2024-09-14T10:57:51-07:00 2024-04-30 990EZ 2023-05-01 042703613 MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOCIATION MASS 6038912484 c/o BCC 35 Kingston St Unit 1 Boston MA 021112223 Robert Messenger Treasurer 6038912484 2024-09-14 0 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X www.masschess.org X X 91997 X 1003 82502 5985 2507 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91997 1000 0 1595 690 34296 3805 34741 76127 15870 152253 -208 167915 X 150544 165369 0 0 3103 3775 153647 169144 1394 1229 152253 167915 To promote and encourage the game of chess. Adult tournaments. MACA held 6 adult tournaments during the fiscal year, with an average of 156 players at each tournament. The largest was the 91st Massachusetts Open, which had 254 players. Most of these tournaments were open to both adults and children. 0 45917 Scholastic tournaments. MACA held 11 scholastic tournaments during the fiscal year, with an average of 104 players at each tournament. The largest was the Winter Team Challenge, which had 259 players. 0 21832 Prison chess. MACA mailed chess books to prison inmates to encourage their interest in chess. 0 1993 Other programs. Other programs included player travel, in which MACA paid travel expenses for players traveling to invitational chess tournaments; the Living Memorial Chess Fund, which provided chess sets for a school chess program; and the masschess.org website. 1000 1398 71140 Andrew Hoy President, budget chair, website designer 15 0 0 0 Steven Winer Vice President, communications chair 2 0 0 0 Robert Messenger Treasurer, membership secretary, tournament chair, tournament director 20 0 0 0 Jeffrey Caruso Clerk, parliamentarian, election chair (died in June 2023) 1 0 0 0 Alonzo Ross Clerk, election chair 4 0 0 0 Dmitry Barash Director, scholastic chair, tournament director 10 1315 0 0 Latanya Sweeney Director, league director 4 0 0 0 Nicholas Sterling Director, tournament director 4 410 0 0 Yi Wang Director, tournament director 2 0 0 0 Elsie Smits Director 2 0 0 0 Igor Klempf Director, email blasts 3 0 0 0 Nadezda Kosintseva Director, women's chess coordinator 2 0 0 0 Frank DelBomis Director, tournament director 3 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Robert Messenger 4 Hamlett Dr Apt 12 Nashua NH 03062 6038912484 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 17915 990 10608 6367 6988 42868 39030 343 47477 77448 82502 246800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56945 1333 58085 83815 89490 289668 0 0 394 0 35 429 6050 0 0 0 0 6050 6050 0 394 0 35 6479 283189 4680 4707 5798 2071 2507 19763 0 0 0 0 0 0 4680 4707 5798 2071 2507 19763 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61625 6040 63883 85886 91997 309431 0.91519 0.84116 0.06387 0.13626 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 MACA paid $500 per player in travel expenses for Massachusetts state champions in various age categories to play in a nation-wide invitational tournament of state champions. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other expenses included cash prizes, trophies, rating fees, publicity, internet expenses, service fees, and affiliation dues. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Other changes in net assets included ab unrealized capital loss on investments and $1 for round off error. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Other assets include accounts receivable and prepaid expenses. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Liabilities include accounts payable, unearned revenue, and entry fee credits.