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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,377,121 to it, the largest being PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION ($1,332,072). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$3.7M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$1.4M
Net assets
$1.1M
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Amateur Hockey does

Mission

The organization supports local youth hockey by attracting top hockey players in different age groups, offering an excellent environment to develop skills, teaching teeamwork among the players, and installing the following core values in each member: achievement,

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organization provides ice hockey for children under the age of 18

    $3,070,261 spent$3,608,911 earned by the program
    91% of program spending

  2. Mid-winter classic - hosted the 2025 mid-winter classic at the state of the art upmc lemieux sports complex. The tournament features over 50 of the top aaa teams in north america. Visiting teams have the opportunity to tour ppg paints arena and experience a wide array of pittsburgh culture and events.

    $287,179 spent$307,954 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,357,440.

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 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($290k)2018 Revenue 98 ($2.2M) Expenses 98 ($2.3M) Net assets 69 ($200k)2019 Revenue 112 ($2.5M) Expenses 109 ($2.6M) Net assets 61 ($177k)2020 Revenue 113 ($2.6M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 141 ($408k)2021 Revenue 97 ($2.2M) Expenses 92 ($2.1M) Net assets 163 ($473k)2022 Revenue 128 ($2.9M) Expenses 114 ($2.7M) Net assets 243 ($704k)2023 Revenue 123 ($2.8M) Expenses 114 ($2.7M) Net assets 285 ($826k)2024 Revenue 129 ($2.9M) Expenses 128 ($3.0M) Net assets 256 ($743k)2025 Revenue 145 ($3.3M) Expenses 138 ($3.2M) Net assets 283 ($822k)2026 Revenue 163 ($3.7M) Expenses 145 ($3.4M) Net assets 387 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (163)Expenses (145)Net assets (387)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 2021 to 2022, from $892k to $1.4M (+61%).

$535k
$581k
$684k
$527k
$892k
$1.4M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.9M
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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
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

7% of PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$70k
’17
−$90k
’18
−$23k
’19
$230k
’20
$65k
’21
$232k
’22
$122k
’23
−$83k
’24
$79k
’25
$302k
’26
6.6
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.

Board chair

Kevin Hart

Chairman

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.

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Listed9888775666
Joined·+1+0+0+1+0+1+2+0+0
No longer listed·200203100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $160k → $167k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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total
funders
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
1

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY’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

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY 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

100% 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 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY.

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 95% · 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 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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

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’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 41 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve6.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 41 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026

Organizations like PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY

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

Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation87%North Penn Ice Hockey Association84%Plum Hockey Association Inc84%North Pittsburgh Youth Hockey Assoc83%Pittsburgh Penguins Alumni Association83%Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer A82%Thunder Youth Hockey Inc82%Pittsburgh College Hockey Foundation Inc82%

Nationally

Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation87%Princeton Youth Hockey Association84%Youngstown Ohio Hockey Organization84%St Peters Hockey Club84%North Penn Ice Hockey Association84%Plum Hockey Association Inc84%Princeton Youth Hockey Association Inc dba Lawrence Princeton Nassau Hockey Ass83%Anoka Area Hockey Association Inc83%
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

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

87%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Pittsburgh Penguins LP · partnership
  • Fenway Sports Group LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY?
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,377,121 to it, the largest being PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION ($1,332,072). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,377,121 in grants to PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY?
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,332,072 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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