Sports Challenge
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
TO ENCOURAGE, EDUCATE, AND EQUIP STUDENT-ATHLETES AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND SMU TO BE DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS AND TO REACH THEIR FULL SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL.
- Income
- $183,391
- Spending
- $97,962
- Reserves
- 29.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $83,777, executive di
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $78,950 spent. DUE TO THE FACT THAT JIM HAS TURNED 81, AND IS FIGHTING STAGE 4 THYROID CANCER AND STAGE 4 PROSTATE CANCER, FACETIME AND ZOOM HAVE BECOME THE MAJOR SOURCES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRESENT AND PAST ATHLETES AND COACHES IN HIS DEEP RELATIONSHIP CIRCLE ON MOST DAYS. ALSO MORE AND MORE MEMBERS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPORTS MENTORS CONTINUE TO COME TO HIM FOR MENTORING. IN ADDITION, OTHER SPORTS MINISTRY LEADERS CHOSE TO DRAW ON HIS SIX PLUS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN MENTORING HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETES. HE HAS RECENTLY BEEN RECOGNIZED AS BEING ONE OF TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE THE PIONEERS OF SPORTS MINISTRY ON THE COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS. JIM HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED BACK THE PUBLISHING RIGHTS TO HIS BOOK, THE POWER OF ONE-ON-ONE, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY BAKER BOOKS IN 2014. IT HAS NOW BEEN WIDELY ACCEPTED, ADAPTED AND PUBLISHED IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES. THE BOOK REVEALS THE PROVEN PRINCIPLES JIM HAS USED OVER SIX DECADES TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS IN A ONE-ON-ONE SETTING ON HOW TO UTILIZE THE PRINCIPLES JESUS USED TO CHANGE THE WORLD. FROM THOSE MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE JIM HAS LEARNED THAT ATHLETES WILL NOT REVEAL THE DEEPEST ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES IF A TEAMMATE OR SOMEONE ELSE IS INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATIONS. THEREFORE, HE PROVIDES A SAFE, PERSONAL SETTING FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MEET WITH HIM, ALLOWING THEM TO FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS WITH WHICH THEY MIGHT BE STRUGGLING SPIRITUALLY, WITH FAMILY ISSUES, IN THEIR SPORT OR IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH A SIGNIFICANT OTHER.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1996.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Caution.
California's Attorney General lists its registration as revoked as of December 31, 2006. Organizations on this list may not solicit donations in California.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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