Texas · Nonprofit
AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $105,400 to it, the largest being PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ($105,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $62k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $105k
- Net assets
- $125k
What American Wheelchair Bowling Association does
Mission
Founded in 1962 by richard carlson, the awba is a non-profit organization dedicated to growth, encouragement, promotion and regulation of the sport of wheelchair bowling throughout the world. The awba will provide, through its tournament events and web site access, a competitive, challenging, and informative environment for those individuals with disabilities requiring the use of a wheelchair while bowling to participate in bowling events no matter their individual skill level. Our overall objective will always be, as it was in the beginning, to promote the sport itself and the camaraderie amongst its members
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Invested in significant improvements to the organization's website which enables existing and prospective members to gather information on the association, upcoming events, to read pamphlets and newsletters, general information on the association and to increase internet visibility.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $105k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,634 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $105,400 to it, the largest being PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ($105,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $105,400 in grants to AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION?
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $105,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR BOWLING ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing