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CHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC

EIN 22-2478997 ANDOVER, MA

Revenue 2024
$1,950,885
Expenses 2024
$1,895,990

Program services were 72.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
456 LOWELL ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES USING THE RESOURCES OF THE FARM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT TO HELP ALL INVOLVED EXPERIENCE JOY AND ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES USING HORSES AND THE WORKING FARM ENVIRONMENT TO HELP PEOPLE ACHIEVE OPTIMUM QUALITY OF LIFE. CHALLENGE UNLIMITED ALSO ENCOURAGES VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES, THUS BRINGING TOGETHER A DIVERSE POPULATION IN A WHOLESOME VENUE THAT ENCOURAGES SELF-CONFIDENCE AND WELLBEING. SERVICES INCLUDE "HIPPO THERAPY" (OR THERAPY USING THE MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE) THAT ENCOMPASSES PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, RECREATIONAL THERAPY, HORSEMANSHIP, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, SUMMER CAMP ACTIVITIES, MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER, VETERANS AND PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION, LIFE-SKILLS BUILDING PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, BEHAVIOR DISORDERS AND CHILDREN AND TEENS FROM THE INNER CITIES, AND "TOUCH THERAPY" FOR SENIORS WITH MEMORY IMPAIRMENT.

  • PROVIDE EFFECTIVE THERAPY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $1,379,405 · Grants $56,837 · Revenue $790,726

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Ralph Acaba

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related

  • Robin Gorski-Routhier

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related

  • Joe Lussier

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related

  • Paul Salafia

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related

  • Dipti Shah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Kahler-Reiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brendan Hamm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Bernard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Vaccaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Greeley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ernest Countermarsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Beyers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Milissa Moynihan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • Michael Breda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Claudia Soo Hoo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Lawlor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Blade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Bishop

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Mason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kerri Whalen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,357
    From this org
    $90,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,950,885
    Expenses
    $1,895,990
    Contributions
    $949,164
    Grants paid
    $56,837
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,021,508
    Expenses
    $1,764,684
    Contributions
    $676,081
    Grants paid
    $54,144
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,813,034
    Expenses
    $1,681,972
    Contributions
    $1,095,367
    Grants paid
    $78,945

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
    $1,394,583
    Expenses
    $1,323,817
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,497,607

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,209,676
    Expenses
    $1,296,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,348,637

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,826,190
    Expenses
    $1,492,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,473,814

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,815,972
    Expenses
    $1,374,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,521,270

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,432,153
    Expenses
    $1,381,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,282,115

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,406,851
    Expenses
    $1,449,000
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,261,095

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,262,914
    Expenses
    $1,520,194
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,317,139

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,943,794
    Expenses
    $1,283,849
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,677,899

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,066,521
    Expenses
    $1,242,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,114,127

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,122,103
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,275,144

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.

Grants made

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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 2024 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.