New Hampshire · Nonprofit
GRASSROOT SOCCER INC
GRASSROOT SOCCER INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,532,727 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,246,097). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 93
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Grassroot Soccer Inc does
Mission
Grassroot soccer is an adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to equip young people with life-saving information, services, and mentorship to live healthier lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research & advocacy: grassroot soccer aspires to be the go-to partner in adolescent health through its dedication to research, learning, advocacy, communications, and partnership development. Grassroot soccer rigorously evaluates the efficacy of its programs through routine monitoring & evaluation and research, integrating these insights (along with the latest science and research in the field) into its programs so that they have the greatest impact possible, while also contributing to the greater understanding of what works in adolescent health. Grassroot soccer also works closely with government and non-governmental partners to provide technical assistance and share learning from its implementation and research.
$3,722,945 spent63% of program spendingBuilding the health knowledge and life skills of adolescents: grassroot soccer implements soccer- and evidence-based health programs ("skillz") that equip young people with the information and skills they need to make healthier decisions in their lives. Trained near-peer mentor coaches implement skillz programs and make learning about tough health topics fun, and programs are adapted to the age and gender of participants to include information relevant to young people in their specific contexts.
$1,731,096 spentof which $320,129 as grants$331 earned by the program29% of program spendingOther activities: grassroot soccer also works to facilitate adolescents' access to health services through active linkages to health service providers, coach-escorted referrals, and fostering an enabling environment via community mobilization, norm strengthening, and engagement with family members.
$477,367 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,931,408.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.8M to $14M (+76%).
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: 2017 20% · 2018 10% · 2019 10% · 2020 15% · 2021 34% · 2022 22% · 2023 7% · 2024 10% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of GRASSROOT SOCCER INC’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. 4 of the last 9 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
Thomas Clark
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $4.2M.
18 of 93 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 GRASSROOT SOCCER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 93 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
GRASSROOT SOCCER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% 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 GRASSROOT SOCCER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 24% · 2019 61% · 2020 31% · 2021 31% · 2022 20% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
48% of GRASSROOT SOCCER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
70% of GRASSROOT SOCCER 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 $7.7M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside New Hampshire, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M 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
GRASSROOT SOCCER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GRASSROOT SOCCER 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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRASSROOT SOCCER 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 GRASSROOT SOCCER INC?
- GRASSROOT SOCCER INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,532,727 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,246,097). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GRASSROOT SOCCER INC have?
- IRS filings report 93 organizations giving $25,532,727 in grants to GRASSROOT SOCCER INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRASSROOT SOCCER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,246,097 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRASSROOT SOCCER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 93 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