FIGHTING CHANCE INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: FIGHTING CHANCE INC (EIN 02-0536388)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-06-12
IRS object ID: 202411649349301546
Schema version: 2023v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-06-12T13:56:08-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	112883699	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SABEL & OPLINGER CPA PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	106 Prospect St	AddressLine1Txt
City	Southampton	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11968	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	020536388	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FIGHTING CHANCE INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FIGH	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6317253300	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1358	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAG HARBOR	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11963	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DUNCAN DARROW	PersonNm
Person Title	Chairman & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2024-06-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	DUNCAN	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	DARROW	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ROBERT J STREBEL CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00435213	PTIN
Phone	6312832370	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1358	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAG HARBOR	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11963	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$691,910	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.FIGHTINGCHANCE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2001	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	FIGHTING CHANCE IS A HOT LINE-TYPE COUNSELING CENTER, FOR THE NON-MEDICAL LIFESTYLE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER, AS WELL AS AN INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE AND RESOURCE CENTER. THE CENTER IS LOCATED IN SAG HARBOR, NY, AND PROVIDES SERVICES TO CANCER PATIENTS, AND THOSE THAT CARE FOR THEM, IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	18	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	25	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$324,861	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$469,536	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,841	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$6,554	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$28,052	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$98,505	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$356,754	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$574,595	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$393,282	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$339,919	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$26,659	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$243,772	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$230,767	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$637,054	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$570,686	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$280,300	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,909	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$573,231	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$620,153	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$26,321	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$64,963	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$546,910	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$555,190	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	FIGHTING CHANCE IS A HOT LINE-TYPE COUNSELING CENTER, FOR THE NON-MEDICAL LIFESTYLE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER, AS WELL AS AN INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE AND RESOURCE CENTER. THE CENTER IS LOCATED IN SAG HARBOR, NY, AND PROVIDES SERVICES TO CANCER PATIENTS, AND THOSE THAT CARE FOR THEM, IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$480,531	ExpenseAmt
Desc	FIGHTING CHANCE PROVIDES COUNSELING FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, HOTLINE, AND CONFERENCE CENTER.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$480,531	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	10	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	18	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd
Other	Yes (X)	OtherInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DUNCAN DARROW	PersonNm
Phone	6317253300	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1358	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAG HARBOR	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11963	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
KATHLEEN MULCAHY
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$100,000	$0	$0
DUNCAN DARROW
Chairman & CEO	30.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$65,000	$0	$0
MEREDITH DARROW
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
TIM DAVIS
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SUSAN DAVIS
Director	12.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
GEOFFERY LYNCH
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BRIAN BRADY
Director	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
WILLIAM HARDIE III
Director	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILL EVANS
Director	0.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DAVID KELLEY
Director	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JOE IALACCI
Director	0.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
STUART SCHOENER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JAY IRELAND
Director	0.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ERROL D TOULON JR
Director	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ROMAN ROTH
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
RAY SMITH
Director	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
VALERIE IRELAND
Director	0.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
CHRIS CAREY
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$165,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$2,500	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$467,036	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$469,536	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,071	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$7,071	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$56,460	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$56,977	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$517	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$517	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$517	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$158,843	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$60,338	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$98,505	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$574,595	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$517	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$7,071	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$165,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$165,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$164,648	TotalAmt
Program Services	$164,648	ProgramServicesAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,271	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,271	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,011	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,011	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,040	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,040	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,750	TotalAmt
Management And General	$18,750	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,483	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,187	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,648	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,648	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,318	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,590	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,432	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,296	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,396	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,916	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,240	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,240	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,642	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,314	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$664	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$664	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,930	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$822	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,465	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,509	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,585	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,755	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROGRAM SERVICES	$15,221	$15,221
UTILITIES	$11,540	$9,232	$1,154	$1,154
MEALS AND ENTERTINMENT	$3,062	$2,450	$306	$306
BANK FEES	$1,238	$263	$844	$131

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$570,686	TotalAmt
Program Services	$480,531	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$63,496	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$26,659	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$121,019	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,388	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,175	BOYAmt
EOY	$67,243	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,372	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,279	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,827	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,954	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$348,170	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$164,975	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$191,410	BOYAmt
EOY	$183,195	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$167,455	BOYAmt
EOY	$215,121	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,973	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,973	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,000	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$573,231	BOYAmt
EOY	$620,153	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,621	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,963	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,700	BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$42,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,321	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,963	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$546,910	BOYAmt
EOY	$555,190	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$546,910	BOYAmt
EOY	$555,190	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$573,231	BOYAmt
EOY	$620,153	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$3,909	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$4,371	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$416,135	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$351,513	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$339,730	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$324,861	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$469,536	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,901,775	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$416,135	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$351,513	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$339,730	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$324,861	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$469,536	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,901,775	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$284,010	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,617,765	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,392	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$14,804	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$14,821	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$38,017	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,939,792	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.83400	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.83390	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$126,264	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$111,610	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$14,654	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$21,138	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$20,778	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$360	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$200,768	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$32,587	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$168,181	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$183,195	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
ROU asset	$49,000
Security deposits	$3,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$52,000	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OPERATING LEASE	Desc
Amt	$42,000	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$42,000	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$645,904	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$4,371	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$6,600	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$60,338	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$71,309	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$574,595	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$574,595	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$637,624	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$6,600	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$60,338	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$66,938	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$570,686	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$570,686	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	The Board established a general endowment fund to support the mission of the Organization. Since that amount resulted from an internal designation it is not donor-restricted. The Board is in the process of developing a philosophy as these funds are Board restricted and not intended for operations. As the funds are unavailable for operational use, it is not included as cash and cash equivalents.
Part X : FIN48 Footnote	The Organization is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. However, income from certain activities not directly related to the Organization's tax-exempt purpose is subject to taxation as unrelated business income. In addition, the Organization qualifies for the charitable contribution deduction under Section 170(b)(1)(A) and has been classified as an organization other than a private foundation under Section 509(a)(2) .There was no unrelated business income for the year ended December 31, 2023. Accordingly, no provision for Federal or State income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, no amounts have been recognized for uncertain income tax positions. The Organizations tax returns for the year 2020 and forward are subject to the usual review by the appropriate taxing authorities.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	SPECIAL EVENTS $60338
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	SPECIAL EVENTS $60338

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	SUMMER GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$67,358	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$67,358	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$24,256	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	BOATERS AGAINST CANCER	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$27,194	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$27,194	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$2,706	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	3	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$63,221	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$63,221	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$16,645	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$157,773	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$157,773	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$43,607	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$43,607	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$114,166	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LAW OFFICE OF D DARROW	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	OWNED BY CEO	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$65,000	TransactionAmt
Transaction	SVCS PROV AS DEVEL DIR	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2	THERE ARE THREE RELATED PARTIES ON THE BOARD OF FIGHTING CHANCE.SUE DAVIS IS MARRIED TO TIM DAVIS.DUSHY ROTH IS MARRIED TO ROMAN ROTH AND MEREDITH DARROW IS THE NIECE OF DUNCAN DARROW.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	FORM 990 IS GIVEN TO THE FINANCE COMMITTE FOR APPROVAL. THE FINANCE COMMITTE APPROVES THE 990 AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 990. THE BOARD RECEIVES A COPY OF FORM 990 AND THEN VOTES ON APPROVING THE FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	THE BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY. ALL NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO REVEIW AND SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a	ALL PROPSECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND FIGHTING CHANCE FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES TO FIGHTING CHANCE AND TO FAMILIARIZE THE PROSEPCTIVE BOARD MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FIGHTING CHANCE. THE CANDIDATE THEN UNDERGO A VETTING PROCESS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD VOTES TO APPROVE ALL NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b	ALL PROPSECTIVE EMPLOYEES ARE INTERVIEWED FIRST BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD MEMBER AND THEN BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. COMPENSATION IS THEN DETERMINED BY COMPARABLE SALARIES IN INDUSTRY. INCREASES ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD USING COMPARABLE SALARIES.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18	www.GuideStar.org MAINTAINS COPIES OF FILED FORM 990 FOR THE ORGANIZATION FOR EACH YEAR
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FORM 990, AND AUDITED FINANCIALS OF FIGHTING CHANCE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS COPIES OF THEM IN WRITING.