Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC
SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $903,346 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($570,346). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $436k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $903k
- Net assets
- $-34789
What Shadow Student Athlete Development Services Inc does
Mission
The organization assists student athletes in transitioning their competitive nature into a classroom
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Through three innovative initiatives, shadow student athlete development services implements a culturally responsive mentoring practice to impact the new education crisis in pennsylvania, racially inequitable discipline practices pushing african american students, specifically male youth, out of public school the aim initiative places character coaches who are community-centric in high-needs pittsburgh public schools as conflict specialists to support students, families and school staff by modeling culturally specific mentoring practices, managing class transition periods and providing intensive support through individual or group sessions and assessing the cultural health of the community. Since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, these services have been transitioned outside of school.
$389,203 spentof which $166,250 as grants$435,674 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $389,203.
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 2018 to 2019, from $33k to $446k (+1268%).
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.
38% of SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Chief executive
Devon Madden
Executive director
Board chair
Matthew Khouri
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $35k → $215k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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
SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 100% · 2020 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 53% — 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
100% of SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145k 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
SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC has grown faster than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 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 SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC?
- SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $903,346 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($570,346). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $903,346 in grants to SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC?
- THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $570,346 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHADOW STUDENT ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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