California · Nonprofit
InPlay Learning Network
InPlay Learning Network (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,500 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($146,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $170k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What InPlay Learning Network does
Mission
InPlay connects kids and youth to out-of-school learning activities that ignite their individual interests and talents. We are a non-profit that works with parents, school districts, activity providers, and other partners to connect families with summer & after school programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
InPlay connects underserved students with subsidized afterschool and summer programs. Our software solutions and professional services create integrated expanded learning networks and lower barriers to access for families. In 2024, we enrolled 40,084 students of which 74% were deemed underserved. InPlays local activity guides were used by 1 in 3 families in 160 school districts; additionally, InPlay managed an activity guide that included over 8,300 program providers serving all 50 states for the National Summer Learning Association. InPlays work has been highlighted by the U.S. Department of Education, California Department of Education, and in national policy convenings.
$1,169,216 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,169,216.
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
Rod Hsiao
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 InPlay Learning Network’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
InPlay Learning Network leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
97% 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 InPlay Learning Network.
“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
97% of InPlay Learning Network'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $165k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
InPlay Learning Network runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like InPlay Learning Network
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for InPlay Learning Network: 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 InPlay Learning Network?
- InPlay Learning Network (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,500 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($146,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does InPlay Learning Network have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $169,500 in grants to InPlay Learning Network.
- Who is the largest funder of InPlay Learning Network?
- GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $146,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like InPlay Learning Network find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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