Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB
LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $194,500 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($170,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $445k
What Lower Merion Soccer Club does
Mission
The two primary objectives of Lower Merion Soccer Club are: To provide each and every child with a fun filled experience in a soccer environment. To develop children's soccer skills and knowledge of the game so that they can play at higher levels of play in future seasons
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Travel Team Program offers over 50 teams for our more talented and dedicated players ages 8-18. These teams compete against clubs from other areas of Southeastern Pennsylvania and beyond. Lower Merion Soccer Club fields up to four teams per age group so that more than just the top level players can have the opportunity to play against other clubs. Some Lower Merion Soccer Club teams have traveled to places such as Dallas, Florida, Phoenix and Sweden. In 2024, over 50 LMSC alumni will be playing at the college level. For families with financial needs Lower Merion Soccer Club provides assistance to travel team players by waving the registration fees. Annually at least 12 families receive this benefit from Lower Merion Soccer Club.
$1,204,187 spentof which $22,125 as grants$1,262,029 earned by the program85% of program spendingPrograms include the Fall and Spring Intramural Program for children ages 4-14. There are about 1,600 players in this program. For the younger players, it is their first introduction to soccer, they are taught the skills of the game by our very experienced coaching staff, with the help of many parent volunteers and referees. Our referees range in age from 11-20 and provide the first opportunity for many youngsters to earn a paycheck and take on the responsibilities of having a part time job. Most of our referees are current or former players in LMSC. There are over 100 referees who work in the Fall Intramural Program. In addition to refereeing games, they help teach the 4 and 5 year old age groups the skills of the game. For families with financial needs Lower Merion Soccer Club provides assistance to intramural players by waving the registration fees. Annually at least 12 families receive this benefit from Lower Merion Soccer Club.
$178,005 spent$379,386 earned by the program13% of program spendingLower Merion Soccer Club offers a wide variety of soccer training programs in the summer for intramural players and travel team players. The programs will all be run by our very experienced LMSC coaching staff. These are NOT recreational programs like our Fall Intramural Program and Spring Intramural Program. Rather, these are programs geared for our more enthusiastic and competitive players who wish to develop their skills to their highest possible levels. One of the primary goals of our Under 6 Training Program and our Under 7 Training Program is to develop our top players for the more competitive Travel Team Program.
$40,367 spent$66,696 earned by the program3% of program spendingEach year, LMSC identifies a pool of Under 8 boys players and a pool of Under 8 girls players to train together during the fall and winter. The purpose of this program is to develop our top younger players for the Travel Team Program, starting the following fall season. The Spring Intramural Program is offered to children ages 5-11. Each year, over 1000 participants play in this program. The program is geared for novice players who have no prior soccer experience or a limited amount of prior soccer experience. Approximately 100 referees, ages 11-20, work in this program, serving as game referees as well as assisting in the coaching of the 5 and 6 year olds.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,422,559.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $325k to $659k (+103%).
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: 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $30k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB’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
LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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
87% 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 LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 78% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“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
87% of LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB'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 $25k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $170k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB?
- LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $194,500 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($170,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $194,500 in grants to LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $170,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOWER MERION SOCCER CLUB find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2018–2024), 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