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METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC

METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $775 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$140k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$775
Net assets
$29k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Methuen Youth Basketball Association Inc does

Mission

To conduct a basketball program involving over 300 children learning sportsmanship, teamwork and the value of fair play

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. To conduct a basketball program involving over 300 children learning sportsmanship, teamwork and the value of fair play

    $110,374 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $110,374.

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 ($111k) Expenses 100 ($104k) Net assets 100 ($52k)2018 Revenue 100 ($111k) Expenses 110 ($114k) Net assets 94 ($48k)2019 Revenue 98 ($109k) Expenses 116 ($120k) Net assets 71 ($37k)2020 Revenue 101 ($112k) Expenses 114 ($119k) Net assets 59 ($30k)2022 Revenue 108 ($119k) Expenses 97 ($101k) Net assets 83 ($43k)2023 Revenue 126 ($139k) Expenses 141 ($146k) Net assets 70 ($36k)2024 Revenue 118 ($131k) Expenses 150 ($156k) Net assets 20 ($10k)2025 Revenue 127 ($140k) Expenses 118 ($122k) Net assets 55 ($29k)
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Revenue (127)Expenses (118)Net assets (55)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 $36k to $10k (−71%).

$52k
$48k
$37k
$31k
$43k
$36k
$10k
$29k
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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
2019
2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’17
−$3k
’18
−$11k
’19
−$7k
’20
$19k
’22
−$7k
’23
−$26k
’24
$18k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25 → $750.

From the IRS filings of METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 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

METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.

MA
NJ

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

’19
’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

METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin13% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

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

Government funding METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.

State$20k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$20k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC?
METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $775 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $775 in grants to METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC?
VERIZON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like METHUEN YOUTH BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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