2025-08-12T14:21:22-04:00 2024-09-30 834556713 MCMILLEN & COMPANY PLLC 2812 W COLORADO AVE SUITE 200 COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80904 990 2023-10-01 840619411 AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC AMER 5409074460 520 WILLIAM STREET SUITE D FREDERICKSBURG VA 22401 BETH SPILMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5409074460 2025-08-15 true true LANE SW MCMILLEN P01426981 7199220064 2025-08-12 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z BETH SPILMAN 520 WILLIAM STREET SUITE D FREDERICKSBURG VA 22401 2617272 false X WWW.AMERICANCANOE.ORG X 1927 VA WE BUILD INCLUSIVE PADDLING COMMUNITIES, SUPPORT EXCELLENCE, AND FOSTER SAFETY AND STEWARDSHIP THROUGH PADDLESPORTS EDUCATION, COMPETITION, AND RECREATION. 12 12 19 1000 0 742004 981821 1380690 1425358 3876 6035 13584 198424 2140154 2611638 17606 31093 0 648639 775326 0 0 1445407 1538383 2111652 2344802 28502 266836 3195138 3583433 217142 313167 2977996 3270266 A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION PROMOTING ALL ASPECTS OF PADDLING SAFETY, EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION, STEWARDSHIP, AND COMPETITION. false false 639303 20988 729134 MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT: WE SUPPORT OUR 15,000 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND 300 AFFILIATED PADDLING ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE, ORGANIZING EVENTS AND RACES, AND SUPPORTING STEWARDING AND PUBLIC POLICY EFFORTS ON ISSUES THAT PADDLERS CARE ABOUT. 469819 121740 SAFETY EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION: ACA IS RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AS THE PREEMINENT SOURCE OF PADDLING EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION FOR THE FULL RANGE OF PADDLERS FROM RECREATIONAL THROUGH MASTERY LEVEL. OUR PROGRAMS HELP ADVANCE THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR A SAFE EXPERIENCE WHILE KAYACKING, CANOEING, STANDUP PADDLEBOARDING, RAFTING AND SURF KAYAKING. AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR SEI EFFORT IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF PADDLING SAFETY-RELATED GRANTS FROM THE US COAST GUARD. 1021760 10105 574484 COMPETITION: IN 2017, ACA WAS GRANTED NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY STATUS BY THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR THE DISCIPLINES OF CANOE SPRINT, SLALOM AND PARACANOE. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE DEVOTED FINANCIAL AND STAFF RESOURCES TO MANAGING TEAM SELECTIONS, ADMINISTERING TEAM PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTING TEAMS WHEN THEY COMPETE NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. 2130882 true true false false false false false false false false true true false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 19 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false true true true true true false true true true true true true true true false false false VA NC CA CO PA NJ NY WA X X THE ORGANIZATION 5409074460 520 WILLIAM STREET SUITE D FREDERICKSBURG VA 22401 DAVID LUMIAN CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 BEVERLY COSSLETT VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SUZANNE BRITT TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT KAUFFMAN SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RISA SHIMODA DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 HUNTER BRANSTETTER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNA LEVESQUE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ZACH LOKKEN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 THOM CROCKETT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JACK WALLACE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 KENNY KASPERBAUER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREA WHITE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BETH SPILMAN EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 115000 0 755 115000 755 1 false false false 358537 623284 30000 981821 MEMBERSHIP DUES 711300 850874 850874 OTHER FEES 711300 509805 509805 DIVISION REVENUE 711300 53199 53199 SANCTIONING 711300 11480 11480 1425358 2346 2346 725 725 3689 3689 3689 3689 15811 5634 10177 10177 GAIN ON INSURANCE CLAIM 713990 188338 188338 OTHER INCOME -816 -816 187522 2611638 1623057 6760 31093 31093 115755 86816 28939 561056 454271 106785 47011 48446 -1435 51504 42671 8833 385 385 13283 13283 214971 200189 14782 196433 196433 23368 22395 973 54785 45670 9115 29027 23075 5952 319817 319159 658 4749 4228 521 2019 2019 119635 119600 35 EVENTS 262799 262799 CAMPS AND COMPETITIONS 92341 92341 EQUIPMENT 48088 47421 667 CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FE 40269 30516 9753 116414 103374 13040 2344802 2130882 213920 0 1221571 1519264 2822 37657 3641 7456 51762 49977 1728880 15618 1659987 1713262 157763 189072 97592 66745 3195138 3583433 55160 110289 64390 136133 97592 66745 217142 313167 X 2666542 2971540 311454 298726 2977996 3270266 3195138 3583433 266836 25434 X false true X true false X 951840 684405 584491 742004 981821 3944561 744578 1287804 1488791 1402356 1628691 6552220 1696418 1972209 2073282 2144360 2610512 10496781 10496781 2326 10468 3532 2127 3071 21524 2326 10468 3532 2127 3071 21524 1698744 1982677 2076814 2146487 2613583 10518305 0.99800 0.99780 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1659221 1659221 32639 15618 17021 1676242 USOF INVESTMENT 172373 F USOF INVESTMENT- HAVENS ACCOUNT 16699 F 189072 LEASE LIABILITY 66745 66745 X 2698117 25434 61045 86479 2611638 2611638 2405847 61045 61045 2344802 2344802 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE ASSOCIATION QUALIFIES AS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 501 (C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS NOT SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX. ACCORDINGLY, NO INCOME TAX PROVISION HAS BEEN RECORDED. THE ASSOCIATION'S FORM 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX, IS SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY VARIOUS TAXING AUTHORITIES, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF FILING. MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. X APPAREL 1 30000 false false false SCHEDULE M, PAGE 2, PART II NUMBER OF ITEMS RECEIVED REPRESENTS NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 THE ACA MEMBERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A THE ACA MEMBERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B CHANGES TO BYLAWS AND SOME OTHER GOVERNANCE-RELATED DOCUMENTS, SALES OF ACA-OWNED PROPERTY AND CHANGES TO MEMBERSHIP DUES STRUCTURE MUST BE APPROVED BY MEMBERSHIP. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' TREASURER AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE ACA HAS AN ANNUAL DISCLOSURE MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND EACH INDIVIDUAL MUST SIGN A DISCLOSURE FORM. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERING DOCUMENTS ARE POSTED ON OUR PUBLIC WEDISTE AND CAN BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE.