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BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD

EIN 46-1262736 WALHONDING, OH

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Revenue 2024
$2,464,572
Expenses 2024
$1,400,100

Program services were 80.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W99
Classification
1000
Street
3483 MCCAMENT RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO BETTER HUMANITY THROUGH PROMISES MADE AND KEPT.

  • CHAPTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOCUS ON THE ETHICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS WHILE INSTILLING A SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY. WE PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE SELF-CONTROL NEEDED TO FACE LIFES CHALLENGES. WITH A FOCUS ON CORE VALUES LIKE HONESTY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPASSION, OUR AIM IS TO HELP BUILD STRONGER CITIZENS THROUGH PROMISES MADE AND KEPT. OUR CHAPTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TAKE PLACE IN COMMUNITIES, SCHOOOLS, AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, AS WELL AS, ON SITE AT OUR CAMP AND INCLUDE: SCHOLLWIDE IMPACT PROGRAMS KICKED OFF WITH A MOTIVATIONAL ASSEMBLY, LESSON PLANS FOR EDUCATORS, AND WORKSHOPS FEATURING ANIMATED VIDEOS AND ENGAGING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $417,542 · Revenue $44,618

  • THE PROMISE TO VOLUNTEER. LESS THAN 25% OF ALL AMERICANS VOLUNTEER. FEW PROMISES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TO SHOW UP. THIS PROGRAM CREATES PLANS FOR IMPACTFUL VOLUNTEER PROJECTS, STAFF SUPPORT TO CHAPTER VOLUNTEER PROJECTS, AND PROMISE BADGES THAT REWARD GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND PROMISES KEPT TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

    Expenses $90,279 · Revenue $44,618

  • AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND PUBLIC RESOURCES. SOCIETY NEEDS TO BE REMINDED THAT PROMISES STILL MATTER AND A HANDSHAKE STILL MEANS SOMETHING. OUR AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS REACH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ANNUALLY THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, WORLDWIDE NEWSLETTERS THAT INCLUDE COMPELLING SUPPORTER PROMISE STORIES, SPEACHES AT CHARITIES, SCHOOLS, AND JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS, AND LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE.

    Expenses $383,688 · Revenue $2,030,105

  • ACCOUNTABILTY BEST PRACTICES. YOU ARE 46% MORE LIKELY TO FULFIL A PROMISE IF YOU SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE. WE PROVIDE PROMISE CARDS AND A FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING YOUR PROMISES AND HOLDING YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE. THIS FRAMEWORK INCLUDES PROMISE PLANNER WORKSHEETS, ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND FREE PROMISE CARDS.

    Expenses $236,984 · Revenue $111,544

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kevin Matthews

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Manish Patel

    INTERIM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christa Monte

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vanessa Bongiorno

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carl Baldesare

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alexander David

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $64,904
    From this org
    $64,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lance Layman

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,464,572
    Expenses
    $1,400,100
    Contributions
    $350,886
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,180,661
    Expenses
    $1,635,798
    Contributions
    $947,247
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,564,305
    Expenses
    $1,395,340
    Contributions
    $422,833
    Grants paid
    $18,354

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,378,057
    Expenses
    $928,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,057,405

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $678,113
    Expenses
    $998,947
    Assets (EOY)
    $712,651

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $653,570
    Expenses
    $965,840
    Assets (EOY)
    $702,206

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,386,590
    Expenses
    $1,397,681
    Assets (EOY)
    $651,294

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,112,007
    Expenses
    $1,260,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $677,182

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,185,691
    Expenses
    $1,059,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $817,362

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,217,299
    Expenses
    $954,392
    Assets (EOY)
    $702,368

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $829,562
    Expenses
    $548,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $420,544

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $504,745
    Expenses
    $515,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $90,007

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2012

Tax period
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Principal officer
Alex Sheen
Mailing address
14620 Armin AvenueLakewood OH 44107
Website
becauseisaidiwould.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.