Michigan · Nonprofit
GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC
GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,320,054 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($367,787). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc does
Mission
Provides recreation to hospitalized children thorugh customized medical equipment, video games, and the gaming community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Gamers outreach foundation provides therapeutic recreation to children in hospitals through multiple programs and services. One such program is "project go kart." the initiative serves thousands. Go karts are video game kiosks that enable healthcare staff to easily provide patients and families with a source of relief during hospitalization.another such program is player 2. Player 2 is a program designed to connect volunteer gamers in the community to hospitals hosting go karts and other video game hardware. The volunteer-based initiative provides hospitals with a free service for basic tech support and maintenance, distribution of games to patients, and play sessions with patients. Volunteers are recruited by gamers outreach and subsequently trained and guided by hospital within which support is provided.another such program is save point. Save point is a program that places high-tech vending machines inside hospitals. Each machine distributes game codes, toys, and technology items to kids. The machines are intended to help encourage and inspire children as they progress through treatment, acting as an incentive to support care.in addition to the programs mentioned, the…
$3,370,373 spentof which $1,396,166 as grants$160,777 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,370,373.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.4M to $2.2M (+59%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Zachary Wigal
Executive director
Board chair
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 18 funders, grant income fell $266k → $209k.
18 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 funders by total. 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
GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
75% 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 GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 25% · 2019 46% · 2020 37% · 2021 45% · 2022 23% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“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
22% of GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 34% give in more than one year at all.
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
57% of GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $987k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 28 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Against its field
GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: 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 GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC?
- GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,320,054 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($367,787). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $2,320,054 in grants to GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $367,787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 76 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