2024-05-15T10:30:32-05:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 882265859 BALLERS & BOOKWORMS BALL 6097521021 3023 ROOSEVELT STREET WALL TOWNSHIP NJ 07719 ANTHONY C PATRAS TREASURER 9084611701 2024-05-15 ANTHONY PATRAS 999009999 0 0 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X TYLER KAZIO 3023 ROOSEVELT STREET WALL TOWNSHIP NJ 07719 50631 0 X BALLERSANDBOOKWORMS.ORG X 2022 NJ TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND ATHLETIC RESOURCES TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENT ATHLETES WITH LIMITED MEANS. 13 13 0 20 427 0 33380 17251 0 0 50631 10375 0 0 0 0 27220 37595 13036 7476 20512 0 7476 20512 X BALLERS & BOOKWORMS EXISTS TO ASSIST IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND ATHLETIC GROWTH OF STUDENT ATHLETES BY PROVIDING RESOURCES IN WHICH THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE MEANS OF ACQUIRING. EDUCATIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TUTORS IN ALL CLASS SUBJECTS FOR ITS ATHLETES AS WELL AS CAREER COACHING. ATHLETICALLY, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TRAINING AND SHOWCASE OPPORTUNITIES. TOGETHER WE STRIVE TO INCREASE STUDENT ATHLETE SKILLS ON AND OFF THE FIELD. 1 0 28662 10375 7876 2023 WAS A YEAR OF ACTION FOR THE ORGANIZATION. BALLERS & BOOKWORMS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT LACKED IN EQUIPMENT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE THEIR ATHLETES WHO THEMSELVES WERE UNABLE TO AFFORD ON THEIR OWN. BALLERS AND BOOKWORMS DONATED SHOES, CLEATS, FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT, AND BASEBALL EQUIPMENT TO LOCAL HIGHSCHOOLS AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY BASKETBALL HOOP TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. WITH THE ORGANIZATION STARTING IN LATE 2022, ONLY ABLE TO SOLICIT DONATIONS, THE MONEY WAS QUICKLY PUT TO WORK TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITIES. IN 2023 WE IDENTIFIED THREE STUDENT ATHLETES TO BE OUR INAUGURAL CLASS. EACH HAD ALLOWANCES TO BUY EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS AND WERE PROVIDED WEEKLY TUTORING SESSIONS. THE STUDENT ATHLETES HAD MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR GRADES, HAD REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THIER TUTORS TO DISCUSS THEIR STUDIES AND CAREER GOALS, GIVEN CHANNELS TO ATTEND NUMEROUS ATHLETIC TRAINING EVENTS AND SHOWCASES FOR PROSPECTIVE COLLEGE COACHES. 28662 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 PA CA X ANTHONY C PATRAS 9084611701 7 BALCHEN WAY ROCKAWAY NJ 07866 X TYLER KAZIO PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JULIAN VIERA DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MATT CARROLL DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHAZ HAYDEN DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING 1.00 X X 0 0 0 EMMA HUMPHREY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL CARREZOLA HEAD OF ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NICK USTER HEAD OF COLLEGE READINESS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANTHONY PATRAS TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE MACOMBER SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TYLER DAVIS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICK MCFARLANE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RACHEL ORNSTEIN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RUCHI PATEL TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE STIO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATINA GEORGE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL PALMER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33380 33380 SPELLING BEE 900099 9375 9375 TRIVIA NIGHT 900099 7449 7449 PICTURES WITH SANTA 900099 427 427 17251 50631 16824 427 0 1000 1000 9375 9375 2114 880 1234 447 447 525 525 3422 122 3300 PROGRAM EXPENSES 17285 17285 FILING FEES 2327 2327 MISCELLANEOUS 1100 1100 37595 28662 8933 0 7476 20512 7476 20512 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 7476 20512 7476 20512 7476 20512 13036 0 X 0 0 0 X 7534 50204 57738 7534 50204 57738 15808 41930 57738 427 0.72620 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 SCHOLARSHIPS 9375 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 BALLERS & BOOKWORMS DURING ITS FIRST ACTIVE YEAR OF SERVICES IDENTIFIED STUDENT ATHLETES TO HELP WITH THEIR STUDIES THROUGH THE USE OF TUTORS AND CAREER COACHES AND TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR ATHLETIC ABILITIES THROUGH COACHING, TRAINING, CAMPS, AND SHOWCASES. IN 2023 BALLERS & BOOKWORMS HOSTED THEIR FIRST INAUGURAL SPELLING BEE FOR PARTICIPATING GRADE SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 TYLER KAZIO (PRESIDENT) AND JULIAN VIERA ARE COUSINS. TYLER KAZIO (PRESIDENT) AND STEPHANIE STIO (TRUSTEE) ARE COUSINS THROUGH MARRIAGE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 TO BE PREPARED BY THE TREASURER AND REVIEWED BY THE OFFICERS PRIOR TO COMPLETION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C IN THE EVENT THAT THE BOARD SHOULD ESTABLISH THAT A PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT ESTABLISHES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE BOARD SHALL THEN PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: A) AN INTERESTED PERSON MAY MAKE A PRESENTATION AT THE APPLICABLE BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT AFTER THE PRESENTATION, HE OR SHE SHALL LEAVE THE MEETING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF, AND THE VOTE ON, THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT INVOLVING THE POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. B) THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE SHALL, IF APPROPRIATE, APPOINT A DISINTERESTED PERSON OR COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. C) AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE, THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER BALLERS & BOOKWORMS CAN OBTAIN WITH REASONABLE EFFORTS A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT FROM A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT WOULD NOT GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. D) IF A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IS NOT REASONABLY POSSIBLE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT PRODUCING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL DETERMINE BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS WHETHER THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IS IN THE CORPORATION/ORGANIZATION'S BEST INTEREST, FOR ITS OWN BENEFIT, AND WHETHER IT IS FAIR AND REASONABLE. IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ABOVE DETERMINATION IT SHALL MAKE ITS DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.