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REMOVING THE BARRIERS INITIATIVE INC

EIN 27-4461020 LAKE WALES, FL

Revenue 2023
$226,054
Expenses 2023
$48,617

Program services were 74.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P80
Classification
1000
Street
237 GOLDEN BOUGH 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 · 2023

Mission

REMOVING THE BARRIERS INITIATIVE WAS FOUNDED IN 2011 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING BARRIERS TO GREAT EXPENIENCES FOR PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WITH DISABILITIES, DIFFERENCES AND SPECIAL NEEDS. WE STARTED BY ASSISTING CAMPS WHO SERVED CAMPERS WITH DISABILITIES BY SOLVING LOGISTICAL ISSUES. WE GOT TRAILS PAVED, SECURED WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE GOLF CARTS, CREATED WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TRAMS FOR HAY RIDES, PROVIDED LIFTS, AND BEACH WHEELCHAIRS. EVENTUALLY, WE WORKED WITH THE FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA TO BUILD WHEELCHAIR INCLUSIVE ARCHERY RANGES AND CONSERVATION CENTERS.AS WE BECAME CONNECTED TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA WE BEGAN TO HELP PROGRAMS FROM DEFUNIAK SPRINGS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO LAKE WORTH ON THE GOLD COAST. WE WERE THEN ASKED TO ASSIST THE POLK MUSEUM OF ART WITH MAYFAIRE BY THE LAKE, PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE SERVICES FOR THEIR EVENT IN LAKELAND.THAT SPREAD TO PIONEER DAY AND MAKE IT MAGICAL IN LAKE WALES.THIS YEAR WE LAUNCHED IN MEETING NEEDS WITH TRACK CHAIR

  • IT IS THE MISSION OF THIS ENTITY TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO GREAT EXPERIENCES FOR PEOPLE AND FAMILIES LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, DIFFERENCES AND SPECIAL NEEDS.

    Expenses $36,373 · Revenue $226,054

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.

  • ANITA ABU

    ADVISORY BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEVE BORNEMANN

    TREASURER/SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JUSTIN CARON

    ADVISORY BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RANDY CHESNUT

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • JODI HOLT

    ADVISORY BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHELLE HURST

    ADVISORY BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NELSON MARQUEZ

    ADVISORY BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BILL REDMON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • SCOTT REDMON

    ADVISORY BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WENDY WARMAN

    ADVISORY BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $226,054
    Expenses
    $48,617
    Contributions
    $220,420
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $178,447
    Expenses
    $49,358
    Contributions
    $177,178
    Grants paid
    $2,197

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

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $94,262
    Expenses
    $93,815
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,753

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 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Bill Redmon
Mailing address
237 GOLDEN BOUGH RDLAKE WALES FL 338989410

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.