2025-01-14T13:00:06-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 593485350 FAMILIES & FRIENDS REACHING FOR THE ABILITIES INC FAMI 9316079703 1065 N Paul Dr Inverness FL 34453 Dawn Thomas Treasurer 9316079703 2025-01-14 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X X X X 55111 X 50689 0 3830 592 0 0 0 0 0 17498 -17498 0 0 0 0 37613 0 0 0 0 18185 1154 4719 24058 13555 114110 0 127665 X 59296 56025 125000 125000 0 0 184296 181025 70186 53360 114110 127665 To help developmentally disabled adults in Citrus County by providing information to parents and care givers (education), by providing quality of life, socialization skills, and welfare and safety for intellectually challenged persons. Top Hat is one of the biggest fund raisers as well as a community outreach for our members with disabilities. The members participate in ballroom dance lessons for 10-12 weeks at the end of which Top Hat is held. The formal dance is comprised of Big Band, Dance Cards, Sale of reserved seating, advanced ticket sales, dance programs, and advertisement. The dance is a public event. Members get to demonstrate their dance moves and have the opprotunity to dance with the public. The money raised goes to support all FFRA members. It keeps the resource center open where member can engage in educational and informational programs. Members have the chance to go on outings, participate in crafts, have movie and bingo afternoons. They also learn skills in home care and maintenance. 35 members participated in the dancing, others helped with the various parts of setting up and breaking down the event. 0 3897 Halloween Drive Thru is the largest of the FFRA's fundraisers. Held Friday and Saturday closest to Halloween, it is open to the community to take part in as well as just drive through. The community is invited to set up "scare" stops along the route, the cars drive thru the display and vote on the scariest/best stop, each car receives an Ad bag and a bag of candy. At the end of the two nights, the votes are tallied and a "Scare stop" winner is chosen. Prize money is then awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place. The members of the FFRA help to promote, set up, and run the event. As with the above , all proceeds go to benefitting the disabled adult members in our organization. They have a chance to work alongside members of the community furthering their social interactions, and they have a chance to go to programs with the monies earned. 0 1688 Art Gala is an event we hold each year that showcases the paintings and artwork of our members. It is also opened to disabled adults in surrounding counties. Those members interested in art are given art lessons from local artist and teachers. At the end of 6-8 weeks the FFRA host an Art Gala in which the paintings are hung, exhibited, and judged by independent artist. At the Gala, our members walk around serving canapes and hors d oeuvres to the public that has been invited to the event. They are able to communicate with the public and answers questions about their artwork. Awards are given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The people cast a ballot for People's Choice award. There are 33 painters. The donations made go to further all the disabled adults in the organization. 0 1950 At the end of each year we hold a Christmas Party for our members and their families. The party consists of a sit down meal, dance floor, and a visit from Santa. It is a time all of us share in celebrating our kids, and the organizations' commitment to making their quality of life and welfare better. The expense for the disabled members, parents and friends pay for their own, venue, food and drink (non alcoholic) and gratuity, dance floor and DJ. 0 6669 14204 Mary Ellen Richmond President 15 0 0 0 Mary Louise Shiver Vice President 12 0 0 0 Paul Thomas Secretary 15.00 0 0 0 Dawn Thomas Treasurer 15 0 0 0 Carla Stewart Boardmember 12 0 0 0 David Stewart Boardmember 12 0 0 0 Virgilee Thomas Boardmember 12 0 0 0 Gordon Ratliff Boardmember 8 0 0 0 Ursula Ratliff Boardmember 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FL Dawn Thomas 1065 N Paul Dr Inverness FL 34453 9316079703 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 54519 54519 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54519 54519 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54519 592 592 0 0 0 0 0 0 592 592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55111 55111 0.98926 0 0.01074 0 X Top Hat 13621 0 13621 0 0 700 200 2480 517 Halloween Drive Through 11048 0 11048 0 0 0 292 0 1396 0 24669 0 24669 0 0 700 492 2480 1913 5585 19084 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Part I #16 Other Expenses Education Supplies $151 Meeting Expenses $278 Software, website $416 Organization Shirts $1408 Resource Center Supplies $1305 Administrative $1161 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Resource Center mortgage loan $53360 Hurricane Debby, Hurricane Helen, Hurricane Milton. Also the Director of Operations Suffered a severe stroke. He was helping me to file this form as I had never done it before.