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LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,120 to it, the largest being VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$221k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$128k
Net assets
$1.1M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Little League Baseball Inc does

Mission

Provides a youth baseball program through Little League Baseball Inc.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organization provides a youth baseball program through Little League Baseball Inc. For children ages 4-13 including participation in the little league challenger division for children with special needs.

    $90,901 spent$250,147 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $90,901.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($74k) Expenses 100 ($50k) Net assets 100 ($27k)2019 Revenue 112 ($83k) Expenses 114 ($58k) Net assets 193 ($53k)2020 Revenue 97 ($72k) Expenses 92 ($47k) Net assets 284 ($78k)2021 Revenue 25 ($19k) Expenses 55 ($28k) Net assets 249 ($68k)2022 Revenue 98 ($73k) Expenses 147 ($74k) Net assets 243 ($66k)2023 Revenue 830 ($613k) Expenses 152 ($77k) Net assets 2208 ($603k)2024 Revenue 595 ($440k) Expenses 116 ($59k) Net assets 3604 ($984k)2025 Revenue 299 ($221k) Expenses 183 ($92k) Net assets 4075 ($1.1M)
'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (299)Expenses (183)Net assets (4075)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 $603k to $1.2M (+105%).

$27k
$53k
$78k
$68k
$66k
$603k
$1.2M
$1.4M
'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 38% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

49% of LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 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. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$23k
’18
$25k
’19
$25k
’20
−$9k
’21
−$2k
’22
$537k
’23
$381k
’24
$129k
’25
7.9
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.

202320242025
Listed91614
Joined·+8+4
No longer listed·16
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2020: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $1k.

From the IRS filings of LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 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

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

78% 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 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC.

78%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 67% · 2020 77% — 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

79% of LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA
MO

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

’18
’20
California 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

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin58% · top quartile
Months of reserve7.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC?
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,120 to it, the largest being VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $128,120 in grants to LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC?
VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 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 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC 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.

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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 2018–2025), and the filings of 4 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