2026-03-08T13:43:16-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 742330479 CASI INC CASI 9362388440 129 MEMORY LN DIBOLL TX 75941 Michael Whitten Treasurer 9362388440 2026-02-27 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CASI James Burns 2575RS County Rd 1525 Point TX 754725031 311542 0 X WWW.CASICHILI.NET X 1983 TX OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE CHILI AND RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY. CHILI APPRECIATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, INC (CASI) SANCTIONS COOKOFFS AT WHICH FUNDS ARE RAISED FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. WE HOST AN ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR QUALIFYING COOKS, AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROVIDE GRANTS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. 11 11 0 600 29713 0 138712 129361 52144 60229 9023 4115 -10582 -14951 189297 178754 35600 48100 0 0 0 0 0 0 55940 126961 149962 162561 198062 26736 -19308 694381 674294 16336 15557 678045 658737 OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE CHILI AND RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY. CHILI APPRECIATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, INC (CASI) SANCTIONS COOKOFFS AT WHICH FUNDS ARE RAISED FOR CHARITIES. WE HOST AN ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR QUALIFYING COOKS, AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROVIDE GRANTS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. 0 0 31225 15100 22276 ASSISTANCE TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS. CASI MAKES GRANTS TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, CHARITABLE AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA OF THE COOKOFF, AS THE AREA IS A LOW INCOME COMMUNITY. 66418 33000 13308 ASSISTANCE TO DOMESTIC INDIVIDUALS. CASI GRANTS SCHOLARSHIPS ON A NATIONAL BASIS CURRENTLY PROVIDING $1,000 PER YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO APPROXIMATELY 30 STUDENTS. AT THE FIRST BOARD MEETING OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE GRANTED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. IN 2025, 7 SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED WHICH INCLUDES ONE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE VALEDICTORIAN AND THE SALUTATORIAN OF THE TERLINGUA HIGH SCHOOL AND 2 TRADE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS. A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS CAN BE APPLIED FOR BY ANY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING STUDENT. THE APPLICATION FORM IS POSTED ON THE CASI WEBSITE. APPLICANTS MUST FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND MAIL IT TO THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. THE APPLICATIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO REVIEW THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN RANK THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY BELIEVE THE SCHOLARSHIPS SHOULD BE GRANTED. THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN THEN TABULATES THE RESULTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS. 0 0 0 CASI PRODUCES A MONTHLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER THAT INFORMS THE MEMBERS OF UPCOMING COOKOFFS, COOKOFF RESULTS AND OTHER HAPPENINGS IN THE CHILI WORLD. OCCASIONALLY PRINTING AND POSTAGE EXPENSES OCCUR. REVENUES ARE FROM THE SALE OF ADVERTISING SPACE FOR COOKOFFS. 0 0 0 97643 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 X MIKE WHITTEN 9362388440 129 MEMORY LN DIBOLL TX 75941 X MELISSA PATE TALLYMASTER 16 0 X 0 0 0 TERRY PERKINS DIRECTOR 16 0 X 0 0 0 BETTY RAMIREZ DIRECTOR 16 0 X 0 0 0 RICK NEELY DIRECTOR 16 0 X 0 0 0 JESSIE WAGUESPACK DIRECTOR 16 0 X 0 0 0 AARON LARSON DIRECTOR 16 0 X 0 0 0 JAMES BURNS PRESIDENT 16 0 X 0 0 0 JEFF BAUER VICE PRESIDENT 16 0 X 0 0 0 HARRY BRITTAN SECRETARY 16 0 X 0 0 0 MIKE WHITTEN TREASURER 16 0 X 0 0 0 STEVE HERRIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 24 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 13450 0 0 0 115911 62940 129361 COOKOFF FEES 900099 25848 25848 0 0 INSURANCE REVENUES 900099 21073 0 21073 0 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 900099 13308 13308 0 0 0 0 0 0 60229 4115 0 0 4115 0 0 0 0 4355 0 0 4355 8640 0 0 0 8640 0 8640 0 8640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104842 0 132788 -27946 0 -27946 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 178754 39156 29713 -19476 15100 15100 33000 33000 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19468 15574 3894 0 7703 7703 0 0 0 0 0 0 6769 6769 0 0 2923 922 2001 0 0 0 0 0 9601 8353 1248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4996 999 3997 0 32262 0 32262 0 PRODUCTS & TROPHIES 55940 0 0 55940 POSTAGE & SHIPPING 7758 7758 0 0 PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS 1000 0 1000 0 PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS 1542 1465 77 0 198062 97643 44479 55940 506531 491440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 345511 168027 182480 177484 0 0 0 0 5370 5370 694381 674294 16336 15557 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16336 15557 X 388670 425019 289375 233718 678045 658737 694381 674294 -19308 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 101373 105895 126827 138712 129361 602168 106330 113562 107569 117899 104842 550202 40923 40421 40456 35584 39156 196540 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248626 259878 274852 292195 273359 1348910 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1348910 19807 16981 17408 24872 17110 96178 0 0 0 0 0 0 19807 16981 17408 24872 17110 96178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 268433 276859 292260 317067 290469 1445088 0.93344 0.92373 0.06656 0.07627 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 111815 0 111815 204561 0 138892 65669 0 0 0 0 20218 0 20218 0 8917 0 8917 0 177484 TERLINGUA INTERNATIONAL CHILI CHAMPIONSHIP 104842 0 104842 0 0 0 0 0 132788 0 0 104842 0 104842 0 0 0 0 0 132788 132788 -27946 Schedule G, Part II, Line 1 Receipts are from the the Terlingua International Chili Championship (TICC) held on the 1st Saturday in November each year. Receipts are a combination of scholarship related events, clothing sales, beverage sales, gate sales and ice sales at the event. Schedule G, Part II, Line 9 Other direct expenses are the expenses of the Terlingua International Chili Championship (TICC) held on the 1st Saturday in November each year. These expenses include security, radios, sound and band expenses, beverage and ice expenses, prizes and jackets for winners of the chili championship, contestant shirts, judges shirts, wrist band expenses, judging supplies, site cleanup and Brewster County local charities. 0 COLLEGE AND TRADE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED 30 33000 0 FMV Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 CASI DONATES TO SEVERAL BREWSTER COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS BREWSTER COUNTY, TERLINGUA EMS & VFD, TERLINGUA SCHOOLS, TERLINGUA AREA MATCHING PROGRAM AND TERLINGUA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NONE OF WHICH RECEIVED MORE THAN $5,000. X 7 62940 FMV 0 0 0 0 Schedule M, Part I The number in column b is the number of contributors who donated product for the Terlingua International Chili Championship. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS 537 ANNUAL MEMBERS WHO PAY A MEMBERSHIP FEE ANNUALLY AND 471 LIFE MEMBERS THAT PAID A ONE TIME FEE FOR A LIFE MEMBERSHIP. EACH MEMBER HAS THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES SUBJECT TO KEEPING THEIR DUES CURRENT FOR THE ANNUAL MEMBERS. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS HAVE A VOICE IN VOTING TO ELECT THE GOVERNING BODY BY BEING A MEMBER OF AN AFFILIATED INDEPENDENT CHAPTER OR POD. POD IS THE CHILI APPRECIATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL NAME FOR THE INDEPENDENT CHAPTER. THROUGH SUCH MEMBERSHIP, THE MEMBERS CAN VOTE FOR OFFICERS TO REPRESENT THE POD AT THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b INDEPENDENT CHAPTERS (PODS) IN GOOD STANDING ARE ALL PERMITTED TO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING CALLED THE GREAT PEPPERS MEETING. THE NAME OF WHICH ORIGINATED FROM THE BI NAME FOR THE CHAPTER PRESIDENTS: THE GREAT PEPPERS. DURING THE GREAT PEPPERS MEETING FOUR (4) NEW DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED BY SECRET WRITTEN BALLOT. THE TWO CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE MOST VOTES SERVE FOR THREE (3) YEAR TERMS. THE TWO REMAINING CANDIDATES SERVE FOR TWO (2) YEAR TERMS. AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS ELECTED IN A SEPARATE RACE TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 THE ADDRESSES OF THE DIRECTORS ARE LISTED ELSEWHERE (WWW.CASICHILI.NET) BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO OFFICE AT THE PROPERTY WE OWN. THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY IS 80 MARIPOSA MINE RD, TERLINGUA, TX Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE FORM 990 IS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE BYLAWS ARE POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND MAY BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC. THE UN AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE FOR ACCESS BY MEMBERS ONLY. THE POLICIES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS VIA THE PRESIDENTS (GREAT PEPPERS) OF THE LOCAL AFFILIATE INDEPENDENT CHAPTERS (PODS). Form 990, Part VIII, Line 8c RECEIPTS ARE FROM THE TERLINGUA INTERNATIONAL CHILI CHAMPIONSHIP (TICC) HELD ON THE 1ST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER EACH YEAR. RECEIPTS ARE A COMBINATION OF SCHOLARSHIP RELATED EVENTS, CLOTHING SALES, BEVERAGE SALES, GATE SALES AND ICE SALES AT THE EVENT. DIRECT EXPENSES ARE THE EXPENSES OF TICC WHICH INCLUDE SECURITY, RADIOS, SOUND AND BAND EXPENSES, BEVERAGE AND ICE EXPENSES, PRIZES AND JACKETS FOR WINNERS OF THE CHILI CHAMPIONSHIP, CONTESTANT SHIRTS, JUDGES SHIRTS, WRIST BAND EXPENSES, JUDGING SUPPLIES, SITE CLEANUP AND BREWSTER COUNTY LOCAL CHARITIES. TICC IS THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL CHILI CHAMPIONSHIP THAT IS THE CULMINATION OF THE YEAR'S SANCTIONED CHILI COOKOFF COMPETITIONS. SANCTIONED CHILI COOKOFF NET PROCEEDS FOR EACH EVENT ARE DEDICATED TO LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS CHOSEN BY EACH COOKOFF PROMOTER. THE CULMINATION OF THE PAST YEAR'S NET PROCEEDS DONATED WERE OVER $560,000. THESE FUNDS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CASI RETURN SINCE THE ORGANIZATION IS SIMPLY A SANCTIONING BODY AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE DONATED NET PROCEEDS. CASI DOES HAVE RULES UNDER WHICH THE COOKOFF MUST OPERATE IN ORDER FOR IT TO QUALIFY THE WINNERS TO EARN POINTS TOWARD COMPETING AT TICC. TICC IS LISTED AS A FUNDRAISING EVENT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, THE ORGANIZATION WOULD NOT HAVE THE VISIBILITY TO SECURE NATIONAL SPONSORS AND TO HAVE REGULAR CHILI COOKOFFS SO WELL ATTENDED. MONIES RAISED AT THIS EVENT ARE DEDICATED SOLELY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, TO FUND THE CASH PRIZES AWARDED AT THIS EVENT, SPONSORS WERE SOUGHT AND AGREED TO UNDERWRITE ALL CASH PRIZES AND MOST NON-CASH PRIZES AS WELL. CASH PRIZES ARE AWARDED ONLY FOR EVENTS DEDICATED TO FUNDRAISING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND WHICH IS WHY THE SPONSORS SO WILLINGLY PROVIDE THE FUNDS. THE WINNERS OF THE CHILI EVENT DO NOT RECEIVE ANY CASH PRIZES, BUT INSTEAD RECEIVE NON-CASH ITEMS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH COOKING CHILI. THE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS SET UP TO PROVIDE A FOUR YEAR, $1,000 PER YEAR SCHOLARSHIP. IN 2008 THE SCHOLARSHIP EXPANDED TO PROVIDE A TWO YEAR, $1,000 PER YEAR TRADE SCHOLARSHIP. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 30 STUDENTS RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.