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FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE

FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$2.0M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Friends of Pittsburgh Professional Socce does

Mission

The mission of Friends of Pittsburgh Professional Soccer is to connect youth to nontraditional sports programming, regardless of ability to pay, through scholarships and the development of safe and accessible fields/recreational venues.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Friends of Pittsburgh Professional Soccer is so proud to be near complete on the construction of the sports and athletic complex at montour junction, a joint project completed with the redevelopment authority of allegheny county.

    $490,333 spent
    70% of program spending
  2. Friends of Pittsburgh Professional Soccer continues to develop safe field space, supporting a growing number of youth engaged in soccer programming under the riverhounds development academy and other community groups.

    $140,095 spent
    20% of program spending
  3. Friends of Pittsburgh Professional Soccer is seeking to launch a strategic plan to develop additional fields and recreational areas across western pennsylvania, with grant and community support.

    $70,048 spent
    10% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $700,476.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($472k) Expenses 100 ($370k) Net assets 100 ($828k)2019 Revenue 40 ($191k) Expenses 61 ($225k) Net assets 96 ($793k)2020 Revenue 44 ($206k) Expenses 81 ($299k) Net assets 85 ($701k)2021 Revenue 318 ($1.5M) Expenses 129 ($477k) Net assets 208 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 78 ($370k) Expenses 136 ($505k) Net assets 192 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 243 ($1.1M) Expenses 383 ($1.4M) Net assets 159 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 308 ($1.5M) Expenses 203 ($751k) Net assets 244 ($2.0M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (308)Expenses (203)Net assets (244)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 $3.9M to $5.3M (+38%).

$3.9M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$3.9M
$5.3M
$5.5M
$5.1M
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 69% · 2020 0% · 2021 86% · 2022 19% · 2023 68% · 2024 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

79% of FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$102k
’18
−$34k
’19
−$93k
’20
$1.0M
’21
−$135k
’22
−$273k
’23
$704k
’24
0.6
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed4666665
Joined·+4+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·200001
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin48% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%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

PA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE: 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 FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE?
FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE?
UNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSIONAL SOCCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2018–2024), 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