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FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB

FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB (Delaware) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $91,000 to it, the largest being THE LOWE II FOUNDATION INC ($91,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$69k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$91k
Net assets
$71k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What First State Pickleball Club does

Mission

The club is organized exclusively for forming a club for membership fun in pickleball sports, events, and other allowable purposes under section 501 (c)(3) of the internal revenue code or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Membership participation in pickleball sports, events and related activity

    $29,587 spent
    89% of program spending
  2. Membership participation in pickleball sports, events and related activity

    $3,576 spent
    11% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,163.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($60k) Expenses 100 ($72k) Net assets 100 ($50k)2025 Revenue 115 ($69k) Expenses 67 ($48k) Net assets 142 ($71k)
20242025
Revenue (115)Expenses (67)Net assets (142)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 2024 to 2025, from $50k to $71k (+43%).

$50k
$71k
20242025
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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

56% of FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,075 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’24
$21k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $35k → $26k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB’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

FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Delaware, across 1 state in all.

FL

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

’22
’23
Delaware out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Government funding FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.

State$15k
Top programs
  • GRANTS IN AID$15k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB

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 Delaware

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB?
FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB (Delaware) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $91,000 to it, the largest being THE LOWE II FOUNDATION INC ($91,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $91,000 in grants to FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB?
THE LOWE II FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $91,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FIRST STATE PICKLEBALL CLUB find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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