2025-09-12T13:51:21-07:00 2025-04-30 990EZ 2024-05-01 042703613 MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOCIATION MASS 6038912484 Michael Urbonas 7 Spruce St Apt B Acton MA 01720 Robert Messenger Treasurer 6038912484 2025-09-12 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X www.masschess.org X X 106323 X 5685 92192 5622 2824 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106323 1700 0 3223 4530 37443 2375 40958 90229 16094 167915 -514 183495 X 165369 181669 0 0 3775 4148 169144 185817 1229 2322 167915 183495 To promote and encourage the game of chess. Adult tournaments. MACA held 7 adult tournaments during the fiscal year, with an average of 148 players at each tournament. The largest was the 92nd Massachusetts Open, which had 226 players. Most of these tournaments were open to both adults and children. MACA also purchased four DGT electronic chess boards to make it possible to broadcast the top games to the public. 0 56731 Scholastic tournaments. MACA held 12 scholastic tournaments during the fiscal year, with an average of 102 players at each tournament. The largest was the Hurvitz Cup, which had 217 players. 0 24566 Player travel. MACA paid $500 each to partially reimburse travel expenses for players representing Massachusetts in national tournaments. 1500 1500 Other programs. Other programs included prison chess, in which MACA mails books and magazines to prison inmates to encourage their interest in chess, a donation to The Tomorrow Fund, an organization dedicated to fighting cancer, and maintenance of the masschess.org website. 200 454 83251 Robert J King President 10 0 0 0 Matthew Phelps Vice President 5 0 0 0 Robert Messenger Treasurer, membership secretary, tournament chair, tournament director 20 0 0 0 Nicholas Sterling Clerk 5 0 0 0 Kateryna Odnorozhenko Director, women's chess coordinator 10 0 0 0 Dmitry Barash Director, scholastic chair, tournament director 15.00 0 0 0 Dustin Hopkins Director, website chair 10 0 0 0 Michael Urbonas Director, election chair 10 0 0 0 David Katsman Director 5 0 0 0 Elsie Smits Director, tournament director, election committee 7 0 0 0 Igor Klempf Director 5.00 0 0 0 Frank DelBomis Director, tournament director, tournament committee 7.00 0 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 990 10608 6367 6988 11307 36260 343 47477 77448 82502 92192 299962 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1333 58085 83815 89490 103499 336222 0 394 0 35 40 469 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 394 0 35 40 469 335753 4707 5798 2071 2507 2824 17907 0 0 0 0 0 0 4707 5798 2071 2507 2824 17907 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6040 63883 85886 91997 106323 354129 0.94811 0.91519 0.05057 0.06387 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 MACA paid partial reimbursement ($500 for each player) for players representing Massachusetts in national chess tournaments of state champions in various categories (youth and seniors). It donated $200 to the Tomorrow Fund, a non-profit fund fighting cancer. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other expenses included prizes, rating fees, and other tournament expenses, administrative expenses, insurance, website expenses, and affiliation fees. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Unrealized loss on investments. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Other assets include accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, DGT electronic chess boards, and $1 for round-off error. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Liabilities include accounts payable and unearned tournament revenue (entry fees for future tournaments).