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Gold Star Gamers Limited

Gold Star Gamers Limited (Colorado) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,935 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($177,244). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$609k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$222k
Net assets
$103k
2/6 repeat funders
01What it does

What Gold Star Gamers Limited does

Mission

Gold Star Gamers supports military surviving children through gaming mentorship remembrance and community. The organization provides a 24 7 moderated peer support community one-on-one and group mentorship virtual and in-person events STEM and career exploration opportunities family outreach and digital remembrance programs. In 2025 Gold Star Gamers served more than 1,800 military surviving children and families nationwide through its programs and services.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

Weekly livestream programming New STEM Career Exploration initiatives New Roblox or digital community initiatives Significant expansion of mentorship programming New national events or partnerships

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. Gold Star Gamers delivered virtual and in-person events designed to promote connection remembrance recreation and healing. Programs included gaming tournaments esports activities family events camps conferences and national experiences that brought together military surviving children from across the country.

    $243,000 spent
    51% of program spending
  2. Gold Star Gamers provided one-on-one and group mentorship opportunities for military surviving children. During 2025 150 children participated in the program and were supported by 60 trained and screened volunteer mentors. The program included mentor training monthly check-ins community activities and ongoing support to foster connection resilience and personal growth.

    $73,000 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Gold Star Gamers operated a 24 7 moderated online community that provided military surviving children with a safe environment to connect with peers participate in activities and access support. The community hosted weekly programming gaming events educational activities and peer engagement opportunities throughout the year.

    $70,000 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. Gold Star Gamers connected military surviving families to resources programs and community support following the loss of a military or veteran parent. Services included family outreach onboarding resource referrals scholarships and access to GSG programming.

    $70,000 spent
    15% of program spending
  5. Gold Star Gamers provided opportunities for youth to explore technology gaming cybersecurity content creation and career pathways through educational programming guest speakers workshops and hands-on experiences.

    $20,000 spent
    4% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $476,000.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($200k) Expenses 100 ($198k) Net assets 100 ($1k)2025 Revenue 305 ($609k) Expenses 255 ($506k) Net assets 8697 ($103k)
20242025
Revenue (305)Expenses (255)Net assets (8697)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 2024 to 2025, from $1k to $103k (+8597%).

$1k
$103k
20242025
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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Gold Star Gamers Limited’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,446 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’24
$103k
’25
2.4
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.

Chief executive

Martha Laughman

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $13k → $10k.

4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 Gold Star Gamers Limited’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

Gold Star Gamers Limited leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

95% 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 Gold Star Gamers Limited.

80%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 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

90% of Gold Star Gamers Limited'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 $22k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states.

WA
NJ

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Gold Star Gamers Limited has grown faster than three-quarters of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.

Operating margin17% · above the median
Months of reserve2.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)205% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Gold Star Gamers Limited

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In Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 4%Fundraising 2%

Governance

2
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CO

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Gold Star Gamers Limited: 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 Gold Star Gamers Limited?
Gold Star Gamers Limited (Colorado) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,935 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($177,244). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Gold Star Gamers Limited have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $221,935 in grants to Gold Star Gamers Limited, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Gold Star Gamers Limited?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $177,244 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Gold Star Gamers Limited 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 6 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