California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,686 to it, the largest being THE PLAY EQUITY FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $630k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $62k
- Net assets
- $116k
What California Ultimate Association does
Mission
To promote and develop the sport of ultimate at all levels within the state of california and beyond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Masters programming - in november of 2024, cua hosted the wfdf 2024 world masters ultimate championships in irvine, california. The event featured 66 teams from 14 countries in 7 different divisions. The seven day event showcased players over 30 years old, involved a robust event staff, and activated over 60 volunteers from the local area and abroad.
$452,372 spent$401,889 earned by the program73% of program spendingAdult development - this year we hosted two tournaments for over 1,000 amateur adult athletes (62 teams). The first was socal sectionals held in norco, california. The second was southwest regionals held in temecula, california. Teams competed in three divisions (men's, mixed, & women's) at each event for the chance to advance to usa ultimate's club nationals.
$97,453 spent$129,469 earned by the program16% of program spendingYouth development - this year we hosted three youth events. We hosted the open division I, open division ii, and girls division I high school state ultimate championships in stockton, california. We also worked with la84 and the play equity foundation to support their national playday event in los angeles by running a booth and coaching over 1,000 youths.
$24,295 spent$4,556 earned by the program4% of program spendingIn 2024, California Ultimate Association hosted several additional programs. In particular, cua hosted one college tournament, the sinvite, held in las vegas, nevada. This event gave lower tier a-teams and b-teams a chance to compete against others in the region as they frequently don't get the same funding and support from their universities. Additionally cua hosted a team usa beach ultimate tryout allowing players from across the country to compete for a spot to represent the country at the wfdf world beach ultimate championships in portugal; and allowing players from the greater california area a more accesible opportunity to participate.
$45,579 spentof which $1,920 as grants$10,291 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $619,699.
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 $24k to $125k (+424%).
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: 2022 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Grant Boyd
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $17.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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
100% 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 CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
100% of CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION
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
95% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION: 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 CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION?
- CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,686 to it, the largest being THE PLAY EQUITY FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $61,686 in grants to CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION?
- THE PLAY EQUITY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA ULTIMATE ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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