202 · end of year $231,469

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $698,455 · end of year $699,227

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $15,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $248,584 · end of year $230,034

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

    $1,141,760

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

    $516,966

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $138,221 · end of year $624,794

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,297,485 · end of year $8,959,025

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,412,010 · end of year $2,295,968

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $660,360 · end of year $633,582

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,507,645 · end of year $2,391,315

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,025,071 · end of year $7,501,086

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,251,176 · end of year $6,763,065

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROVIDES ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES TO INSTILL THE CONFIDENCE NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

YEAR-ROUND SPORTS TRAINING AND COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA IS A FREE YEAR-ROUND SPORTS TRAINING AND COMPETITION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. THERE ARE OVER 39,400 ATHLETES WHO TRAIN & COMPETE IN 388 COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGIONS IN 13 SPORTS. SPECIAL OLYMPICS REQUIRES THE EXTRAORDINARY SUPPORT AND TIME OF VOLUNTEERS. OUR 9,465 CERTIFIED COACHES VOLUNTEERED OVER 250,000 HOURS AND ANOTHER 14,000 PEOPLE VOLUNTEERED AT COMPETITIONS AND FUNDRAISERS. FINANCIAL SUPPORT COMES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FROM INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS.

    Expenses $3,976,865 · Revenue $10,109

  • THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA & NEVADA SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IS A UNIQUE EDUCATION PROGRAM ACTIVE IN 464 K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INVOLVING MORE THAN 29,000 GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND IMPACTING MORE THAN 135,000 STUDENTS. SPECIAL OLYMPICS ASSISTS SCHOOLS IN INITIATING UNIFIED SPORTS AND WHOLE-SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES, WHERE GENERAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS CREATE CLIMATES OF INCLUSION, ACCEPTANCE AND RESPECT ON CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITIES. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO THE STUDENTS OR THEIR FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,489,282 · Grants $311,350

  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAMS HELP ENSURE OUR ATHLETES PERFORM AT THEIR BEST ON AND OFF THE PLAYING FIELD. THE PROGRAMS IN FITNESS, HEALTHY ATHLETES SCREENINGS, AND WELLNESS/ADVOCACY IMPACTED OVER 7,300 INDIVIDUALS THOUGH 90 EVENTS. THE HEALTHY ATHLETES FREE, NON-INVASIVE SCREENING PROGRAM IMPACTS BOTH ATHLETES AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS, AND MORE THAN 700 INDIVIDUAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS RECEIVED HANDS ON TRAINING IN 8 SPECIALTIES WORKING WITH 1,395 ATHLETES WITH IDD.

    Expenses $434,107

  • ALL OTHER: ALL OTHER PROGRAMS: PUBLIC EDUCATION, ATHLETE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, SUPPORT (SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC) FOR NATIONAL PROGRAMMING, SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEVADA INC FOR LOCAL NEVADA PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $5,448,249 · Grants $792,484

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Chuck Koch

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Teske

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michele Wymer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Adler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Albanese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Prak Bebarta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Bounds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nuzha Bukhari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Cronin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Curry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Dolinko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Haley Ford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Drew Fraser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Garlick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyla Grogan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Hing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Linton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberly Lyntikainen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jt Marcinkowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anjuli Nanda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Rahm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Rich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Ruiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Steinberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Velaski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adrienne Voltaggio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nichole Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Welsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Wilfred

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Winter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Margolin

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Solo

    CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $335,843
    From this org
    $311,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,168
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,600
    Bonus
    $48,400
    Other
    $675
    Deferred
    $12,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,728
    Filer's total
    $335,843

  • Michael A Mayo

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $246,302
    From this org
    $221,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,365
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,937
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,165
    Filer's total
    $246,302

  • Catherine Domanski

    CDO

    Total calculated
    $240,107
    From this org
    $213,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,964
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,836
    Bonus
    $18,307
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,624
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,340
    Filer's total
    $240,107

  • Ilisa Kessler

    COO

    Total calculated
    $222,329
    From this org
    $200,664
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,665
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,988
    Bonus
    $22,676
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,032
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,633
    Filer's total
    $222,329

  • Matt Cohen

    CPO

    Total calculated
    $185,652
    From this org
    $177,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,311
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,650
    Bonus
    $14,691
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,112
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,199
    Filer's total
    $185,652

  • Paula Gogin

    DIRECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING

    Total calculated
    $149,993
    From this org
    $124,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,870
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Jones

    VP, SCHOOLS PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $143,027
    From this org
    $128,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,527
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kevin Andrews

    SR DIRECTOR, IT

    Total calculated
    $138,048
    From this org
    $120,879
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,169
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jess Daugherty

    HEAD OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $130,989
    From this org
    $117,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,794
    Hours/week
    40

  • Katie Ostrom

    VP, DEVELOPMENT & LETR

    Total calculated
    $130,197
    From this org
    $124,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,397
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 6
KEY STAFF WITH REVENUE GENERATION JOB DUTIES (INCLUDES CEO, COO AND CDO) ARE EACH SUBJECT TO FORMAL BONUS PROGRAM THAT IS TRIGGERED BY FIRST MEETING ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL REVENUE GOAL.
PART I, LINE 7
DAVID SOLO IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNUAL BONUS OF UP TO 20% OF HIS PRIOR YEAR BASE PAY, SUBJECT TO REVIEW OF HIS PRIOR YEAR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS/ACHIEVEMENTS AS PART OF HIS ANNUAL COMPENSATION REVIEW BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OTHER EMPLOYEES ALSO RECEIVED BONUSES DURING THE YEAR BASED ON SIMILAR CRITERIA.

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

  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEVADA INC

    $792,484

    SUPPORT START OF SEPARATE NEW SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM IN NV

  • CONTRA COSTA CNTY OFFICE OF ED

    $65,000

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • SAN FRANCISCO USD

    $60,000

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • DUBLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTR

    $35,000

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • MISSION VALLEY SELPA

    $30,000

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOLS

    $10,900

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • MONTEREY PENINSULA USD

    $10,000

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • FAIRFIELD-SUISUN USD

    $9,250

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • WEST CONTRA COSTA CNTY USD

    $8,000

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

  • SANTA CLARA USD

    $7,875

    SUPPORT SCHOOL DAY BASED PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT(S) OR SELPA(S)

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC

    501(C)(3) · INTL SPORTS TRAININGS & COMPETITIONS FOR INDIV W/ INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349309200

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