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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICAN GO ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$440,134
Total expenses
$596,326
Contributions and grants received
$23,575
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$408,150
Investment income
$7,100
Other revenue
$1,309
Total assets, end of year
$579,701
Total liabilities, end of year
$412,154
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$167,547
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$538,460
Management and general expenses
$57,866
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$538,460

Program services were 90.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,575

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,300

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GO CONGRESS

    total $340,660 · related or exempt $340,660 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $43,490 · related or exempt $43,490 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CITY LEAGUE SPONSORSHIP

    total $24,000 · related or exempt $24,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,100 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $7,100

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $328

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $328 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $328

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $981

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $981 · related or exempt $981 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,261 · management and general $15,261

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $83,337 · program services $62,587 · management and general $20,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,644 · program services $27,339 · management and general $12,305

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,510 · management and general $6,510

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,585 · program services $13,834 · management and general $2,751

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,222 · program services $42,219 · management and general $3

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,904 · program services $2,904

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $974 · program services $688 · management and general $286

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $388,889 · program services $388,889 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $111,320 · end of year $145,814

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $450

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $317 · end of year $4,504

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

    $20,417

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

    $3,167

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,553 · end of year $17,250

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $262,058 · end of year $412,133

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $316,734

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,245 · end of year $53,147

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $285,373 · end of year $277,388

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $83,050 · end of year $81,619

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $280,764 · end of year $167,547

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE BOARD GAME OF GO, ALSO KNOWN AS BADUK OR WEIQI, IN THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH AMERICA. THE AGA IS THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE INTERNATIONAL GO FEDERATION AND THE WORLD MIND SPORTS GAMES. THE AGA IS ALSO THE NORTH AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PAIR GO ASSOCIATION.

  • GO CONGRESS - THE AGA HOLDS AN ANNUAL EIGHT-DAY EVENT CALLED THE US GO CONGRESS. PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE US, NORTH AMERICA, AND AROUND THE WORLD COME TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION EACH SUMMER TO PLAY IN TOURNAMENTS, TO STUDY WITH AND LEARN FROM TOP PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER TEACHERS, TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE WHO PLAY AND JOIN IN GO COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. ASIDE FROM PROVIDING AN EVENT ENJOYABLE IN ITSELF, THE GO CONGRESS IS A VENUE FOR LONG-TERM COMMUNITY BONDING, VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT, INTERNATIONAL LINKS, AND A VENUE TO REWARD THOSE SUCCESSFUL IN LOCAL TOURNAMENT OR ONLINE PLAY AROUND THE COUNTRY. IN ADDITION, LOCAL CHAPTERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN RUNNING CONGRESS CAN RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND GROW THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER BASE. CONGRESS HOSTS THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL MEETINGS.

    Expenses $438,616 · Revenue $376,240

  • TOURNAMENTS - THE AGA SPONSORS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY THROUGH ITS CHAPTERS A NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS. THESE INCLUDE CITY LEAGUE, VARIOUS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND MAJOR REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS. THE AGA ALSO ORGANIZED AN ONLINE LEAGUE AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PLAYERS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. TOURNAMENTS PROVIDE A VENUE WHERE MEMBERS MAY HONE THEIR SKILLS AND PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CONCEPTS PICKED UP THROUGH STUDY.

    Expenses $44,325 · Revenue $27,044

  • CHAPTER SERVICES - THE AGA IS A FEDERATION OF LOCAL CLUBS. WE USE THOSE LOCAL CLUBS TO SPONSOR EVENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE APPORTION A SHARE OF MEMBER DUES BASED ON A CLUB'S LEVEL OF ACTIVITY. COSTS OF THESE EVENTS ARE REIMBURSED TO LOCAL CLUBS UPON REQUEST.

    Expenses $18,526 · Revenue $4,866

  • OTHER PROGRAMS - INTERNATIONAL, NAGF (NORTH AMERICAN GO FEDERATION), COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION.

    Expenses $36,993

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Lambert

    CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Paul Celmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jerry Jaffe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Trevor Morris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Byron Russell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ted Terpstra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Yixian Zhou

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gurujeet Khalsa

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Enrique Garcia

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Garrett Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
2025
Filed
31 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202632509349300108

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