Texas · Nonprofit
GFI Academy INC
GFI Academy INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,747 to it, the largest being DICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $252k
What GFI Academy INC does
Mission
Our programs are dedicated to providing high-quality soccer training and development for youth ages 5 to 18, both female and male. By operating as a nonprofit, the organization focuses on fostering teamwork, sportsmanship, and leadership through structured practices, competitive play, and community engagement. The goal is to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment that helps young athletes develop physical fitness, technical skills, and personal character, ultimately benefiting their growth both on and off the field.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Provided structured soccer instruction, skill-building sessions, and competitive play opportunities for over 4,625 youth between the ages of 5 and 16. Offered beginner, intermediate, and advanced training groups to accommodate varying skill levels and ensure each child received age-appropriate instruction. Increased Access Through Financial Aid Granted financial aid over 300 players, reducing or fully covering registration fees and equipment costs. Enabled youth from diverse economic backgrounds to participate, furthering the organization?s commitment to inclusivity and equal opportunity. Enhanced Player Development and Well-Being Integrated leadership, teamwork, and sportsmanship training into regular practices, promoting personal growth as well as athletic advancement. Conducted health and nutrition workshops to foster holistic well-being, emphasizing injury prevention and overall fitness. Community Engagement and Volunteer Involvement Partnered with local schools and community centers to host free clinics, reaching additional youth who might not otherwise have access to organized sports. Engaged parents and volunteers as coaches and mentors, creating a supportive environment…
$6,274,395 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,274,395.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $299k to $909k (+205%).
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.
1% of GFI Academy INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Joel Verges
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $44.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 GFI Academy INC’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
GFI Academy INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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: 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
GFI Academy INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $247 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
GFI Academy INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GFI Academy 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GFI Academy 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 GFI Academy INC?
- GFI Academy INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,747 to it, the largest being DICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GFI Academy INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,747 in grants to GFI Academy INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GFI Academy INC?
- DICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GFI Academy INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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