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JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC

JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,625 to it, the largest being MICHAEL G RATTE CHARITABLE FOUNDAT FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$214k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$105k
Net assets
$186k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Jesse Burkett Little League Inc does

Mission

Organized youth baseball and softball

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Providing uniforms, equipment, facilities, instruction, insurance, and other necessary requirements to provide a safe and fun little league experience for boys and girls

    $133,409 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $133,409.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($101k) Expenses 100 ($77k) Net assets 100 ($165k)2018 Revenue 71 ($71k) Expenses 112 ($85k) Net assets 92 ($151k)2022 Revenue 87 ($88k) Expenses 132 ($101k) Net assets 84 ($139k)2023 Revenue 80 ($81k) Expenses 133 ($102k) Net assets 71 ($118k)2024 Revenue 212 ($214k) Expenses 190 ($146k) Net assets 113 ($186k)
20172018202220232024
Revenue (212)Expenses (190)Net assets (113)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 2023 to 2024, from $118k to $186k (+58%).

$165k
$151k
$139k
$118k
$186k
20172018202220232024
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.

2017
2018
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

70% of JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’17
−$14k
’18
−$13k
’22
−$21k
’23
$68k
’24
11
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $500.

From the IRS filings of JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC’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

JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 0%Fundraising 8%

Governance

31
board members
94%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC?
JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,625 to it, the largest being MICHAEL G RATTE CHARITABLE FOUNDAT FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $104,625 in grants to JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC?
MICHAEL G RATTE CHARITABLE FOUNDAT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JESSE BURKETT LITTLE LEAGUE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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