Arizona · Nonprofit
BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB
BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,925 to it, the largest being USA Swimming Foundation Inc ($7,925). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $710k
What Best Swim Club Inc Dba Phoenix Swim Club does
Mission
Competitive swim team and swim training center, offering learn to swim, recreational swim team, competitive swim team, masters swimming with related sports, fitness and aquatics programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Competitive swim team and training programs, including age group, senior and masters swimming, with competition through affiliations with usa swimming and united states masters swimming. Approximately 350 to 400 athletes train on a year round basis in nine different groups, plus additional athletes in the outside groups listed in 4c below.
$1,100,531 spent87% of program spendingSwim meet revenue - best swim club, dba phoenix swim club, hosted more than 25 meets during the year, including meets for usa swimming, united states masters swimming, arizona interscholastic association, the ncaa and a community recreation program. Athlete participation in these meets ranged from 150 to 1,000 swimmers, depending on the meet. National (masters), state and meet records were set in this pool facility during the year. .
$166,582 spent$377,209 earned by the program13% of program spendingFacility usage fees - best swim club uses most of the daily water time for its own training groups, but maximizes use of the facility by opening the pools to outside training groups throughout the year. The outside groups pay facility usage fees that help defray the operating expense of the pools and grounds which is reported as occupancy expense in part ix, line 16. No specific expense allocation has been assigned to this exempt purpose achievement as the amount is included in part iii, line 4a above.
$98,634 earned by the program
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,267,113.
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 2022 to 2023, from $425k to $701k (+65%).
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 18% · 2023 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Darian Townsend
CEO & direct
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB’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.
How concentrated its funding is
BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
61% 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 BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB is better cushioned than half of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB?
- BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,925 to it, the largest being USA Swimming Foundation Inc ($7,925). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,925 in grants to BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB.
- Who is the largest funder of BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB?
- USA Swimming Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $7,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEST SWIM CLUB INC DBA PHOENIX SWIM CLUB find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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