2024-10-31T16:48:43-04:00 2023-12-31 472461346 WELLS CPA LLC 215 N FRONT ST STE 110 COLUMBUS OH 43215 990EZ 2023-01-01 311118778 GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC GREA 6142141608 PO BOX 218131 COLUMBUS OH 43221 KATHERINE TUCKER TREASURER 7405916377 2024-10-31 false DONALD WELLS P01867509 6143968974 2024-10-31 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X WWW.COLUMBUSROWING.COM X X 169129 X 16403 58527 89218 3841 1140 169129 2240 11416 49790 71285 134731 34398 424750 4323 463471 X 236257 246281 214350 243047 450607 489328 25857 25857 424750 463471 X PROMOTE THE SPORT OF ROWING IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA AND AMATEUR COMPETITION REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY. PROMOTING THE SPORT OF ROWING GCRA'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE THE SPORT OF ROWING IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA BY PROVIDING ADULT ROWING OPPORTUNITIES FROM BEGINNER TO COMPETITIVE LEVELS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ROWING EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE FOR MEMBERS TO ROW, OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE HOSTING MULTIPLE LEARN TO ROW SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND OUR PARA-ADAPTIVE ROWING PROGRAM (PARP), BOTH OF WHICH PROVIDE ROWING INSTRUCTION TO ADULTS IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA. WE ALSO ORGANIZE AND PROVIDE TRANSPORT FOR MEMBERS TO COMPETE AT REGATTAS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. OUR MEMBER FEES SUPPORT THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND MEMBERS VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. IN 2023, THE ASSOCIATION CONTRACTED WITH A COACH TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO OUR FULL RANGE OF MEMBER SKILL LEVELS, FROM NOVICES TO THOSE WHO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. SMALL AND LARGE GROUP SESSIONS WERE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. THE COACH ALSO ASSISTED OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS BY LEADING OUR COMMUNITY INDOOR ROWING PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY LEARN TO ROW WORKSHOPS WHICH RESULTED IN INTRODUCING APPROXIMATELY 90 AREA ADULTS TO THE SPORT. APPROXIMATELY 40 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS CONTINUED WITH OUR COMMUNITY WINTER INDOOR TRAINING AT A NOMINAL FEE. 93743 EXPANDING PARTICIPATION THE 2023 LEARN TO ROW PROGRAM PROVIDED INTRODUCTORY ROWING INSTRUCTION TO MORE THAN 35 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALLOWING THEM TO GAIN ENOUGH COMPETENCE IN THE SPORT TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION TO CONTINUE THE LIFE-LONG SPORT OF ROWING. THIS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES STIPENDS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE AS COACHES AND COXSWAINS, AN EXPERIENCE THAT ALSO HELPS THEM TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS. GRADUATES FROM THE LEARN TO ROW PROGRAM WERE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE ASSOCIATION AT A 50% DISCOUNTED FEE. MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO PLAN, IMPLEMENT, COORDINATE, AND ASSIST THE LEARN TO ROW PROGRAM. 3934 ROWING OPPORTUNITIES THE ASSOCIATION HOSTED ITS ANNUAL SPEAKMON REGATTA IN 2023, WHICH SAW OVER 900 ATHLETES FROM 36 CLUBS ACROSS 8 STATES IN 386 RACE ENTRIES FOR FIVE- KILOMETER RACES IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES. THE REGATTA IS DESIGNED FOR JUNIORS, COLLEGIATE, MASTERS AND PARA-ADAPTIVE ATHLETES. THE ASSOCIATION EXPANDED EFFORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION THIS YEAR BY REDUCING THE EVENT TRASH FOOTPRINT, INCLUDING A WATER BOTTLE REFILL LOCATION TO DISCOURAGE THE USE OF SINGLE-USE WATER BOTTLES AND THE COLLECTION OF COMPOST AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. SIXTY-SEVEN MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 400 VOLUNTEER HOURS TO THE EVENT. TO HELP EXPAND THE SPORT OF ROWING TO A LARGER, MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE, GCRA ASSISTED A JUNIOR CLUB IN DAYTON BY PROVIDING A USED ROWING SHELL AT A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT. 18956 ADAPTIVE ROWING THE ASSOCIATION'S PARA-ADAPTIVE ROWING PROGRAM (PARP) IS A COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT INTRODUCES THE SPORT OF ROWING AND PROVIDES ONGOING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. THIS PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTEER EFFORT WITH MEMBER VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND ASSISTANCE BOTH ON AND OFF THE WATER AT BI-WEEKLY SESSIONS FROM MAY TO OCTOBER. IN THE WINTER MONTHS, PARP PARTICIPANTS TRAIN INDOORS. IN 2023, THIS PROGRAM TRAINED NINE TOTAL ATHLETES, INCLUDING ONE DISABLED VETERAN. PARP ATHLETES ALSO PARTICIPATED IN REGATTAS. OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS A FUNDRAISER FOR PARP, GCRA HOSTED A 4-DAY ROWING CAMP WITH A WORLD- RENOWNED ROWING COACH FOR 5 PARTICIPANTS. SEVERAL GCRA MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR PARP, BY SERVING CONCESSIONS AT COLUMBUS' RED, WHITE & BOOM INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION. FUNDRAISERS LIKE THESE ALLOW PARP TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PROGRAM ATHLETES AND TO PURCHASE NECESSARY ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROGRAM. IN RESPONSE TO A FIRE AT THE HILLIARD FOOD PANTRY, GCRA MEMBERS HELD AN INDOOR-ROWING CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PANTRY AS THEY REBUILT/RESTOCKED FROM THEIR LOSS, RAISING A TOTAL OF 1,050.00. GCRA CELEBRATED OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE ROW 2023. THE EVENT TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22, FOR MEMBERS TO ROW TOGETHER THEN GATHER FOR A SOCIAL PORTION OF THE EVENT, FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND INCLUSIVITY AS WELL AS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS. 18088 134721 SARAH STAFFORD PRESIDENT 6.00 0 PATRICK KIELTY VICE PRESIDE 5.00 0 KATHERINE TUCKER TREASURER 6.00 0 LARISSA WEST SECRETARY 3.00 0 SIGRID ECKHARDT DIRECTOR 2.00 0 CHARLIE GAGLIANO DIRECTOR 2.00 0 LAURIE GUNZELMAN DIRECTOR 2.00 0 JOHN KING DIRECTOR 2.00 0 CASEY MCKENNA-MONROE DIRECTOR 2.00 0 JAN RODENFELS DIRECTOR 2.00 0 false false false false false false false false false KATHERINE TUCKER PO BOX 218131 COLUMBUS OH 432218131 6142141608 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 19575 5446 14703 16920 16403 73047 148118 51646 133581 134466 147745 615556 2970 2970 167693 57092 151254 151386 164148 691573 12375 12375 12375 12375 679198 8242 3052 11 9 3841 15155 8242 3052 11 9 3841 15155 1670 1670 1140 1140 175935 60144 152935 151395 169129 709538 0.95720 0.98150 0.02000 0.02000 X PART III, LINE 12 1,140 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 1,140 TOTAL 1,140 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES BANK FEES 3,727 MISCELLANEOUS 500 INSURANCE 2,502 REPAIRS 6,583 EQUIPMENT 15,700 REGISTRATIONS 500 STORAGE 742 OFFICE SUPPLIES 44 ADAPTIVE ROWING EXPENSES 8,753 LTR EXPENSES 3,934 REGATTA ENTRY EXPENSES 9,345 SPEAKMON/MIDWEST EXPENSE 18,955 TOTAL 71,285 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20 ADJUSTMENTS AFTER FILING 990 4,323 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 FIXED ASSETS 0 427,370 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 0 225,884 BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ASSETS 214,350 42,061 UNCATEGORIZED ASSET 0 -500 TOTAL 214,350 243,047 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 LEASE OBLIGATION 25,857 25,857 FORM 990-EZ, PART III PROMOTE THE SPORT OF ROWING IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA AND AMATEUR COMPETITION REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 PROMOTING THE SPORT OF ROWING GCRA'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE THE SPORT OF ROWING IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA BY PROVIDING ADULT ROWING OPPORTUNITIES FROM BEGINNER TO COMPETITIVE LEVELS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ROWING EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE FOR MEMBERS TO ROW, OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE HOSTING MULTIPLE LEARN TO ROW SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND OUR PARA-ADAPTIVE ROWING PROGRAM (PARP), BOTH OF WHICH PROVIDE ROWING INSTRUCTION TO ADULTS IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA. WE ALSO ORGANIZE AND PROVIDE TRANSPORT FOR MEMBERS TO COMPETE AT REGATTAS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. OUR MEMBER FEES SUPPORT THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND MEMBERS VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. IN 2023, THE ASSOCIATION CONTRACTED WITH A COACH TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO OUR FULL RANGE OF MEMBER SKILL LEVELS, FROM NOVICES TO THOSE WHO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. SMALL AND LARGE GROUP SESSIONS WERE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. THE COACH ALSO ASSISTED OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS BY LEADING OUR COMMUNITY INDOOR ROWING PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY LEARN TO ROW WORKSHOPS WHICH RESULTED IN INTRODUCING APPROXIMATELY 90 AREA ADULTS TO THE SPORT. APPROXIMATELY 40 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS CONTINUED WITH OUR COMMUNITY WINTER INDOOR TRAINING AT A NOMINAL FEE. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 EXPANDING PARTICIPATION THE 2023 LEARN TO ROW PROGRAM PROVIDED INTRODUCTORY ROWING INSTRUCTION TO MORE THAN 35 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALLOWING THEM TO GAIN ENOUGH COMPETENCE IN THE SPORT TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION TO CONTINUE THE LIFE-LONG SPORT OF ROWING. THIS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES STIPENDS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE AS COACHES AND COXSWAINS, AN EXPERIENCE THAT ALSO HELPS THEM TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS. GRADUATES FROM THE LEARN TO ROW PROGRAM WERE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE ASSOCIATION AT A 50% DISCOUNTED FEE. MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO PLAN, IMPLEMENT, COORDINATE, AND ASSIST THE LEARN TO ROW PROGRAM. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 ROWING OPPORTUNITIES THE ASSOCIATION HOSTED ITS ANNUAL SPEAKMON REGATTA IN 2023, WHICH SAW OVER 900 ATHLETES FROM 36 CLUBS ACROSS 8 STATES IN 386 RACE ENTRIES FOR FIVE- KILOMETER RACES IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES. THE REGATTA IS DESIGNED FOR JUNIORS, COLLEGIATE, MASTERS AND PARA-ADAPTIVE ATHLETES. THE ASSOCIATION EXPANDED EFFORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION THIS YEAR BY REDUCING THE EVENT TRASH FOOTPRINT, INCLUDING A WATER BOTTLE REFILL LOCATION TO DISCOURAGE THE USE OF SINGLE-USE WATER BOTTLES AND THE COLLECTION OF COMPOST AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. SIXTY-SEVEN MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 400 VOLUNTEER HOURS TO THE EVENT. TO HELP EXPAND THE SPORT OF ROWING TO A LARGER, MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE, GCRA ASSISTED A JUNIOR CLUB IN DAYTON BY PROVIDING A USED ROWING SHELL AT A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 ADAPTIVE ROWING THE ASSOCIATION'S PARA-ADAPTIVE ROWING PROGRAM (PARP) IS A COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT INTRODUCES THE SPORT OF ROWING AND PROVIDES ONGOING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. THIS PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTEER EFFORT WITH MEMBER VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND ASSISTANCE BOTH ON AND OFF THE WATER AT BI-WEEKLY SESSIONS FROM MAY TO OCTOBER. IN THE WINTER MONTHS, PARP PARTICIPANTS TRAIN INDOORS. IN 2023, THIS PROGRAM TRAINED NINE TOTAL ATHLETES, INCLUDING ONE DISABLED VETERAN. PARP ATHLETES ALSO PARTICIPATED IN REGATTAS. OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS A FUNDRAISER FOR PARP, GCRA HOSTED A 4-DAY ROWING CAMP WITH A WORLD- RENOWNED ROWING COACH FOR 5 PARTICIPANTS. SEVERAL GCRA MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR PARP, BY SERVING CONCESSIONS AT COLUMBUS' RED, WHITE & BOOM INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION. FUNDRAISERS LIKE THESE ALLOW PARP TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PROGRAM ATHLETES AND TO PURCHASE NECESSARY ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROGRAM. IN RESPONSE TO A FIRE AT THE HILLIARD FOOD PANTRY, GCRA MEMBERS HELD AN INDOOR-ROWING CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PANTRY AS THEY REBUILT/RESTOCKED FROM THEIR LOSS, RAISING A TOTAL OF 1,050.00. GCRA CELEBRATED OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE ROW 2023. THE EVENT TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22, FOR MEMBERS TO ROW TOGETHER THEN GATHER FOR A SOCIAL PORTION OF THE EVENT, FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND INCLUSIVITY AS WELL AS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS.