Team Activities for Special Kids
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Annual Report
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Donor Privacy
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Team Activities for Special Kids meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"To enrich and nurture the lives of children with special needs by providing opportunities for them to participate in sports, recreation and social activities."
Year, State Incorporated:
2003, MO
Also Known As:
TASK
TASK is a recreational league created for kids with special needs, any special need, to come together and play a variety of sports and socialize with friends while increasing self-esteem. Participants involved with our program have included individuals challenged by physical impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments, speech/language impairments, learning disabilities, mental disabilities, Down syndrome, behavior concerns, seizure disorders, attention deficit disorders and/or autism. Everyone is welcome at TASK. TASK's objective is to give special needs athletes an accepting and supportive place to play. It currently offers more than 15 sports and social opportunities to over 700 participants at various sites throughout the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan area, and it continues to grow. It strives to promote self-esteem, physical coordination, cooperation skills and other critical life skills for TASK participants. Program goals include: Enhance self-esteem, Develop self-confidence, Increase motivation, Provide modified team/individual sports, Build sports skills and overall physical fitness, Teach sportsmanship, Encourage and increase social interaction, Create team spirit, Adaptations and modifications are provided as necessary during each activity, in order to create success. It believes that building self-esteem will build self-confidence, which in turn will build skills. The skills learned at TASK carry over into the everyday lives of our participants.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, Team Activities for Special Kids's program expenses were:
| Programs | $561,822 |
| Total Program Expenses | $561,822 |
Chief Executive
Debra Fruend, Executive Director
Compensation*
$54,230
Chair of the Board
Beth Diveley
Board Size
14
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, 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 Team Activities for Special Kids's unaudited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Special Events | $300,960 |
| Team Activities | $281,995 |
| Other | $53,309 |
| Interest Income | $26,480 |
| Rental Income | $18,088 |
| Grants | $15,000 |
| Sale of Fixed Asset | $2,000 |
| Total Income | $697,832 |
Programs: 80% Fundraising: 13% Administrative: 7%
| Total Income | $697,832 |
| Total expenses: | $700,098 |
| Program expenses | $561,822 |
| Fundraising expenses | $89,035 |
| Administrative expenses | $49,241 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-2,266 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $4,698,832 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $4,696,566 |
| Total Liabilities | $392,115 |
| Total Assets | $5,088,681 |
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Report completed by:
BBB of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois