2025-03-11T09:27:20-07:00 2024-04-30 561793406 Apple Koceja & Associates CPAS PA 445 Dolley Madison Road Ste 202 Greensboro NC 27410 990 2023-05-01 370980742 American Baseball Coaches Association AMER 3368213142 4101 Piedmont Parkway No C Greensboro NC 27410 Craig Keilitz Executive Director 2025-03-11 true true Jonathan L Apple CPA P00018416 3368544277 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Craig Keilitz 4101 Piedmont Parkway No C Greensboro NC 27410 5151841 false X www.abca.org X 1945 NC To improve the level of coaching in amateur baseball 40 40 10 215 0 1089030 1116699 3013888 2937403 9542 38537 3191 2508 4115651 4095147 32500 33000 0 1757779 2069604 0 0 1625918 1600393 3416197 3702997 699454 392150 6084756 7050050 513592 754541 5571164 6295509 THE PURPOSES OF THE AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION INCLUDE: TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN THE COACHING OF BASEBALL. TO PROMOTE ALL ASPECTS OF THE GAME OF AMATEUR BASEBALL. TO PROMOTE THE GAME OF BASEBALL, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE MISSION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. TO FOSTER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR SPORTS COMPETITION IN THE SPORT OF BASEBALL. TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP IN BASEBALL WITHIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN THE VARIOUS AMATEUR BASEBALL ORGANIZATIONS. TO ASSIST IN THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AMATEUR BASEBALL COACHES. TO ASSIST IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BASEBALL IN COOPERATION WITH ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR GOALS. TO DISSEMINATE EDUCATIONAL BASEBALL INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND ALLIED GROUPS AS NECESSARY. TO ENGAGE IN BASEBALL-RELATED ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE REPRESENTED MEMBERSHIP. TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOREGOING FOR EDUCATIONAL, NON-PROFIT PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE(S) 501(C)(3). false false 1686113 33000 2222784 Clinic Events: The ABCA hosts 5 clinic events around the U.S. on an annual basis to teach coaching methods and techniques to coaches of youth, high school and college baseball teams. The ABCA Convention is the world's largest baseball coaching clinic. The convention clinics promote education and training in coaching, leadership, sportsmanship, and ethics with 6758 coaches attending in 2024, out of 15159 active member coaches for the fiscal year ending 4/30/24, during which 23 well-known clinic speakers provided presentations to the attendees in the general session for three days. The ABCA also ran a Youth Coaches Clinic during the Convention which was attended by about 800 coaches for 14 sessions during two days, and the ABCA Expo Theater included 20 additional educational presentations during the Convention. The ABCA Regional Coaching Clinics are one-day events are conducted around the country and average 60 coaches in attendance. The clinic presentations are similar to those conducted at the annual convention. The ABCA sponsors youth clinics at the NAIA and NJCAA World Series, involving over 500 young people each. The ABCA also provides a grant to International Sports Group, which conducts educational coaching clinics around the world, as well as Turn Two for Youth, which provides used baseball equipment to children in need. 819408 652819 Publications and Websites: "Inside Pitch Magazine" is the Official Magazine of the ABCA, continued with six issues annually. It is mailed to all current ABCA member coaches featuring baseball coaching articles, articles about the game in general, association and membership updates, legislation, and issues involving the game of baseball. The ABCA primary website (www.abca.org) is a helpful, informative tool to coaches. From 5/1/23 to 4/30/24, the ABCA received 2,246,302 page views for an average of 187,191 page views per month. The website contains more than 800 educational videos, information about ABCA/Human Kinetics books, a podcast, and other coaching resources. The "My ABCA" mobile app which has since had more than 14,000 individual ABCA members download and log in since its launch in 2019. The app contains coaching resources, articles and instructional videos as well as access to ABCA events and membership information. 246057 61800 Awards to members: ABCA awards include the Hall of Fame; Lefty Gomez Award; Ethics in Coaching Award; Head Coaches of the Year, Assistant Coaches of the Year Award; Youth Baseball Service Award, Travel Baseball Service Award, Century Club Awards; and Lifetime Membership Awards. Award programs to serve amateur baseball include selection of the national players of the year, All-America, All-Region and Gold Glove Teams from each division: NCAA I, II, and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division and high school, collegiate conference champions, as well as regional and national coaches of the year and Team Academic Excellence Awards from each of the aforementioned divisions. 2751578 true false false false false false false false false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 11 0 true 10 false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 40 40 true false false false false true true true true false false false false false false true true false X Jon Litchfield 3368213142 4101 Piedmont Parkway Suite C Greensboro NC 27410 Craig Keilitz 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charity of the ABCA. TTFY collects used baseball gear, cleans/repairs it, and distributes it to children who are not able to afford it. The ABCA's involvement included a grant from the ABCA to TTFY and the ABCA encourages all members to host events to collect equipment donations for TTFY.International Sports Group (ISG) conducts baseball coaching clinics throughout the world, similar to clinics the ABCA hosts in the USA. The purpose of the grant is to expose baseball coaches around the world to proper baseball teaching information through clinics similar to the ones conducted by the ABCA. X true false X false false false false false false false false false Abjuahn Clark Assist Exe Dir 143995 18719 8268 170982 Craig Keilitz Executive Dir. 718769 42900 11094 772763 Jon Litchfield Deputy Exe Dir 171382 22403 6662 200447 Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Dave Keilitz and Craig Keilitz have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Members are involved in the election process. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b Some decisions are subject to approval of members. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The ABCA Standing Committee reviews all compensation on an annual basis and makes recommendations which are subject to approval by the Board of Directors. They do general research about compensation of non-profit leaders and college athletics administrators to inform their decisions but do not have a formal process. They do not necessarily research similar positions in North Carolina. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The ABCA Standing Committee reviews all compensation on an annual basis and makes recommendations which are subject approval by the Board of Directors. They do general research about compensation of non-profit leader and college athletics administrators to inform their decisions but do not have a formal process. They do not necessarily research similar positions in North Carolina. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Documents required to be open to public review are available upon request.