Accept The Challenge
Accept The Challenge
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About this organization
Mission
The Accept The Challenge Mission is to respond to our nation’s number #1 health risk, “childhood obesity,” by empowering youth, with accurate nutrition and exercise knowledge, and teaching them how to apply this knowledge to socially change the way they choose food and exercise to improve their health and change their lives. Our Goal is to ensure that all children can be exposed to accurate nutrition and exercise knowledge to improve their health.
About
Accept The Challenge served 40 counties within Arizona, California, Illinois and West Virginia reaching approximately 43,700 underserved children in grades 1st thru 12th providing nutrition and exercise programs.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission is outlined in the filing as being “Provide nutrition and exercise programs & materials, interactive dvds along with lesson plans to schools, organizations and families to help children/adults prevent obesity/diabetes.”.
When outlining its responsibilities, they were referred to as: “Provide nutrition and exercise programs & materials, interactive dvds along with lesson plans to schools, organizations and families to help children/adults prevent obesity/diabetes.”.
- The state in which the non-profit operates has been officially reported as AZ.
- As per the non-profit's form for 2020, they have 0 employees on their payroll.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$41,356.
- The CEO compensation scheme within the organization is not based on a review and endorsement by an impartial party.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 3 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1995.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $66,000 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has a business related family member transaction.