Connecticut · Nonprofit
NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC
NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,443,508 to it, the largest being RITTER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($385,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $771k
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Norwalkstamford Grassroots Tennis & Education Inc does
Mission
Norwalk/stamford grassroots tennis & education, inc. Operates a free community tennis and education program for children from disadvantaged families in the cities of norwalk and stamford, connecticut. Norwalk/stamford grassroots tennis employs a comprehensive approach to treat the needs of the whole child, emphasizing achievements on the tennis court, in the classroom, a plan for college and the opportunity to explore different career options until each child finds a fit for his/her talents and interests.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Tennis program: serving over 200 young people each year, with 100% graduating high school, we create an environment that encourages and empowers students to create their own pathways to achieve their goals. Intentional pathway embraces student-athletes from beginner to high performing; high quality tennis clinics with low coach/student ratio; emphasis on competition, opportunities for match play and tournament experience.
$480,192 spent63% of program spendingEducation program: social, emotional, & character development - intentional curriculum builds the 5 components of sel: self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, relationship skills, social awareness; project-based activities and team-building opportunities to practice development skills.leadership - exploration, cultivation and application of personal leadership styles, habits and behaviors; civic engagement experience; junior coach pathway provides leadership development, job readiness, along with paying job.college & career readiness - sequential curriculum guides student-athletes through exploring, identifying, achieving a plan for college and/or career goals; engagement and exposure with businesses, colleges and other partners for virtual tours, mock interviews, resume/essay writing, financial literacy, other skill-building and networking-building experiences; academic tutoring and support.
$286,568 spent37% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $766,760.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $2.2M (+40%).
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: 2021 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $88k → $270k.
9 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. 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
NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
47% 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 NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 25% · 2019 26% · 2020 18% · 2021 32% · 2022 30% · 2023 33% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $692k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 14 funders to 21 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $226k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$226k
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.
Organizations like NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC?
- NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,443,508 to it, the largest being RITTER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($385,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $2,443,508 in grants to NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC?
- RITTER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $385,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 57 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