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Optimist International

21006 Gilmer County Oc Georgia
  • Ellijay, GA
  • Tax-exempt since July 1958
  • EIN: 90-0897488

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Civic leagues, social welfare organizations and local associations of employees, created to promote community welfare for charitable, educational or recreational purposes.

Category: Community Improvement, Capacity Building / Community Service Clubs (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are not tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$63.1k (2023)

Expenses
$41.1k (2023)

Total Assets
$67.3k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$46.1k (2023)

Years with missing data
Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2013 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$63,083
Expenses
$41,097
Net Income
$21,986
Net Assets
$21,198
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,618
8.9%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $54,974
87.1%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $67,260
Total Liabilities $46,062
Net Assets $21,198
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Martin Titus (President) $0 $0
Amy Cheslock (Secretary) $0 $0
Trent Sanford (Treasurer) $0 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 14, 2024

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$42,270
Expenses
$39,056
Net Income
$3,214
Net Assets
$33,518
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,419
12.8%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $34,580
81.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $44,273
Total Liabilities $10,755
Net Assets $33,518
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Rebecca Harrell (President) $0 $0
Kim Sproull (Secretary) $0 $0
Trent Sanford (Tresurer) $0 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$44,030
Expenses
$43,874
Net Income
$156
Net Assets
$4,467
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $42,265
96.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $32,113
Total Liabilities $27,646
Net Assets $4,467

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$38,931
Expenses
$38,331
Net Income
$600
Net Assets
$4,801
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $37,353
95.9%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $9,641
Total Liabilities $4,840
Net Assets $4,801

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$11,862
Expenses
$11,546
Net Income
$316
Net Assets
$4,445
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $10,453
88.1%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,545
Total Liabilities $4,100
Net Assets $4,445

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$9,627
Expenses
$6,591
Net Income
$3,036
Net Assets
$4,129
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $4,153
43.1%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $1,144
11.9%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,129
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $4,129

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$3,918
Expenses
$4,024
Net Income
-$106
Net Assets
$1,074
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,613
41.2%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,074
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $1,074

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$2,316
Expenses
$2,218
Net Income
$98
Net Assets
$169
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $951
41.1%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $169
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $169

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$4,514
Expenses
$3,131
Net Income
$1,383
Net Assets
$980
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $2,794
61.9%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $980
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $980

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

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