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First Point Volleyball Foundation

First Point Volleyball Foundation (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,373,553 to it, the largest being EAST COAST VOLLEYBALL INC ($975,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$378k
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$2.4M
Net assets
$-202174
10/19 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What First Point Volleyball Foundation does

Mission

Volleyball people tend to be good people. Competitive volleyball players seem to develop into productive citizens, leaders and mentors. And the united states of america needs more leaders and more mentors. The overarching goal of First Point Volleyball Foundation is to create more opportunities for boys and men to play competitive volleyball. One of the key areas of the initiative is to expand opportunities for men to play on collegiate teams and to expand the amount of di and dii teams and di and dii scholarship opportunities. Ultimately, nothing is more important than nurturing the spirit and values of the young people of this country. Thank you for helping us do this on and near the volleyball court!

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Grow the game and sustaining grant program provides grant funding to colleges and universities to support the start of new men's volleyball programs at the NCAA, NAIA, and the junior college levels. Funds can be used for educational expenses that support the institution's support of intercollegiate expenses including scholarships, etc.

    $318,090 spentof which $157,214 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $318,090.

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 ($760k) Expenses 100 ($515k) Net assets 100 ($244k)2018 Revenue 96 ($731k) Expenses 120 ($619k) Net assets 146 ($357k)2020 Revenue 86 ($650k) Expenses 90 ($462k) Net assets 128 ($314k)2021 Revenue 144 ($1.1M) Expenses 275 ($1.4M) Net assets -29 ($-70428)2022 Revenue 59 ($447k) Expenses 131 ($674k) Net assets -129 ($-314973)2023 Revenue 129 ($979k) Expenses 135 ($694k) Net assets 18 ($44k)2024 Revenue 50 ($378k) Expenses 120 ($619k) Net assets -83 ($-202174)
2017201820202021202220232024
Revenue (50)Expenses (120)Net assets (-83)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 2021 to 2022, from $506k to $239k (−53%).

$355k
$608k
$751k
$506k
$239k
$360k
$106k
2017201820202021202220232024
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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of First Point Volleyball Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 25,057 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$244k
’17
$112k
’18
$188k
’20
−$322k
’21
−$227k
’22
$286k
’23
−$240k
’24
0.0
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.

Chief executive

Stephen Wade Garard

President & CEO

Board chair

John Speraw

Chairman of the Board

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201720182020202120222024
Listed91420192124
Joined·+5·+0+2·
No longer listed·0·10·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $124k → $122k.

9 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 First Point Volleyball Foundation’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

First Point Volleyball Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

92% 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 First Point Volleyball Foundation.

41%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 40% · 2019 49% · 2020 64% · 2021 46% · 2022 78% · 2023 41% — 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.

How long its funders stay

23% of First Point Volleyball Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

First Point Volleyball Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.

MN
IL
NY
PA
CA
CO
AZ
TX

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $722k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

First Point Volleyball Foundation's revenue fell 50% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−64% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education 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

51% of spending goes to programs.

Program 51%Management 17%Fundraising 32%

Governance

24
board members
96%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

57%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DE

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Questions and answers

Who funds First Point Volleyball Foundation?
First Point Volleyball Foundation (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,373,553 to it, the largest being EAST COAST VOLLEYBALL INC ($975,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does First Point Volleyball Foundation have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $2,373,553 in grants to First Point Volleyball Foundation, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of First Point Volleyball Foundation?
EAST COAST VOLLEYBALL INC is the largest funder on record, with $975,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like First Point Volleyball Foundation 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.

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 19 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