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· Public charity

United States Bowling Congress Inc

To develop interest and participation in the sport of bowling, overseeing competition, and providing programs and services to its membership.

$667k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$164k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$2.0MHealth$1.1MArts & Culture$835k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $397,199, the rows itemized in this filing. The $667,070 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $269,871 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $293k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$158M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC$163,944
NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC$129,255
PENNSYLVANIA STATE USBC$10,000
WISCONSIN STATE USBC$10,000
NEW YORK STATE USBC$10,000
ILLINOIS STATE USBC$10,000
CALIFORNIA STATE USBC$10,000
MICHIGAN STATE USBC$10,000
FLORIDA STATE USBC$10,000
OHIO STATE USBC$10,000
TEXAS STATE USBC$10,000
MINNESOTA STATE USBC$7,000
INDIANA STATE USBC$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 24% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MINNESOTA STATE USBC: $7k → 10%PENNSYLVANIA STATE USBC: $10k → 12%CALIFORNIA STATE USBC: $10k → 14%NEW YORK STATE USBC: $10k → 6%IBC YOUTH BOWLING INC: $786k → 11%SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $272k → 14%TEXAS STATE USBC: $10k → 22%FLORIDA STATE USBC: $10k → 12%INDIANA STATE USBC: $7k → 15%WISCONSIN STATE USBC: $10k → 8%OHIO STATE USBC: $10k → 13%ILLINOIS STATE USBC: $10k → 16%MINNESOTA STATE USBC: $7k → 10%PENNSYLVANIA STATE USBC: $10k → 12%CALIFORNIA STATE USBC: $10k → 14%NEW YORK STATE USBC: $10k → 6%IBC YOUTH BOWLING INC: $621k → 11%SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $214k → 14%TEXAS STATE USBC: $10k → 22%FLORIDA STATE USBC: $10k → 12%INDIANA STATE USBC: $7k → 15%WISCONSIN STATE USBC: $10k → 8%ILLINOIS STATE USBC: $10k → 16%IBC YOUTH BOWLING INC: $369k → 11%SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $211k → 14%NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $212k → 11%NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $195k → 11%NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $129k → 11%NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $81k → 11%NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $75k → 11%NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $74k → 11%NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $69k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 13 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
1

Total granted

$3.9M
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TS
    The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +47%
  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE USBC INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +8%
  • US
    UNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC DBA 86649 PENNSYLVANIA STATE USBC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • US
    UNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC 80719 OHIO STATE USBC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +16%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United States Bowling Congress

501 (c) (3) Hosting State Bowling Championship Tournaments for Men/Women/Youth/Senior/Mixed; Awards Program/ Annual Meeting

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2
United States Bowling Congress

To ensure the integrity and protect the future of the sport of bowling

Recreation & Sports
3
Madison Area Usbc Inc

The USBC is the National Governing Body for Bowling. Our mission is to provide services, resources and the standards for the sport.

Recreation & Sports
4
United States Bowling Congress Inc

Promote the sport of bowling

Recreation & Sports
5
United States Bowling Congress Inc D/B/a Space Coast Usbc Ba Inc

Usbc is the national governing body for bowling. our mission is to provide services, resources and standards to the sport. our vision is to continue to be the leading authority to the sport, serving the needs of bowling. our promise is to…

Recreation & Sports
6
United States Bowling Congress Inc

Provides equal opportunity for all in the sport of bowling without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, or national origin. promotes the game of american tenpins. conducts and supports bowling competitions. supports the…

Recreation & Sports
7
United States Bowling Congress Inc

To develop interest and participation in the sport of bowling, overseeing competition, and providing programs and services to its membership.

Recreation & Sports
8
United States Bowling Congress Inc

To foster the local amateur sports competition, ensuring integrity and the future of amateur bowling. Also provides scholarships and support for youth and support of other charities

Recreation & Sports
9
Greater Kansas City Mo Usbc

create lifelong bowlers

Recreation & Sports
10
United States Bowling Congress Inc

The Gulf Coast USB Association, representing the national governing body ensures the integrity and protects the future of the sport, provides programs and services to enhance the bowling experience for all ages and abilities.

Recreation & Sports
11
Washington State Usbc

To provide equal opportunity for all in the sport of bowling without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability or national origin. Promoting the game of American Tenpins.

Recreation & Sports
12
Thurston County Usbc Association

Support members,promote bowling

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United States Bowling Congress Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IBC YOUTH BOWLING INC: $1,776,064 · OtherIBC YOUTH BOWLING INCThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,115,467 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer …Sunnyvale Community Players: $835,322 · Arts & CultureSunnyvale Community Play…MICHIGAN STATE USBC INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC DBA 86649 PENNSYLVANIA STATE USBC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsILLINOIS STATE USBC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsNEW YORK STATE USBC INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsCalifornia USBC Association: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsWISCONSIN STATE USBC INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsFLORIDA STATE UNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsINDIANA STATE USBC ASSOCIATION INC: $14,000 · Recreation & SportsMINNESOTA STATE USBC ASSOCIATION: $14,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC 80719 OHIO STATE USBC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,776,064Health$1,115,467Arts & Culture$835,322Recreation & Sports$198,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIBC YOUTH BOWLING INC: $1,776,064 over 4y, 20% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,115,467 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSunnyvale Community Players: $835,322 over 8y, 62% of budgetMICHIGAN STATE USBC INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC DBA 86649 PENNSYLVANIA STATE USBC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetILLINOIS STATE USBC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNEW YORK STATE USBC INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCalifornia USBC Association: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetWISCONSIN STATE USBC INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFLORIDA STATE UNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetINDIANA STATE USBC ASSOCIATION INC: $14,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMINNESOTA STATE USBC ASSOCIATION: $14,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetUNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS INC 80719 OHIO STATE USBC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United States Bowling Congress Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United States Bowling Congress Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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