GRAND BALL OF ALABAMA INC: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization: GRAND BALL OF ALABAMA INC (EIN 63-0924560)
Tax period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed: 2026-04-28
IRS object ID: 202601189349300130
Schema version: 2025v4.1
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-04-28T08:46:44-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	424623136	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Ted W Gates	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2410 Nero Rock Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Eclectic	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36024	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	630924560	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Grand Ball of Alabama Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% Jill C Bryan	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	GRAN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3347998646	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 240032	AddressLine1Txt
City	Montgomery	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36124	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JILL C BRYAN	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3347998646	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-04-25	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TED GATES	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P03103220	PTIN
Phone	3344678088	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-04-28	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2025	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	Jill Bryan	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 240032	AddressLine1Txt
City	Montgomery	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36124	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$206,356	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.thegrandballofalabama.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1970	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Sponsoring an annual social event	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$146,733	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$158,009	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$33,028	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$48,347	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$179,761	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$206,356	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$196,391	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$204,810	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$196,391	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$204,810	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$16,630	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,546	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets EOY	$0	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$137,653	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$136,107	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-$137,653	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-$136,107	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Sponsoring an annual social event	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$204,810	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$206,356	RevenueAmt
Desc	The Grand Ball of Alabama held its annual ball in December 2025. There were approximately 1,000 people in attendance, including members, guests and young ladies being presented.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$204,810	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
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	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	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	false	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
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
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	11	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
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	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Initiation Fees And Cap Contri	$158,009	InitiationFeesAndCapContriAmt
Gross Receipts For Public Use	$0	GrossReceiptsForPublicUseAmt
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	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	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	Yes (true)	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jill Bryan	PersonNm
Phone	3347998646	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 240032	AddressLine1Txt
City	Montgomery	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36124	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Owen Aronov
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Hammond Cobb
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Christopher Weller
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jill Bryan
Executive Director	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Victoria Ficklin
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brittney Gardner
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Barrett Gilbreath
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Anthony Leigh
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jill Mastin
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jessica Taylor
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Frank Thomas
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Stewart Vance
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
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
Membership Dues	$158,009	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$158,009	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Invitations	900099	$27,347	$27,347
Presentation Fees	900099	$21,000	$21,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$48,347	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

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

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$206,356	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$48,347	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,488	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,488	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,152	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,152	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,560	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,560	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,342	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,342	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,805	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,805	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$574	TotalAmt
Program Services	$574	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Ball Expenses	$136,658	$136,658
Charitable Contributions	$9,500	$9,500
Miscellaneous	$3,731	$3,731

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$204,810	TotalAmt
Program Services	$204,810	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

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

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$153	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,072	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,500	BOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$130,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$127,035	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$137,653	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,107	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$137,653	BOYAmt
EOY	-$136,107	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$137,653	BOYAmt
EOY	-$136,107	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,546	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a	Proposed new directors are sponsored by an existing director and approved by the remaining directors.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	The Form 990 is reviewed and approved by at least one director. A complete copy of this Form 990 is made available to all members of its governing body.
Form 990 availability to public Part VI line 18	The Form 990 is made available to the public upon request.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	Governing documents are made available to the public upon request.
List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g	Administrative Expenses $26,000.00