Nonprofit · EIN 34-1886744
GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC
Tax-exempt · AKRON, OH 44314
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,148,612 | $949,896 | $198,716 | $743,590 | $0 | $743,590 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $951,970 | $986,595 | -$34,625 | $539,649 | $0 | $539,649 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $854,506 | $880,932 | -$26,426 | $574,274 | $0 | $574,274 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $554,816
- of which government grants
- $115,237
- Program service revenue
- $544,898
- Investment income
- $17,354
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$30
- Net income from fundraising events
- $31,544
- Other revenue
- $31,544
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $103,746
- Other salaries and wages
- $472,463
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $632,002
- Professional fundraising fees
- $24,013
- Accounting fees
- $21,460
- Occupancy
- $1,976
- Travel
- $13,928
- Depreciation
- $22,747
- Program services (functional)
- $755,318
- Management and general (functional)
- $115,391
- Fundraising (functional)
- $79,187
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $539,649
- Total assets, end of year
- $743,590
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $743,590
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $87,303
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $710,730
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $32,860
- Gross receipts
- $1,249,088
- Employees
- 43
- Volunteers
- 31
- Year formed
- 1999
- State of legal domicile
- OH
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF O'BRIEN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $103,746 |
| VICTORIA FERRISE | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RICK DODSON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| OLIVIA HOCHSCHWENDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TREVOR JONES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KEMP BOYD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT GERBERRY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES SKAKUN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF SHEEKS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN MISHEFF | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROSEMARY HICKIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON LISOWSKI | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL ROBINSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN FALLIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE GRECZANIK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATT CONSIDINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELISE CUDDY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS ORCUTT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CASEY SCHRADER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN SHEEKS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF O'BRIEN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $99,262 |
| VICTORIA FERRISE | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RICK DODSON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| OLIVIA HOCHSCHWENDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TREVOR JONES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KEMP BOYD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT GERBERRY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES SKAKUN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF SHEEKS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN MISHEFF | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROSEMARY HICKIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON LISOWSKI | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL ROBINSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN FALLIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE GRECZANIK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATT CONSIDINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELISE CUDDY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS ORCUTT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CASEY SCHRADER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RJ NEMER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF O'BRIEN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $93,600 |
| MITCHEL KRITZELL | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| VICKY FERRISE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FREDERICK DODSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| OLIVIA HOCHSCHWENDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KEMP BOYD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT GERBERRY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES SKAKUN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF SHEEKS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN MISHEFF | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROSEMARY HICKIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELLIS JONES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON LISOWSKI | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT NEMER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL ROBINSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN FALLIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE GRECZANIK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TREVOR JONES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2000 S HAWKINS AVE, AKRON, OH 44314-2530
- In care of
- % THOMAS G KNOLL STARK & KNOLL
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JEFF O'BRIEN, 2000 SOUTH HAWKINS AVE, AKRON, OH 44314
- Signed the 990
- JEFF O'BRIEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (330) 375-2638
- Website
- HTTPS://FIRSTTEEAKRON.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- 415 GROUP INC
Mission
TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF KIDS IN GREATER AKRON BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT BUILD CHARACTER AND INSTILL LIFE-ENHANCING VALUES THROUGH THE GAME OF GOLF.
Program accomplishments
- FIRST TEE - GREATER AKRON IS ONE OF 150 FIRST TEE CHAPTERS ACROSS THE U.S. AND SELECT INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS. FIRST TEE IS A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT USES THE GAME OF GOLF TO TEACH KIDS/TEENS LIFE SKILLS. BY SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING THE GAME OF GOLF WITH A LIFE SKILLS CURRICULUM, WE CREATE ACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT BUILD INNER STRENGTH, SELF-CONFIDENCE AND RESILIENCE THAT KIDS CAN CARRY TO EVERYTHING THEY DO. OUR WORK AT FIRST TEE IS NOT ABOUT IMPROVING YOUR GOLF SCORE IT'S ABOUT STRENGTHENING WHAT YOU BRING TO EVERYTHING YOU DO, INCLUDING GOLF!WE BELIEVE EVERY KID DESERVES THE CHANCE TO BUILD INNER STRENGTH BEFORE THE WORLD DEMANDS IT, TO FIND THE JOY THAT COMES WITH FEELING CONFIDENT IN THEIR OWN SKIN BEFORE THE WORLD MAKES IT FEEL IMPOSSIBLE, AND TO ACCESS EXPERIENCES AND SPACES WHERE PERSONAL GROWTH HAPPENS. WE EXIST TO ENABLE KIDS TO BUILD THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER THAT EMPOWERS THEM THROUGH A LIFETIME OF NEW CHALLENGES.KIDS BECOME A BETTER VERSION OF THEMSELVES WHEN THEY HAVE THE SPACE TO BE WHO THEY ARE, SURROUNDED BY PASSIONATE PEOPLE WHO GUIDE THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF. IN SUMMIT COUNTY WE BUILD THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES THROUGH 7 PROGRAM LOCATIONS (MUD RUN, TOPGOLF AKRON, OHIO GOLF CLUB, BROOKLEDGE, RAINTREE, LAKE ANNA YMCA AND RIVERFRONT YMCA), 66 SCHOOL PROGRAM PARTNERS (29 OF WHICH ARE APS) AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS (AKRON COMMUNITY CENTERS, TIRETOWN GOLF CLUB, AKRON URBAN LEAGUE AND MANY MORE).AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE IMPACTED 21,803 KIDS/TEENS IN 2025!Expenses $355,969 · revenue $82,813
- MUD RUN - OPERATION OF MUD RUN GOLF COURSE, OPERATIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FACILITY USAGE. THE FACILITIES PROVIDE US WITH A LOCATION TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH.Expenses $399,349 · revenue $462,085
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 34-1886744
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Recreation and sports (N6A)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $743,590
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,249,088
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,148,612 | $949,896 | $743,590 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $951,970 | $986,595 | $539,649 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $854,506 | $880,932 | $574,274 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $954,755 | $843,090 | $597,873 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 34-1886744).
Questions about GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC
- What is the EIN of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC is 34-1886744.
- Is GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JEFF O'BRIEN.
- Who are the officers and directors of GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 20 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $103,746 (JEFF O'BRIEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVLPT INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,148,612, expenses of $949,896 and total assets of $743,590 at year end.
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