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DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC

DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,971 to it, the largest being Ludacris Foundation Inc ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$428k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$28k
Net assets
$110k
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Dekalb Aquatics Swim Inc does

Mission

To utilize swimming as a tool to mold young people into becoming outstanding citizens and world-class athletes. Dekalb aquatics swim team, inc "daq"is a competitive swim team, which received it's determination letter recognizing it as tax-exempt under section 501(c) (3)of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended dated december 18, 2001. Daq is based in decatur, georgia and currently serves approximately 220 youth swimmers. Daq's purpose is to train student athlete through high school to participate in local, state, regional, and national swimming competitions in accordance with guidelines established by usa swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming. Daq is committed to providing a safe environment for all participants with athlete protection policies and guidelines in place following usa swimming best practices. In addition to the above, daq's goal is to use swimming as a tool to mold, support, and mentor young people into becoming outstanding citizens. In su

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Daq 175 youth swimmers of which 53% are female and 41% are minority. We had top 43 state qualifiers, 25 sectional qualifers, 5 state champions and 4 junior national qualifiers.

    $416,128 spent
    99% of program spending
  2. A summer league recreational swim team geared to introduce novice swimmers to the sport of swimming and allow elite swimmers to simply enjoy the essence of the sport. The goal is to provide every member an opportunity to improve swimming skills and achieve success. The team competes in five regular season meets and the asa championship swim meet at the end of june.

    $5,468 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $421,596.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($409k) Expenses 100 ($390k) Net assets 100 ($59k)2018 Revenue 115 ($468k) Expenses 114 ($445k) Net assets 133 ($79k)2019 Revenue 115 ($471k) Expenses 121 ($472k) Net assets 127 ($76k)2020 Revenue 77 ($313k) Expenses 94 ($366k) Net assets 63 ($37k)2021 Revenue 144 ($590k) Expenses 121 ($472k) Net assets 262 ($156k)2022 Revenue 143 ($583k) Expenses 151 ($589k) Net assets 253 ($151k)2023 Revenue 126 ($513k) Expenses 132 ($515k) Net assets 250 ($149k)2024 Revenue 105 ($428k) Expenses 119 ($466k) Net assets 185 ($110k)
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Revenue (105)Expenses (119)Net assets (185)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $90k to $170k (+88%).

$60k
$80k
$77k
$90k
$170k
$151k
$149k
$110k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

2% of DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’17
$23k
’18
−$827
’19
−$53k
’20
$119k
’21
−$5k
’22
−$2k
’23
−$39k
’24
2.8
months of
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.

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Listed88766665
Joined·+0+1+0+1+2+0+0
No longer listed·0211201
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $248.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
total
$15k
USA Swimming Incunclassified
$5k
funders
1
2
3
1
1

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC’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

DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC.

54%
largest funder
97%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 58% · 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

56% of DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

NY
CO
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $971 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $28k to it.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC?
DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,971 to it, the largest being Ludacris Foundation Inc ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $27,971 in grants to DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC?
Ludacris Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 4 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