California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION
AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION (California) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,121,800 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($658,675). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $84M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $72M
What American Youth Soccer Organization does
Mission
Ayso's vision is to provide world class youth soccer programs that enrich children's lives. Ayso's mission is to develop and deliver quality youth soccer programs which promote a fun, family environment based on ayso's six philosophies: 1. Everyone plays 2. Balanced teams 3. Open registration. 4. Positive coaching 5. Good sportsmanship 6. Player development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Main soccer program includes player registration revenue and expenses consisting of player uniforms, field expenses, repairs and maintenance, player fees to the united states soccer federation and direct insurance costs.
$57,958,245 spent$71,433,209 earned by the program75% of program spendingTournaments & cultural exchange programs - tournament programs are games or a series of games played with other ayso teams or non-ayso teams, the ayso teams can include teams from any regions, area or section. Cultural exchange programs are games, series of games or tournaments in which ayso players travel to another country, or where an ayso region, area or section hosts a team from another country, for the dual purpose of playing soccer and learning about different cultures and geographic areas and making friends through the universal language of soccer.
$16,850,008 spent$5,304,028 earned by the program22% of program spendingTraining programs:coaching program - provides wide range of courses to continue instructing volunteer coaches.officiating program - provides wide range of courses to continue instructing its volunteer referees.management program - provides extensive management training to its volunteers on how to manage their local programs. The organization also provides in-depth operational manuals to assist administrators at every level for thorough understanding of their duties.
$2,345,212 spent$1,587,306 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $77,153,465.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $64M to $85M (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Matthew Winegar
National executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 15 funders, grant income rose $94k → $170k.
20 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 27% · 2019 26% · 2020 56% · 2021 41% · 2022 36% · 2023 30% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
16% of AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
57% of AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $908k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from funders outside California, across 19 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 184 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 184 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Ayso When Foundation · exempt
- Ayso Adult Soccer Corporation · exempt
- Ayso Services Corporation · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION?
- AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION (California) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,121,800 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($658,675). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $2,121,800 in grants to AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $658,675 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 74 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing