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THE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC

EIN 30-0533750 CHARLES TOWN, WV

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Revenue 2023
$1,712,042
Expenses 2023
$2,706,484

Program services were 73.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U990
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 508

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 · 2023

Mission

THE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO ENABLE PLAY IN ORDER TO COMBAT SOCIAL ISOLATION, FOSTER INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES, AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION ENABLES PLAY TO COMBAT SOCIAL ISOLATION THAT IS AN EPIDEMIC AMONG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

  • PEER COUNSELING: ABLEGAMERS PEER COUNSELING PROGRAM CONSISTS OF PLAYERS WITH DISABILITIES AND OCCUPATIONAL PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO ENABLE PLAY. PEER COUNSELING SESSIONS SERVE AS A STARTING POINT FOR GRANTING THE HARDWARE, CUSTOM CONTROLLERS, AND SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT/TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE. THE ABLEGAMERS ENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAM COMPLIMENTS THE PEER COUNSELING PROGRAM BY PROTOTYPING AND CREATING NEW CONTROLLERS AND DEVICES, OFFERING UNIQUE AND CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS FOR PLAYERS WHEN BARRIERS TO CURRENT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS EXIST.IN 2023, PEER COUNSELING DIRECTLY SUPPORTED 237 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS AND PROVIDED 3,318 HOURS OF PEER COUNSELING SUPPORT, RESULTING IN REDUCED BARRIERS TO PLAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM PROVIDED INDIVIDUALS WITH $81,000 IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT. WITHIN PEER COUNSELING, THE POWERED BY ABLEGAMERS PROGRAM ADDED SEVEN (7) ADDITIONAL PARTNER SITES PROVIDING TRAINING AND APPROXIMATELY $66,000 IN FUNDING/EQUIPMENT TO THESE HOSPITALS AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTERS. PARTNER FACILITIES INCLUDED ABILITY KC, CRAIG HOSPITAL, SHEPHERD CENTER, MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER, BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, AND NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    Expenses $856,723 · Grants $260,201

  • USER RESEARCH PROGRAM & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE USER RESEARCH PROGRAM WORKS TO INVESTIGATE, DOCUMENT, AND SHARE THE CURRENT OPTIONS FOR PLAYERS IN GAMES AND DOCUMENT WHERE BARRIERS STILL EXIST SO THAT THE FUTURE OF GAMING CAN BE ONE WHERE EVERYONE FINDS A GAME THAT THEY LOVE. THE PILLAR CONSISTS OF OVER 800 PLAYERS WITH DISABILITIES WHO PROVIDE A DATA-DRIVEN USER APPROACH FOR GAMING STUDIOS. IN 2023, 29 PLAYERS WITH DISABILITIES DIRECTLY PARTICIPATED IN DEVELOPING VIDEO GAMES THROUGH THE USER RESEARCH PROGRAM.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PILLAR EDUCATES GAME DEVELOPERS THROUGH ITS ACCESSIBLE PLAYER EXPERIENCE CLASS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, DEVELOPERS LEARN HOW TO SPOT ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS AND IMPLEMENT ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCES FOR PLAYERS WITH DISABILITIES. IN 2023, THE PROGRAM TRAINED 259 GAME DEVELOPERS TO FIND AND SOLVE ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS IN THEIR GAMES. AS PART OF THIS INSTRUCTION, $184,000 IN TRAINING WAS GRANTED UNDER THE ORGANIZATION'S DEVELOPERS PROMOTING ACCESSIBILITY & DIVERSITY (DPAD) INITIATIVE.

    Expenses $745,999 · Revenue $386,618

  • COMMUNITY AND INCLUSION: THE COMMUNITY & INCLUSION TEAM CONNECTS PLAYERS WITH DISABILITIES TO COMMUNITIES. IN 2023, OUR GET TOGETHER GAMING SESSIONS CONNECTED OVER 40 PLAYERS WITH DISABILITIES DURING IN-PERSON EVENTS EITHER AT ARCADES OR GAMING CONVENTIONS. AS THE COMMUNITY & INCLUSION TEAM ADVANCED THE PROGRAM, THEY DIRECTLY SUPPORTED OVER 15 TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WITH INFORMATION AND GAMING EXPERIENCES SO THAT THEY COULD ENERGIZE AND EXCITE PLAYERS ABOUT ACCESSIBLE GAMING AT THEIR LOCAL FACILITIES. BY WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, THE GAMING COMMUNITY, AND OUR MEDICAL PARTNERS, ABLEGAMERS PROVIDED UNIQUE EXPERIENCES FOR CAMARADERIE AND LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS.

    Expenses $382,711 · Grants $347 · Revenue $28,714

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mark Barlet

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $188,937
    From this org
    $173,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,586
    Hours/week
    41 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,351
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,286
    Filer's total
    $188,937

  • Christopher Power

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Steve Spohn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

  • Cheryl Mitchell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $138,978
    From this org
    $124,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,995
    Hours/week
    32

  • Larry Goldberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kevin Wasielewski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Nika Nour

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ujesh Desai

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Cristen Reat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Amy Panzarella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Burgess

    SR. DIR. FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $121,219
    From this org
    $104,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,198
    Hours/week
    32 + 1 related

  • Marsha Spohn

    SR. PEER COUNSELOR

    Total calculated
    $129,845
    From this org
    $121,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,800
    Hours/week
    32

  • Steve Weitz

    DIR. PROF. DEV.

    Total calculated
    $116,602
    From this org
    $108,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,568
    Hours/week
    32

  • Andy Wu

    SR. DIR. PEER COUNSELING

    Total calculated
    $141,094
    From this org
    $131,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,240
    Hours/week
    32

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,712,042
    Expenses
    $2,706,484
    Contributions
    $1,336,170
    Grants paid
    $260,548
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,358,947
    Expenses
    $2,518,983
    Contributions
    $1,893,083
    Grants paid
    $242,839

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,634,786
    Expenses
    $1,822,789
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,555,344

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,611,723
    Expenses
    $800,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,724,839

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $910,082
    Expenses
    $675,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $788,049

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $544,852
    Expenses
    $684,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $502,295

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $975,874
    Expenses
    $520,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $639,285

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2012

Tax period
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Principal officer
Mark Barlet
Mailing address
9 Wren LaneHarpers Ferry WV 25425
Website
http://www.ablegamers.org
Doing business as
AbleGamers

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

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

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.