Colorado · Nonprofit
GJ BLACKOUT
GJ BLACKOUT (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,000,706 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($713,506). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $611k
What Gj Blackout does
Mission
To provide growth and opportunities in the hearts and minds of our children while giving them the ability to learn team camaraderie through organized sports, strength through leadership and achievement through competition. We aim to empower our youth in pursuit of happiness, success and teamwork.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
New facility (Blackout Sports Fieldhouse) opened and therefore had facility operational costs and revenue.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Local competitive leagues for youth (boys and girls) primarily in grades 3-8.
$41,045 spent$120,860 earned by the program2% of program spendingCompetitive club tournament teams for youth (boys and girls) primarily in grades 4-8.
$85,394 spent$47,625 earned by the program4% of program spendingBlackout Sports Fieldhouse construction and operation (opened in September 2025).
$2,049,763 spentof which $1,066,432 as grants$12,287 earned by the program94% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,176,202.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $254k to $1.2M (+373%).
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.
86% of GJ BLACKOUT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 GJ BLACKOUT’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
GJ BLACKOUT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 GJ BLACKOUT.
“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
81% of GJ BLACKOUT'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 $186k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from Colorado funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $815k 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
GJ BLACKOUT 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 GJ BLACKOUT
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 Colorado
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GJ BLACKOUT: 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 GJ BLACKOUT?
- GJ BLACKOUT (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,000,706 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($713,506). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GJ BLACKOUT have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,000,706 in grants to GJ BLACKOUT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GJ BLACKOUT?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $713,506 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GJ BLACKOUT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 7 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