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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2025 Expires: December 2027

Play to Your Strengths

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(612) 888-7095
6527 Claymont Village Dr.
Crestwood, KY, 40014
https://playtoyourstrengths.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Play to Your Strengths meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
To inspire youth to thrive in life as they discover and play to their strengths.

Year, State Incorporated:
2016, MN

Play To Your Strengths partners with schools, foster care institutions, and youth organizations to offer strengths-based retreats, clubs, internships, and coaching to empower young people to grow in confidence, resilience, and develop positive growth mindsets.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Play to Your Strengths's program expenses were:

Program services $96,469
Total Program Expenses $96,469

Chief Executive
Steve Gahagen, Founder and Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Timothy Bailey

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired Vice Chairman and Chief Credit Officer, NYSE

Board Size
6

Method(s) Used:
Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Play to Your Strengths's IRS Form 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Program service revenue $40,134
Contributions, gifts, grants $35,395
Total Income $75,529

Programs: 71% Fundraising: 8% Administrative: 21%

Total Income $75,529
Total expenses: $135,154
  Program expenses $96,469
  Fundraising expenses $10,201
  Administrative expenses $28,484
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-59,625
Beginning Net Assets $78,848
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $19,223
Total Liabilities $1,793
Total Assets $21,016
The above program, administrative, and fundraising expense totals are from Play to Your Strength's internal financial documents.

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