Iowa · Nonprofit
GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE
GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being THE DENNY AND CANDY ELWELL FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $111k
What Granny Basketball League does
Mission
The object of this non-profit, 501(c)(3) Corporation shall be to provide entertainment and education for charitable and non-profit groups by organizing and playing 1920s-style basketball games utilizing its "Granny Basketball players" who must be age 50 or over. The Corporation also organizes and provides League activities to promote fun, competitive exercise and as a way to preserve the history of six-on-six basketball.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Granny Basketball League organized league games and tournaments for all participants. The League continued to grow during 2025, adding 4 new teams (added 9 in 2024) and increasing the number of players to 791 in 2025 (from 649 in 2024), hailing themselves from 19 states plus Canada. As of December 2025, the number of league teams increased to 56 teams (from 52 in 2024) established in 11 states (from 10 in 2024), plus continues to have one Canadian team. Reflecting the League's focus on competitive exercise for women over age 50, during 2025 the League boosts over a quarter of its players are in their 70s with another 5% over age 79: 5 are age 90 or older, 7 are age 85-89, 29 are age 80-85. The majority of players, 47%, are in their 60's. The youngest age range of 50-59 brings 21% of players. During 2025, the League registered 104 volunteers (73 in 2024) as referees, scorekeepers, and other supporting roles. The League employs no paid staff, with both operations and governance provided by a volunteer board of directors of 9 players and registered volunteers. In collaboration with two state Senior Games, the League coordinates the Granny Basketball tournaments in the Iowa Senior…
$13,974 spent8% of program spendingThe league's 2025 National Granny Basketball Tournament was held at Game On Sports Complex, Fort Worth, TX. A total of 29 teams participated: 9 in the Championship Division, 8 in the new Hotsy Totsy Division, and 12 in the Off Our Rockers Division. In 89 games, over 348 players competed. Over 71 volunteers from the local community and Granny Basketball League participated in this successful event. Sponsorships raised amongst all of the Texas teams totaled almost $26,000, making attending the 2025 National Tournament more affordable for participants. The designated charities for the 2025 event's fundraising efforts were the Tara Sawyer Foundation (TSF) and Cook Children's Hospital. Teams competed for the highest quantity brought of sandwich baggies containing small shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, to donate to Cook Children's Hospital. Teams delivered a total of 3,247 toiletry bags, valued at $5 each, in-person at the tournament to donate to Cook Children's Hospital. Several teams delivered over 200 baggies and the winning team, Cowtown Heifers of Fort Worth, Texas, delivered over 500 baggies. When you have an emergency to go to the hospital with a child, you may…
$53,988 spent32% of program spendingDuring 2025, the league's 56 local teams (52 in 2024) collectively raised more than $78,750 for charities ($60,000 in 2024) in their local areas through exhibition games and other activities. The highest raised in a single exhibition game was achieved by the Six Shooters in Waco, TX, who raised more than $24,500 for their charity. Local teams schedule games during the general playing season of January through May. Over 243 games in total during 2025 (198 in 2024) were played by local teams. The highest number of games played in 2025 were in the Central Division (79 games, 75 in 2024) and in the Southern Division (79 games, 71 in 2024). June to September, the league features its tournament season with teams traveling to compete in Granny Basketball tournaments as part of the Iowa Senior Games and the Kansas Senior Games. Traveling to the 2025 Iowa Senior Games, 13 teams participated in 33 games. For the 2025 Kansas Senior Games, 12 teams played in 35 games. In addition to these events and our League's National Tournament in 2025, the Red River Rivalry Tournament was held in March 2025 in Sherman, Texas. Competing in 34 games were 12 teams hailing from Oklahoma and Texas. Teams…
$98,195 spent59% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $166,157.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $56k to $110k (+99%).
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.
35% of GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Michele Clark
Executive Director (Jan 1 to Oct 31)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE?
- GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being THE DENNY AND CANDY ELWELL FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
- Who is the largest funder of GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE?
- THE DENNY AND CANDY ELWELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRANNY BASKETBALL LEAGUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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