Virginia · Nonprofit
Special Olympics Virginia Inc
Special Olympics Virginia Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,722,679 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($7,841,734). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.2M
- Funders on record
- 138
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Special Olympics Virginia Inc does
Mission
Special olympics virginia, inc. Is a nonstock corporation that provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities at no cost to the athletes or their families. The organization (continued on schedule o)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Each year, special olympics virginia athletes showcase their skills at five signature state-level events: the xperience tennis championships, speed skating championships, basketball championships, summer games and fall championships. Held seasonally throughout the year, these competitions bring together athletes, unified partners and volunteers from across the commonwealth for unforgettable moments of sport and inclusion. Our largest event, summer games, is nothing short of legendary. In june 2024, more than 1300 dedicated volunteers braved the richmond heat to support 1181 athletes and unified partners competing in swimming, softball, track & field, bowling and tennis. Additionally, during the games, athletes received free screenings and treatment in vision, hearing, dental care and fitness, thanks to the healthy athletes program. The competition year began in january with the xperience tennis championships and speed skating (continued on schedule o)
$1,173,016 spent20% of program spendingArea programs: special olympics virginia has sub-divided the state into 32 geographic area programs in order to reach as many people with intellectual disabilities as possible. These programs generally contain several cities and counties. The volunteers in these areas raise funds for their area, decide what activities to offer in their area, and generally are the grassroots provider of special olympics virginia services. These events provide an opportunity for athletes to display their capabilities and inspire people in their communities and elsewhere to open their hearts to a wider world of human talents and potential. In addition, regular physical activity is extremely important to people with intellectual disabilities, who face significant challenges in accessing quality health care and obtaining opportunities that promote fitness and wellness, resulting in pronounced health disparities and reduced life expectancy.
$745,089 spent13% of program spendingSpecial olympics unified champion schools (ucs) program uses sports to develop school communities where youth are agents of change, fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with disabilities. In collaboration with school systems across virginia, the virginia high school league and the virginia department of education, the goal is to inspire the first unified generation. Ucs is aimed at promoting social inclusion through intentionally planned and implemented activities affecting systems-wide change. With sports as the foundation, the three component model - inclusive sports, inclusive youth leadership opportunities, and whole school engagement - offers a unique combination of effective activities that equip young people with tools and training to create sports, classroom and school climates of acceptance. These are school climates where students with disabilities feel welcome and are routinely included in, and feel a part of, all activities, opportunities and functions. In virginia, we have 555 engaged schools in 59 jurisdictions, and 17,500 youth involved in unified sports programming.
$506,890 spent9% of program spendingAll other program services
$3,305,878 spent58% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,730,873.
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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $16M (+18%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 3% · 2022 13% · 2023 1% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Special Olympics Virginia Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
David E Thomason
Officer - president & CEO
Board chair
Michael Saxon
Officer - chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.9M.
21 of 138 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 Special Olympics Virginia Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 138 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
Special Olympics Virginia Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 Special Olympics Virginia Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 74% · 2019 70% · 2020 66% · 2021 69% · 2022 55% · 2023 62% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of Special Olympics Virginia Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Special Olympics Virginia Inc draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
Special Olympics Virginia Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Special Olympics Virginia 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 Virginia
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
94%
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 Special Olympics Virginia 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 Special Olympics Virginia Inc?
- Special Olympics Virginia Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,722,679 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($7,841,734). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Special Olympics Virginia Inc have?
- IRS filings report 138 organizations giving $12,722,679 in grants to Special Olympics Virginia Inc, 88 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Special Olympics Virginia Inc?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,841,734 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Special Olympics Virginia Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 138 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing