California · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA
FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,645 to it, the largest being LA84 FOUNDATION ($94,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $639k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $117k
What Foundation for Interscholastic Youth Athletics Dba Fiya does
Mission
To serve as a governing body to provide interscholastic sports competitions amongst elementary schools with a special focus on middle schools in the los angeles area. The founders believe that offering sports in an interscholastic setting provides children at the critical ages of 10 to 14 an optimal combination of learning core values, staying physically active, and making the educational experience fun and rewarding. Consequently, fiya's mission is: "strengthening schools through sports."while participation is open to any elementary or middle school, fiya focuses on working with schools in economically disadvantaged areas. Fiya has served over 20,000 student athletes and 400 school teams in its first twelve years. Fiya's goal is to continue expanding its regional leagues throughout los angeles county with new schools participating every year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Basketball in winter 2024 - serving over 3000 youth (males and females) from 238 basketballteams; obtained gym facilities, game officials and game operators and created a seven week regular season schedule for school teams based on geographic location with similar age groups and skill levels competing against each other. Held a city-wide playoff period of two weeks following the regular season which brought teams from various geographic locations and socio-economic backgrounds together.
$145,675 spent$132,144 earned by the program27% of program spendingSoccer in spring 2025 - serving over 3000 youth (males and females) from 163 soccer teams; obtained gym facilities, game officials and game operators and created a seven week regular season schedule for school teams based on geographic location with similar age groups and skill levels competing against each other. Held a city-wide playoff period of two weeks following the regular season which brought teams from various geographic locations and socio-economic backgrounds together.
$104,410 spent$96,978 earned by the program19% of program spendingVolleyball for girls in fall 2024 and boys/coed volleyball in spring 2025 - serving over 2250 youth from 134 girls volleyball teams, 9 boys volleball teams and 45 coed volleyball teams;obtained gym facilities, game officials and game operators and created a seven week regular season schedule for school teams based on geographic location with similar age groups and skill levels competing against each other. Held a city-wide playoff period of two weeks following the regular season which brought teams from various geographic locations and socio-economic backgrounds together.
$107,875 spent$112,156 earned by the program20% of program spendingCross country, dance, flag football, futsal and e-sports serving over 1,000 boys and girls in multiple events.
$185,485 spentof which $1,121 as grants$207,891 earned by the program34% of program spendingMultiple track & field events serving over 1,400 boys and girls.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $543,445.
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.
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 $222k to $557k (+150%).
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: 2021 22% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
John Mueller
CEO
Board chair
Nick Galvan
CFO & chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $24k → $30k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA’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
FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
100% of FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145 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.
Against its field
FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA: 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 FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA?
- FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,645 to it, the largest being LA84 FOUNDATION ($94,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $101,645 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA?
- LA84 FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $94,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC YOUTH ATHLETICS DBA FIYA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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