2026-02-08T14:10:37-07:00 2025-09-30 990EZ 2024-10-01 846035965 Optimist Club of Wheat Ridge OPTI 7203529305 2130 Estes Street Lakewood CO 80215 Carma Lytle Treasurer 7203529305 2026-02-08 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.wheatridgeoptimist.org X X 83310 X 21623 16415 14000 3 0 0 0 0 31213 16182 15031 0 0 0 56 67128 17528 0 0 0 3945 0 36626 58099 9029 65311 0 74340 65311 74340 0 0 0 0 65311 74340 0 0 65311 74340 Child and Community Welfare Christmas Program: provides low income families in the local community with food, clothing and gifts for children and families at Christmas. During this year, 75 families and 250 children were served 0 7266 Junior Optimist programs: work with local elementary schools to create service activities for 4th and 5th graders. Called Junior Optimist clubs, the children hold fundraisers and then choose where to donate the funds based on research done by the students. 0 2007 Autism-the creation of Autism Rescue Kits, given to local area First Responders, for their work in the community with families who may have autistic children 0 10244 19517 Michael Cunningham Vice President 2 0 0 0 June Pooley Secretary 5 0 0 0 Carma Lytle Treasurer 5 0 0 0 Tony Carpenster Director 2 0 0 0 BJ Burleigh Director 2 0 0 0 Bill Cassel Director 2 0 0 0 Jack Chism Past President 2 0 0 0 Lucas Hunt Director 2 0 0 0 April Bodendorfer President 10 0 0 0 George Wheeler Director 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carma Lytle 2130 Estes Street Lakewood CO 80215 7203529305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carnation Festival 22682 0 22682 0 0 0 12222 0 2502 Online Auction 7229 0 7229 0 0 0 0 0 422 0 29911 0 29911 0 0 0 12222 0 2924 15146 14765 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Reimbursed Funds from OI Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Arvada/Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth scholarships-$750; Hugh O'Brien Youth scholarships-$800; Farmers 5000 support for local high school-$1,850; scholarships for local high school graduating seniors-$10,000; Colorado Cowboy Gathering presentation at elementary schools-$400; local high school STEM program-$1,000; local high school gifted & talented program-$1,000; local high school career explorer program-$1,000; local high school music programs-$500; local police department Halloween fund-$200; Rotary/Optimist/Kiwanis program for local shelters-$28 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Program Exp - $21,368; Admin Exp-$2,525; Membership exp-$3,767; Meetings Exp-$5,726; Marketing-$1,800; Other misc exp-$1,440