Is it real?
Yes. Exemption reinstated (2013-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2013.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
46 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
11 people listed on the 990-T.
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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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Sanctions chili cookoffs, raising funds for charities and awarding scholarships.
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Assistance to domestic individuals. Casi grants scholarships on a national basis currently providing $1,000 per year scholarships to approximately 16 students. At the first board meeting of each fiscal year, the board authorizes the number of scholarships to be granted for the current year.
Assistance to domestic organizations. Casi makes grants to local schools, charitable and governmental organizations in the area of the cookoff, as the area is a low income community.
Casi publishes a monthly newspaper that informs the members of upcoming cookoffs, cookoff results and other happenings in the chili world. Printing and postage expenses occur occasionally. Revenues are from the sale of advertising space for cookoffs.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990-T, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $179K | $198K | −$19K | $659K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $189K | $163K | $27K | $678K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $176K | $165K | $10K | $651K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $161K | $147K | $14K | $641K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $182K | $143K | $39K | $627K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $92K | $105K | −$13K | $588K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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