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Nonprofit · EIN 37-0980742

AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES

Tax-exempt · HIGH POINT, NC 27265

Financials

$4.1M$3.4M2022$4.1M$3.7M2023$4.7M$4.2M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
April 30, 2025990$4,721,100$4,235,183$485,917$7,879,271$1,277,030$6,602,241
April 30, 2024990$4,095,147$3,702,997$392,150$7,050,050$754,541$6,295,509
April 30, 2023990 (amended)$4,115,651$3,416,197$699,454$6,084,756$513,592$5,571,164
Financial details: 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,049,733
Membership dues
$1,049,733
Program service revenue
$3,463,091
Investment income
$205,684
Royalties
$2,592
Net gain from sales of assets
$66,046
Other revenue
$2,592

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$33,000
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,428,313
Other salaries and wages
$463,137
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,221,358
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$1,258
Accounting fees
$15,073
Occupancy
$32,508
Travel
$272,371
Depreciation
$23,021
Program services (functional)
$3,171,880
Management and general (functional)
$1,063,303

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$7,050,050
Total assets, end of year
$7,879,271
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,277,030
Net assets, end of year
$6,602,241
Land, buildings and equipment
$614,349
Publicly traded securities
$5,764,233
Net assets without donor restrictions
$6,602,241
Gross receipts
$5,584,301
Employees
9
Volunteers
222
Year formed
1945
State of legal domicile
NC

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 April 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Craig KeilitzExecutive Dir.
Officer
40$871,812$57,181
Jon LitchfieldDeputy Exe Dir
Officer
40$185,990$29,425
Abjuahn ClarkAssist Exe Dir
Officer
40$153,790$27,407
Kurt D BirkinsAssist Exe Dir
Officer
40$130,000$22,858
David AltoppBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Duane BanksBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Scott BerryBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ed BlankmeyerBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jim CahillBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John CaseyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Tim CorbinBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ed FlahertyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Stu FritzBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Chris PollardBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Danny HallBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
28 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Bob HannahBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Rick HittBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Bill HolowatyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Mark JohnsonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Rob HahneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Dave KeilitzBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
John KolasinskiBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Kerrick JacksonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Keith MadisonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Rich MaloneyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
John McCormackBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Dan McDonnellBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Pat McMahonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Tim MeadBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Jeff MesserBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Matt NooneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Tom O'ConnellBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Scott LavertyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Francis PittaroBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Ron PolkBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Gary PullinsBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
John SchalyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Jim SchlossnagleBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Kent ShelleyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Steve SmithBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Jeff WillisBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Bob WarnBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
Bob WhalenBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0
990 for the year ended April 30, 2024: 44 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Craig KeilitzExecutive Dir.
Officer
40$718,769$53,994
Jon LitchfieldDeputy Exe Dir
Officer
40$171,382$29,065
Abjuahn ClarkAssist Exe Dir
Officer
40$143,995$26,987
David AltoppBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Duane BanksBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Scott BerryBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ed BlankmeyerBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jim CahillBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John CaseyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Tim CorbinBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ed FlahertyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Stu FritzBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Charlie GreeneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Danny HallBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bob HannahBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Rick HittBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bill HolowatyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Mark JohnsonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Rob HahneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Dave KeilitzBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John KolasinskiBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Kerrick JacksonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Keith MadisonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Rich MaloneyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Gene McArtorBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John McCormackBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Dan McDonnellBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Pat McMahonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Tim MeadBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jeff MesserBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Matt NooneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Tom O'ConnellBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Scott LavertyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Francis PittaroBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ron PolkBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Gary PullinsBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John SchalyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jim SchlossnagleBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Kent ShelleyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Steve SmithBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jeff WillisBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bob WarnBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bob WhalenBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Michael OdomAssist Exe Dir
Officer
40$0$0
990 for the year ended April 30, 2023: 44 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Craig KeilitzExecutive Dir.
Officer
40$811,471$50,128
Jon LitchfieldDeputy Exe Dir
Officer
40$153,183$26,381
Abjuahn ClarkAssist Exe Dir
Officer
40$127,355$24,370
Michael OdomAssist Exe Dir
Officer
40$123,661$24,965
David AltoppBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Duane BanksBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Scott BerryBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ed BlankmeyerBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jim CahillBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John CaseyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Tim CorbinBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ed FlahertyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Stu FritzBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Charlie GreeneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Danny HallBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bob HannahBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Rick HittBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bill HolowatyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Mark JohnsonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Rob HahneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Dave KeilitzBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John KolasinskiBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Kerrick JacksonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Keith MadisonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Rich MaloneyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Gene McArtorBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John McCormackBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Dan McDonnellBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Pat McMahonBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Tim MeadBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jeff MesserBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Matt NooneBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Tom O'ConnellBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Scott LavertyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Francis PittaroBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Ron PolkBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Gary PullinsBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
John SchalyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jim SchlossnagleBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Kent ShelleyBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Steve SmithBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Jeff WillisBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bob WarnBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
Bob WhalenBoard member
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
4101 PIEDMONT PKWY STE C, HIGH POINT, NC 27265-9745
In care of
% DAVE KEILITZ
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Craig Keilitz, 4101 Piedmont Parkway No C, Greensboro, NC 27410
Signed the 990
Craig Keilitz, Executive Director
Phone
(336) 821-3142
Return prepared by
Apple Koceja & Associates CPAS PA

Mission

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).

990 for the year ended April 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Clinic Events: The ABCA hosts 6 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 5616 coaches attending in 2025, out of 14,655 active member coaches for the fiscal year ending 4/30/25, 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 13 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, and runs one free clinic at an inner-city location each year. 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.
    Expenses $1,986,270 · grants $33,000 · revenue $2,629,058
  • 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 5/1/24 to 4/30/25, the ABCA received 2,343,894 page views for an average of 195,325 page views per month. The website contains more than 1,000 educational videos, information about ABCA/Human Kinetics books, a podcast, and other coaching resources. The "My ABCA" mobile app has had more than 20,000 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.
    Expenses $925,148 · revenue $696,062
  • 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.
    Expenses $260,462 · revenue $38,000

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 April, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025April 30, 2026September 15, 2026Not on file
2024April 30, 2025September 15, 2025990 on file
2023April 30, 2024September 16, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
37-0980742
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1995
Accounting year ends
April
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$7,879,271
Income (IRS master file)
$5,584,301

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990April 2025$4,721,100$4,235,183$7,879,271XML
990April 2024$4,095,147$3,702,997$7,050,050XML
990April 2023$4,115,651$3,416,197$6,084,756XML
990April 2022$3,634,442$3,151,952$5,378,130IRS
990April 2021–––IRS
990April 2020–––IRS
990April 2019–––IRS
990April 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 37-0980742).

Questions about AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES

What is the EIN of AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES is 37-0980742.
Is AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1995.
Are donations to AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES 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 AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending April 30, 2026) is due September 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended April 2025.
Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES?
The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 names Craig Keilitz.
Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES?
The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 lists 43 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $871,812 (Craig Keilitz, Executive Dir.).
How much revenue does AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES have?
On its 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,721,100, expenses of $4,235,183 and total assets of $7,879,271 at year end.

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