California · Nonprofit
DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE
DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being ROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION ($12,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $24k
What Don Buford Educational Sports Institute does
Mission
ESI provides k-12 Compton Unified School District students sports and after school programs for physical, social and educational development. At present, we instruct more than 3,000 students throughout the calendar school year. ESI furnishes all equipment and uniforms for student baseball and softball leagues.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Compton Unified School District contracted with ESI to create baseball & softball leagues and provide instruction for K-12 district students. ESI's program benefitted more than 3,000 students who participated throughout the calendar school year. ESI furnished equipment (gloves, bats, balls, etc.) and managed the sports leagues. No participating members or volunteers received any compensation. At the conclusion of the year, ESI hosted a 250-person student banquet for participants.
$10,375 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,375.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $10k to $24k (+139%).
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.
100% of DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE’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 DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE's grant income comes from California funders.
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
DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE?
- DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being ROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION ($12,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE?
- ROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DON BUFORD EDUCATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing