Blue Chip Athletics

“Grants and similar amounts paid Memberships/Dues that were covered by the organization due to failure to pay or short # required players: $6582 $988: 11u team (Adrieana Figueroa) $281: 12u team (Brinley Catt) $987: 14u team(Josie Bartlett) $1000: 18u team (Mia Evans) $4326: 18u team (short players - so no fees recouped)”

“Description;Amount^Fees for Apps and Banking;614|Insurance;1068|Indoor and outdoor practice facility rental;15065|GRIT Memberships for players;13850|Uniforms;18141|Coach unpaid volunteers expenses including hotel for tournaments;8395|Coach background checks and team sanctioning fees;460|Team Equipment;5980|Team bonding and team gifts;4863|Tournaments;16165^Total;84601^”

“Accomplishment 1 Promote Youth Sports - Blue Chip Athletics covered any player commitment fee where the player and their family were not able to. This impacted 4 of our 6 teams. This also included covering the 18u team where they didn't have enough paid players and had to pick up subs regularly. Accomplishment 2 Further promote the development of leadership, character, sportsmanship, tolerance, discipline, and athletic ability - through competing in tournaments which includes, tournament fees, uniforms, insurance, coach hotels/expenses (unpaid volunteers). All girls were impacted by this accomplishment. We utilize indoor facilities in the winter to drill down on techniques and improve softball skills. We have our older teams help at practices with our younger teams so that we can grow skills like leadership and mentorship. In addition to softball skills, we also do some bonding time like our Holiday Party. The girls play fun games and interact with each other outside of the softball world. Accomplish 3 Nurture youth fitness, volunteerism, and a lifelong love of sports through indoor & outdoor facility rentals, GRIT Memberships, Team Equipment, and Team Bonding. During the season and offseason we spend a lot of time at the fields and at the GRIT facility. Teams invite girls outside of their own team to join them for additional reps. Our pitchers and catchers put in extra work outside of team practice. We encourage them to extend invites to age appropriate teams so they can pitch to live batters (pitchers, catchers, and batters all benefit from this practice).”

“We changed the name from SI Missfitz to Blue Chip Athletics. This has already been processed through the IRS but it occurred after the 2023 tax filing.”