North Carolina · Nonprofit
Play for Hope
Play for Hope (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $223,959 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($223,657). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $316k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $224k
- Net assets
- $173k
What Play for Hope does
Mission
To serve, empower & advocate for at-risk youth through sustainable, quality sports ministry, which facilitates community, education and ultimately spiritual growth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Female & Education
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Rwanda Grants: Seven hundred fifty at-risk athletes train at nine different training locations, where they practice at least twice a week, are given opportunities to play matches, enter discipling relationships, and receive life skill education.
$206,024 spentof which $133,929 as grants66% of program spendingAcademy Grants: Fifteen at-risk boys were provided boarding, clothing, education, soccer training, match participation, discipleship, and given life and vocational skills to be successful upon graduation from the academy. Programs include community service out-reach performed by athletes to improve their community.
$57,974 spentof which $37,687 as grants19% of program spendingEducation - Provided school supplies to 264 athletes and educational support including school fees and/or tuition for 165 athletes (including athletes in academy and catch-up programs) to remain in school.
$16,849 spentof which $10,953 as grants5% of program spendingFarming: Provided training, seeds and resources to 104 families to learn how to grow sustainable organic vegetables in their own gardens.
$12,437 spentof which $8,085 as grants4% of program spendingGraduate: Provided 16 graduates mentorship and opportunities to create community. Provided 2 graduates college scholarships.
$5,784 spentof which $3,760 as grants2% of program spendingCatch-up: Provided soccer training & educational support with schools for 90 children to be reintegrated back into school & their families.
$5,266 spentof which $3,423 as grants2% of program spendingFemale: Transportation to soccer matches, provided period products to 100 girls and sent 6 females to a vocational training school for sewing.
$3,586 spentof which $2,331 as grants1% of program spendingCo-Op: Supported 13 mothers and their small businesses and formed savings groups to alleviate pove
$3,384 spentof which $2,200 as grants1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $311,304.
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 $126k to $170k (+35%).
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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Play for Hope’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $53k → $24k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 for Hope’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 for Hope leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 Play for Hope.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
100% of Play for Hope'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $224k 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 for Hope is better cushioned than half of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Play for Hope
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Play for Hope: 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 for Hope?
- Play for Hope (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $223,959 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($223,657). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Play for Hope have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $223,959 in grants to Play for Hope, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Play for Hope?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $223,657 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Play for Hope find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 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