Challenged Athletes INC FY2021 filing

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San Diego, CA501(c)(3)Since 1996Human ServicesEIN 33-0739596Revenue $10.7M in FY2021

On file with the IRSchallengedathletes.org9591 Waples St, 92121-2953 · San Diego, CATax-exempt since Feb 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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IT is the mission of the Challenged Athletes foundation to provide opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.the Challenged Athletes foundation believes that involvement in sports at any level increases self-esteem, encourages independence and enhances quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.0M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2026
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.0M a year · 8% of revenue · last 7 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.0M
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
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
7
named funders · $372K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.7M
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 14 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.7M
-17% vs prior year
Spent
$9.1M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$20.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2026
Revenue
$10.7M
FY2021▼ -17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.9M
FY2021$10.7M
FY2022$15.1M
FY2023$12.9M
FY2024$16.7M
FY2025$14.4M
FY2026$12.8M
Expenses
$9.1M
FY2021▼ -19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$11.2M
FY2021$9.1M
FY2022$12.7M
FY2023$13.4M
FY2024$15.1M
FY2025$12.8M
FY2026$13.8M
Net assets
$20.1M
FY2021▲ +44%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$14.0M
FY2021$20.1M
FY2022$23.6M
FY2023$22.0M
FY2024$26.1M
FY2025$29.8M
FY2026$32.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending March 2021) · 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: FY2026. IRS ruling in Feb 1997.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $7.6M Management & general 5% · $466K Fundraising 12% · $1.1M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $1.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$154,108Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Executive Director
$151,639Pt VII · Sec A
SR Director of Ne Region
$142,548Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Marketing
$136,682Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Events
$132,837Pt VII · Sec A
Idaho Regional Director
$121,600Pt VII · Sec A
$116,246Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President & Founder
$49,054Pt VII · Sec A

Jeff Holbrook Termed 1225’s $211K as Chief Development Officer is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Dan Otto———$264,345——
Jeff Holbrook Termed 1225$210,534—————
Kristine Entwistle$186,929$195,744$190,487$162,039$162,887$151,639
Virginia Tinley—$60,051$64,500$89,500$180,729$154,108
Kara Sterner—$144,464$156,403$111,946——
Adam Klipper$156,313—————
Lauren Friedman Termed 0526$154,301—————
Doug Olson——$145,213$150,822$144,996$142,548

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides grants, adaptive sports equipment, coaching, and athletic programming to help individuals with physical disabilities pursue active, competitive lifestyles.

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3 programs · $5.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Access for Athletes

Through caf's grant distribution cycle each year, we are able to provide adaptive sports equipment, prosthetics, training, coaching, mentoring and competition grants to physically challenged people aged 4 - 85 years old to enable them to become whole through sports.

$3.9Mprogram expense
02

San diego triathlon challenge (SDTC) & tour de cove - due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SDTC was held virtually in 2020 as the caf community challenge. We engaged 235 challenged athletes (representing 37 states & 10 countries) and 896 fundraisers in a ten week celebration of life and sport.

$1.0Mprogram expense
03

Operation Rebound (or)

Provides unparalleled sports opportunities and support to our troops and veterans of any branch of service and first responders who have suffered permanent physical injuries in the line of duty.

$650Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 8 grants · $30.5M · 2019–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$4,486,188
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,003,020
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,992,294
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,909,167
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,384,337
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,015,848
The San Diego FoundationCA · FY2020$5,219
Unitemized GrantFY2019$3,749,087

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$276K
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Money outPt IX
$9.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.6M
Managementcol C$466K
Fundraisingcol D$1.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$20.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.2M
Total assetsLn 16$23.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$800K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.0M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$276K
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Gains on assetsLn 7$28K
Total revenueLn 12$10.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$140K
SavingsLn 2$4.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$19.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K
Total assetsLn 16$23.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.7M
Net assetsLn 32$20.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 541
VolunteersI 61,200
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.3M$4.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.4M$19.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$28K$21K
Total assetsLn 16$17.1M$23.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.1M$3.7M
Net assetsLn 32$14.0M$20.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$5K$5K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.7M$3.7M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$431K$431K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$565K$226K$211K$129K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.2M$124K$582K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$65K$39K$9K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$209K$124K$27K$58K
Payroll taxesLn 10$189K$112K$25K$52K
Legal feesLn 11b$16K$12K$825$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$36K$27K$2K$8K
Investment management feesLn 11f$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$72K$45K$2K$25K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$352K$319K$33K
Office expensesLn 13$74K$53K$4K$18K
Information technologyLn 14$45K$33K$2K$9K
OccupancyLn 16$296K$208K$14K$75K
TravelLn 17$41K$39K$553$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$5K$330$1K
InsuranceLn 23$99K$73K$5K$21K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$923K$865K$32K$26K
All other expensesLn 24e$32K$32K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.1M$7.6M$466K$1.1M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest $12.8M$13.8M−$963K$32.5M 990 PDF
FY2025 $14.4M$12.8M$1.6M$29.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $16.7M$15.1M$1.6M$26.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $12.9M$13.4M−$575K$22.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $15.1M$12.7M$2.5M$23.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $10.7M$9.1M$1.6M$20.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $12.9M$11.2M$1.6M$14.0M 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $10,673,315 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $13,937,506$10,512,393
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $220,243$276,500
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $285,072$33,822
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$1,592,559−$149,400
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,850,262$10,673,315
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,983,252$4,146,900
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,899,246$2,965,720
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,365,106$2,002,727
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,247,604$9,115,347
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,602,658$1,557,968
Part VI · Governance 13 of 14 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,673,315 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $26,133 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,236,800
VIII-1d Related organizations$195,000
VIII-1e Government grants$800,179
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,280,414
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,045,650
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,512,393
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $276,500$276,500
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,153$6,153
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $27,669$27,669
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$175,533−$175,533
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $276,500 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$115,578$10,673,315
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,115,347 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,219$5,219
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,710,703$3,710,703
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $430,978$430,978
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $225,509 · Management $210,787 · Fundraising $128,612$564,908
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,232,069 · Management $123,885 · Fundraising $581,578$1,937,532
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $38,745 · Management $8,501 · Fundraising $18,041$65,287
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $124,161 · Management $27,243 · Fundraising $57,812$209,216
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $111,794 · Management $24,657 · Fundraising $52,326$188,777
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $12,207 · Management $825 · Fundraising $3,464$16,496
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $26,973 · Management $1,822 · Fundraising $7,655$36,450
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $8,351$8,351
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $45,212 · Management $2,131 · Fundraising $25,006$72,349
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $318,938 · Fundraising $32,838$351,776
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $53,223 · Management $3,598 · Fundraising $17,552$74,373
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $33,297 · Management $2,250 · Fundraising $9,449$44,996
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $207,518 · Management $14,021 · Fundraising $74,547$296,086
IX-17 TravelPrograms $38,798 · Management $553 · Fundraising $2,148$41,499
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,882 · Management $330 · Fundraising $1,386$6,598
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $72,978 · Management $4,931 · Fundraising $20,710$98,619
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $864,660 · Management $32,151 · Fundraising $26,072$922,883
IX-24e All other expensesFundraising $32,251$32,251
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,557,864 · Management $466,036 · Fundraising $1,091,447$9,115,347
Part X · Balance sheet $23,814,456 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $279,924$139,767
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,029,674$4,107,444
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $150,102$21,455
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $153,231$103,113
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $28,080$21,483
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $11,417,439$19,421,194
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $17,058,450$23,814,456
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $389,093$320,935
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $2,154,051$2,006,664
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $535,273$862,258
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$508,487
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,078,417$3,698,344
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,374,875$9,202,187
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,605,158$10,913,925
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $13,980,033$20,116,112
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $17,058,450$23,814,456
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $20,116,112 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,673,315
XI-2 Total expenses$9,115,347
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,557,968
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$13,980,033
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$717,085
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$3,861,026
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$20,116,112

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