California · Nonprofit
PLAY AS ONE
PLAY AS ONE (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,720 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($117,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $552k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $206k
- Net assets
- $152k
What Play as One does
Mission
Its primary purpose is to operate exclusively for charitable religious educational and scientific purposes and is specifically focused on to love and to teach the value of working hard, living pure, leading with courage and honoring Jesus through the platform of Sports, Arts, Vocation and Education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization established sports programs including basketball, football, soccer volleyball,martial arts and wiffle ball and purchased equipment, field paint, and uniforms and hired clinicians to assist with helping young people succeed in their sports endeavors. The focus was teamwork and understanding spiritual growth.
$376,767 spent$229,893 earned by the program75% of program spendingThe organization provided opportunities for young people to experience art through dance and guitar activities
$98,801 spent$96,715 earned by the program20% of program spendingPlay as One conducted a summer camp for young people to engage in sports and art activities.
$25,615 spent$25,699 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $501,183.
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.
Chief executive
Jon Goodman
CEO, Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $49k → $35k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 PLAY AS ONE’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
PLAY AS ONE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% 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 PLAY AS ONE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 61% · 2022 57% · 2023 57% — 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
72% of PLAY AS ONE'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 $57k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $149k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
PLAY AS ONE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PLAY AS ONE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLAY AS ONE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PLAY AS ONE?
- PLAY AS ONE (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,720 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($117,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PLAY AS ONE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $205,720 in grants to PLAY AS ONE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PLAY AS ONE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $117,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLAY AS ONE 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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