North Carolina · Nonprofit
CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION
CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Carolina Youth Soccer Association Dba Triangle United Soccer Association does
Mission
To provide all families a positive, healthy, progressive environment for youth developmnt through soccer in our community. Guiding principles of the organization include:* act with honesty, integrity and sportsmanship* achieve high participant satisfaction* embrace diversity* provide excellent training and development* field teams that are competitive on local, state, and regional levels* strive for a balanced youth experience that respects family values* support outstanding dedicated people working as a team* optimize relationships with strategic support partners* promote good citizenship through community involvement* operate a successful organization while maintaining value for our program participants
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The triangle united soccer association ["tusa"] provides character and skill development for approximately 3354 children aged 4-18 in youth soccer by forming teams, providing trained coaches, renting and maintaining fields. Tusa seeks to provide the best possible soccer experience for youth in the north carolina western triangle area, with a primary focus on durham, chapel hill and western wake county. This is achieved through an emphasis on sportsmanship, team values, and work ethic, while keeping in mind the experience should be fun for each youth player and his/her family. A stated goal of the organization is to offer every player the opportunity to learn and enjoy the game, develop skills, and if desired and qualified, advance to the next competitive level while playing in his/her own community. The organization is committed to providing an overall high-quality, high-value sports experience for players and parents, not defined solely in terms of winning. We aspire to be known as an organization of professional integrity with great coaches who strive to conduct themselves at the highest level of sportsmanship. Tusa recognizes, respects and supports that:* children's…
$2,740,743 spentof which $146,735 as grants$3,023,460 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,740,743.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $2.3M (+29%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Michael J Strand
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50k → $100k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER 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
100% of CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER 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 CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION?
- CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAROLINA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION DBA TRIANGLE UNITED SOCCER ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing