Washington · Nonprofit
COURTS FOR KIDS
COURTS FOR KIDS (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,558 to it, the largest being MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($75,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $234k
- Net assets
- $856k
What Courts for Kids does
Mission
Courts for Kids mission is to transform lives through the building of courts and cultural exchange.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The significant program services entailed new court building and cultural exchange projects in seven countries. These program services are detailed in part III Line 4a and b.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In the past fiscal year employee DN managed eleven court building projects in the Dominican Republic Panama Costa Rica Guatemala Togo Kenya and Mexico. 228 volunteers mostly students from the United States participated in these projects. These volunteers had transformational immersion experiences in a different culture as they worked with the communities to create a safe space to play sports. The teams worked very hard building the courts and were also able to participate in cultural and educational activities while in-country including but not limited to: eating the local food helping to prepare meals learning traditional dances taking part in community celebrations learning local customs etc. The athletic courts are multi-purpose featuring basketball soccer volleyball and other sports. In addition the communities use the courts for ceremonies celebrations and gatherings. The teams also went through training prior to the trip to learn about cultural differences the histories of the countries and the values of our organization.
$461,600 spent41% of program spendingIn the past fiscal year employee SN managed 9 court building projects in the Dominican Republic Panama Costa Rica Mexico and Guatemala. 202 volunteers mostly US students participated in the projects. See 4A for a description of project components as they were entirely similar in nature.
$416,509 spent37% of program spendingThe total amount of $241,220 are administrative costs for the above programs. The paid staff spends an estimated 70% of their time working on these projects time which includes networking internationally recruiting domestically facilitating planning meetings and planning all of the trip details both locally and abroad. Included in program expenses are 70% of salary benefit and taxes as well as travel costs phone costs and supplies
$241,220 spent22% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,119,329.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $989k to $932k (−6%).
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 21% · 2021 36% · 2022 0% · 2023 4% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of COURTS FOR KIDS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 4 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Kelly Nolen
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $11k → $58k.
7 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 COURTS FOR KIDS’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
COURTS FOR KIDS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 COURTS FOR KIDS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 90% · 2019 48% · 2020 57% · 2021 83% · 2022 79% · 2023 56% — diversifying over time.
“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
22% of COURTS FOR KIDS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
88% of COURTS FOR KIDS'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 $29k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
COURTS FOR KIDS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COURTS FOR KIDS
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 Washington
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COURTS FOR KIDS: 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 COURTS FOR KIDS?
- COURTS FOR KIDS (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,558 to it, the largest being MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($75,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COURTS FOR KIDS have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $233,558 in grants to COURTS FOR KIDS, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COURTS FOR KIDS?
- MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COURTS FOR KIDS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 16 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