Athletes for Hope

Tax-deductible

Glen Echo, MD501(c)(3)Youth DevelopmentEIN 20-4773044Revenue $2.0M in FY2024

On file with the IRSathletesforhope.org6006 Princeton Ave, 20812-1124 · Glen Echo, MDTax-exempt since Aug 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Afh unites and empowers the athletic community to make a difference in their communities, through their time, passion and sustained effort.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $312K a year · 20% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$254K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 59% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
21
named funders · $699K
Looks good: 21 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
27
of 27 voting members
Looks good: 27 of 27 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
+21% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$2.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2024▲ +21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$980K
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.0M
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2024▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$971K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.4M
Net assets
$2.4M
FY2024▲ +37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$772K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.4M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2006.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $1.3M Management & general 5% · $69K Fundraising 3% · $49K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

29 people listed on the 990; $254K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$140,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$113,885Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Belinkie’s $140K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ivan Blumberg———$265,000$175,000
Jason Belinkie$140,000$139,808$140,000$95,000$51,000
Chris Wyttenbach$113,885$107,808$103,000$98,000—
Suzanne Potts——$95,000——
Erin Bess———$95,000—
Ivan Blumburg——$75,000——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $958K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Afh University

Afh created the afh university program in 2013, bringing our unique causeway education and empowerment program to colleges and universities across the country. The afh u programs helps college athletes explore themes such as leadership, life skill development, their role in the community, and how to discover their philantropic passions…

$421Kprogram expense
02

Afh Champs

This program was created to address the critical issue of childhood obesity by connecting our powerful network of college, professional, olympic and paralympic athletes to schools, after-school programs, and running clubs to empower them to become more physically active.

$287Kprogram expense
03

Whole Being Athlete

Given the well-documented need for increased mental health resources and advocacy, and the growing demand from athletes who want to engage in this space, afh launched the whole being athlete program (wbap) in 2021.

$250Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$69K
Fundraisingcol D$49K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$652K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a27
IndependentVI 1b27
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$31K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$186K
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Gains on assetsLn 7$58K
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$157K
SavingsLn 2$495K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$652K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$890K$652K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$847K$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K$32K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$2.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$184K$167K$8K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$575K$529K$14K$33K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$62K$57K$2K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$89K$83K$3K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$59K$55K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$0$14K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$3K$0$3K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$320K$278K$25K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$3K$1K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$15K$128$13K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$24K$12K$10K$1K
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$0$2K$0
InsuranceLn 23$12K$0$12K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$0$62K−$39K−$23K
All other expensesLn 24e$41K$39K$2K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$1.3M$69K$49K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.0M$1.4M$598K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.3M$390K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.2M$199K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.3M$366K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $980K$971K$8K$772K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,003,468 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,680,579$1,883,043
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $31,383$101,006
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$57,020$19,419
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,654,942$2,003,468
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $946,131$968,272
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $319,222$437,222
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,265,353$1,405,494
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $389,589$597,974
Part VI · Governance 27 of 27 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body27
VI-1b Independent voting members27
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,003,468 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,753 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$185,850
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,697,193
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$31,370
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,883,043
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $42,582$42,582
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $58,424$58,424
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $14,142$14,142
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $524 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$524
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,277 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $115,148$2,003,468
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,405,494 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $167,341 · Management $8,325 · Fundraising $8,374$184,040
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $529,114 · Management $13,632 · Fundraising $32,542$575,288
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $57,075 · Management $1,814 · Fundraising $2,633$61,522
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $83,097 · Management $2,662 · Fundraising $2,762$88,521
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $55,292 · Management $1,771 · Fundraising $1,838$58,901
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $13,500 · Fundraising $0$13,500
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,684 · Fundraising $0$2,684
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $278,397 · Management $25,345 · Fundraising $16,500$320,242
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,404 · Management $1,022 · Fundraising $3,612$8,038
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $128 · Management $12,741 · Fundraising $2,190$15,059
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,364 · Management $10,091 · Fundraising $1,113$23,568
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $1,914 · Fundraising $0$1,914
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $11,502 · Fundraising $0$11,502
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $62,066 · Management −$39,379 · Fundraising −$22,687$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $38,996 · Management $1,719 · Fundraising $0$40,715
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,287,274 · Management $69,343 · Fundraising $48,877$1,405,494
Part X · Balance sheet $2,429,582 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $632,941$157,038
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $256,887$495,333
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $65,500$131,500
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $500$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,650$14,099
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,638$1,998
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $847,444$1,629,614
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,819,560$2,429,582
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,135$31,687
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $50,000$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $75,135$31,687
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,744,425$2,397,895
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,744,425$2,397,895
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,819,560$2,429,582
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,397,895 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,003,468
XI-2 Total expenses$1,405,494
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$597,974
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,744,425
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$55,496
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,397,895

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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