2025-09-18T18:00:05Z 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 272995670 OUTRIGHT YOUTH OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC OUTR 0000000000 1331 4th St Dt NWSte I HICKORY NC 28601 Jeff Helgerson Board Treasurer 0000000000 2025-09-18 true 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X Inc 78530 X 46900 0 0 227 0 0 0 0 31403 10675 20728 0 0 0 0 67855 0 0 78017 2414 22098 833 11770 115132 -47277 97936 0 50659 X 97936 66379 0 0 0 674 97936 67053 0 16394 97936 50659 Provide safe place for LGBTQIA youth Provide safe and accepting atmosphere for youth to promote self-respect and growth Suicide prevention and removal from abusive environments 0 0 Sarah Sakatos Executive Director 40.00 50000 0 0 William Long President 0.00 0 0 0 Jeff Helgerson Board Treasurer 0.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false NC Jeff Helgerson 1331 4th Street Drive NW Suite I HICKORY NC 28601 7744020938 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 93472 83446 87551 88865 46900 400234 31403 31403 93472 83446 87551 88865 78303 431637 431637 227 227 431864 1 0 X 93472 83446 87551 88865 78530 431864 93472 83446 87551 88865 78530 431864 431864 227 227 227 227 93472 83446 87551 88865 78757 432091 1 0 0 0 X 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Signature Event 31403 0 31403 0 0 0 0 350 10325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31403 0 31403 0 0 0 0 350 10325 10675 20728 Schedule O: Depreciation from 4562 - 46 Travel conference - 649 Group activities - 1994 Advertising - 336 Dues/Subscriptions - 932 Insurance - 1774 Communications - 2585 Supplies - 3333 Background check - 108 Software - 803 Misc - 820 Furniture and Fixtures: 0 - 323 Sales tax collectible: 0 - 351 Credit Card balance: 0 - 16394 In 2023 the organizations prior Executive Director was terminated due to poor performance It was later discovered that they had failed to complete the organizations 2023 tax filings and this information was not properly communicated during the leadership transition When this was identified the new leadership team made every effort to secure an accountant to complete both the 2023 and 2024 filings However because this issue arose during peak tax season we were unable to find an accounting firm willing to accept a new nonprofit client at that time We continued to search and ultimately secured a CPA to prepare the necessary returns Unfortunately when the CPA attempted to submit the filings electronically they were repeatedly rejected When mailed the returns were returned to us as IRS regulations require these forms to be filed electronically At that point we conducted research on the proper filing process and have since successfully filed the 2023 return We are now in the process of filing the 2024 return ourselves with documents that were prepared by a licensed CPA The organization takes its compliance obligations seriously and has implemented new oversight measures to ensure timely and accurate filings in the future We are also actively working to secure a permanent accounting partner to prevent recurrence of this issue We respectfully request that this reasonable cause for late filing be accepted as the delay resulted from circumstances outside of the current leaderships control and has since been corrected through diligent effort and corrective action