ROYAL OAK INITIATIVE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

O50

Classification

1237

Street

80 PARSONS AVE

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 · 2025

• Expanded Chess Academies: Established new academies in underserved communities, providing chess education and mentorship to a diverse population. Hosted High-Profile Chess Individuals: Organized events featuring renowned chess expert, inspiring local players and enriching the chess communitys knowledge. Expanded Physical Space: Secured a larger venue equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, facilitating more tournaments, training sessions, and workshops. Outreach and Community Engagement: Conducted chess workshops, exhibitions, and collaborations with local organizations, raising awareness about the benefits of chess.

  Expenses $104,638 · Revenue $104,784

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $125,213

  Expenses

  $149,575

  Contributions

  $20,429

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $180,069

  Expenses

  $183,296

  Contributions

  $71,810

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $296,688

  Expenses

  $180,523

  Contributions

  $101,053

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $68,276

  Expenses

  $60,157

  Contributions

  $19,488

  Grants paid

  $0

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period

1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021

Principal officer

Ernest Levert Jr

Mailing address

3907 East Mound StreetColumbus OH 43227

Website

theroichess.org

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

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

• NOTLEY IMPACT

  $10,000

  2023 · SOCIAL CHANGE AND MENTORING ORGANIZATION THAT USES THE WISDOM OF CHESS TO PROTECT, HEAL, AND BUILD COMMUNITY BY CULTIVATING COLLECTIVE WELLNESS, MINDFULNESS, AND CRITICAL THINKING

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