- Revenue 2024
- $981,429
- Expenses 2024
- $983,050
Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- N68
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 401 CHANNELSIDE DR
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
2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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.
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LIGHTNING FOUNDATION INC
EIN 59-3542305
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TAMPA BAY JR LIGHTNING INC
EIN 30-1486041
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED PRIMARILY TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN ICE HOCKEY AMONG FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TO CREATE A DEVELOPMENTAL STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETES OF BOTH GENDERS TO IMPROVE THEIR ICE HOCKEY SKILLS, TO ELEVATE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ICE HOCKEY TO A MORE ADVANCED, COMPETITIVE LEVEL, AND TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENT-ATHLETES RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMICS, AND THE NECESSITY OF GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
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CONSISTENT WITH THE CORPORATION'S MISSION, THE BOARD OPERATES BOTH A SCHOOL VARSITY LEAGUE AS WELL AS A JV/DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE FOR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS. VARSITY PLAYERS COMPETE FOR A LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE RIGHT TO ADVANCE TO THE SAHOF STATE PLAYOFFS. GAME ICE AND GAME OFFICIALS, INCLUDE ON-ICE OFFICIALS (4), SCOREBOARD OPERATOR AND OFFICIAL SCORER AT EACH RINK FOR EACH TEAM TO PLAY A 22-GAME REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE, PLUS GAME ICE AND PRACTICE ICE FOR LEAGUE PLAYOFFS. PRACTICE ICE FOR EACH TEAM IS RENTED IN 1-HOUR BLOCKS FOR 20-WEEKS. DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, TEAMS MAY ELECT TO HOLD PRACTICE ICE IN RESERVE FOR USE IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT ALL TEAMS ARE ENTITLED TO AND RECEIVE 20 HOURS OF PRACTICE ICE PER SEASON. EXPENSES ALSO INCLUDE STAFFING, TEAM AND LEAGUE EQUIPMENT AND TOURNAMENT EXPENSES RELATED TO OPERATING THE LEAGUE. REVENUE IS GENERATED FROM LEAGUE DUES COLLECTED FROM EACH PLAYER.
Expenses $825,975 · Grants $4,138 · Revenue $936,429
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.
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Daniel BublyDANIEL BUBLY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jay FeasterJAY FEASTER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 3 related
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Josh DreithJOSH DREITH
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $171,340
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $141,314
- Other
- $30,026
- Hours/week
- 10 + 30 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $141,314 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,026
- Filer's total
- $30,026 + $141,314 related
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Mark RosengardMARK ROSENGARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Matt HillMATT HILL
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Christopher Rybastart 425CHRISTOPHER RYBASTART 425
TREASURER
- 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. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $981,429
- Expenses
- $983,050
- Contributions
- $45,000
- Grants paid
- $4,138
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2023
- Revenue
- $852,142
- Expenses
- $827,863
- Contributions
- $36,179
- Grants paid
- $2,780
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2022
- Revenue
- $733,418
- Expenses
- $713,648
- Contributions
- $56,247
- Grants paid
- $3,728
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $609,885
- Expenses
- $622,818
- Assets (EOY)
- $59,302
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $483,345
- Expenses
- $552,850
- Assets (EOY)
- $72,234
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $554,217
- Expenses
- $550,238
- Assets (EOY)
- $141,739
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $566,557
- Expenses
- $482,555
- Assets (EOY)
- $137,760
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.
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
No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.
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
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LIGHTNING FOUNDATION INC
501(C)(3) · COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT · FL
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related partnerships on its 2024 return
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VINIK SPORTS GROUP LLC
N/A · PROFESSIONAL SPORTS · FL
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TAMPA BAY ARENA LLC
N/A · LIVE EVENTS · FL
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LIGHTNING HOCKEY LP
N/A · PROFESSIONAL SPORTS · FL
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VSG ENTERPRISES LLC
N/A · LIVE EVENTS · FL
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.