Texas · Nonprofit
Sports Society for American Health
Sports Society for American Health (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,468 to it, the largest being Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $284k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $35k
What Sports Society for American Health does
Mission
Conduct sanctioned events to benefit health and education initiatives.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Conduct sanctioned events to benefit health and education initiatives. These initiatives include transforming an area ranked the fifth fattest city in the US into what is now gaining a reputation as a running community. Our largest initiative has been our wellness programs in schools through Kids Marathon Clubs. These are free programs that not only educate children on how to be healthy but require them to exercise and develop healthy lifestyle habits. Our program also provides for low-income students to participate in the running events without cost. For the adults, our programs have transformed lives. Many have lost over 100 pounds and one couple lost 500 combined pounds which garnered them media attention.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $11k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 Sports Society for American Health’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
Sports Society for American Health leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 Sports Society for American Health.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
55% of Sports Society for American Health'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. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k 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
Sports Society for American Health runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,288 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,288 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Organizations like Sports Society for American Health
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sports Society for American Health: 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 Sports Society for American Health?
- Sports Society for American Health (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,468 to it, the largest being Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Sports Society for American Health have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $56,468 in grants to Sports Society for American Health, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sports Society for American Health?
- Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sports Society for American Health find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 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