Florida · Nonprofit
Powerlifting America Inc
Powerlifting America Inc (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,500 to it, the largest being THE CARL & NANCY GEWIRZ FUND INC ($26,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $391k
What Powerlifting America Inc does
Mission
Powerlifting America, created in December 2021 and registered in Orlando, Florida, is a non-profit powerlifting federation that is the official United States member federation affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). As an affiliate of the powerlifting federation that is the official United States member federation affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). As an affiliate of the IPF, the federation nominates and sends lifters to all of the IPF World Championships, the IWGA World Games, FISU World University Championships, and NAPF events, as well as being granted the opportunity to host IPF World competitions. Primarily, our organization directs six National Championships annually, along with a number of regional and local competitions throughout the United States. Powerlifting America is dedicated to the promotion and support of drug-tested powerlifting within the United States and exists to support United States athletes in achieving excellenc
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Powerlifting America sent approximately 400 athletes to a variety of International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) and North American Powerlifting Federation (an IPF regional member and affiliate) events, which are sanctioned under the International Olympic Committee (IOC), meaning the events are of the highest sports standards in the world, including WADA, CCES, and USADA drug testing and anti-doping protocols. Athletes vary in age from 14 and up, with divisions for Sub-Junior, Junior, Open, Masters, and adaptive/Sport For All athletes (an initiative started by the IOC to make sure everyone and anyone is given the opportunity to compete). Expenses for world events include travel, accommodations, meals, uniforms, athletic equipment, and fees for coaching, anti-doping, and participation.
$593,647 spent$929,933 earned by the program55% of program spendingPowerlifting America has established multiple education programs for referees, athletes, coaches, and volunteers. These programs include education and implementation of anti-doping through WADA's ADEL program for all world team members and coaches, SafeSport training for all referees, volunteers, coaches, and event directors, and an internationally-recognized coaching certification program for club-level, national-level, and international-level coaches.
$476,907 spent$637,904 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,070,554.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $179k to $408k (+129%).
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.
100% of Powerlifting America Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Powerlifting America 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.
Where its funders are
Powerlifting America Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
Powerlifting America Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Powerlifting America 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 Florida
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Powerlifting America Inc: 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 Powerlifting America Inc?
- Powerlifting America Inc (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,500 to it, the largest being THE CARL & NANCY GEWIRZ FUND INC ($26,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Powerlifting America Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $26,500 in grants to Powerlifting America Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Powerlifting America Inc?
- THE CARL & NANCY GEWIRZ FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $26,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Powerlifting America Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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