Arizona · Nonprofit
SIZZLE ACADEMY
SIZZLE ACADEMY (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $138k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Sizzle Academy does
Mission
Provide free educational and athletic programming that empowers youth to be confident and successful on and off the field by means of tailored educational, workforce development, and life skills curriculum in a safe environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Throughout the past 12 months, Sizzle Academy has had a great impact within the community. We've built strong relationships within the CUSD community and worked closely with the Willis Junior High Community. This has allowed us to extend mentorship and guidance to our student athletes, supporting them not just within Sizzle's programs, but also during their time at Willis Junior High. Below you will and specific categories we at Sizzle feel the need to highlight from these past 12 months: * Increased Physical Activity/Health: By offering free athletic programs, Sizzle Academy encourages kids to be more active, we potentially improving their overall health. * Positive Skill Development: Our focus on educational and workforce development programs helps equip students with valuable skills beyond athletics. * Social & Emotional Growth: We provide a safe environment with teamwork- oriented activities that help foster positive social and emotional development. * Improved Cognitive Skills & Increased Academics: Educational programs that target cognitive skills, potentially leading to improved academic performance in the classroom. * Sports Skill Development: Our focus on specific sports…
$100,660 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $100,660.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 $13k to $25k (+91%).
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.
76% of SIZZLE ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Blaze Baggs
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of SIZZLE ACADEMY’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
SIZZLE ACADEMY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
SIZZLE ACADEMY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SIZZLE ACADEMY
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SIZZLE ACADEMY: 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 SIZZLE ACADEMY?
- SIZZLE ACADEMY (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SIZZLE ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to SIZZLE ACADEMY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIZZLE ACADEMY?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIZZLE ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2024–2025), 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