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St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley

St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $22,520 to it, the largest being PACIFIC SWIMMING INC ($22,520). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$246k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$23k
Net assets
$70k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley does

Mission

The St. Helena Swim Club is a year round USA Swimming affiliate swim team located in the Napa Valley. We offer youth fitness focused and competitive swimming programs in three locations: Calistoga, St. Helena, and Napa. We also have a year round US Master's program that serves the upper valley area. Our mission is to provide our participants with facilities, training, and encouragement for increased proficiency in competitive amateur aquatic sports.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. Youth competitive swim program; approx. 80 swimmersAdult fitness swim program; approx. 30 participantsSeasonal. Youth swim lessons; approx. 100 students per year

    $228,008 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $228,008.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($188k) Expenses 100 ($208k) Net assets 100 ($7k)2021 Revenue 95 ($179k) Expenses 54 ($112k) Net assets 1065 ($74k)2022 Revenue 96 ($180k) Expenses 83 ($173k) Net assets 1155 ($80k)2023 Revenue 75 ($140k) Expenses 77 ($160k) Net assets 863 ($60k)2024 Revenue 94 ($177k) Expenses 86 ($179k) Net assets 833 ($58k)2025 Revenue 133 ($250k) Expenses 117 ($243k) Net assets 932 ($65k)2026 Revenue 131 ($246k) Expenses 115 ($240k) Net assets 1006 ($70k)
2020202120222023202420252026
Revenue (131)Expenses (115)Net assets (1006)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $7k to $74k (+965%).

$7k
$74k
$80k
$60k
$58k
$66k
$70k
2020202120222023202420252026
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

2% of St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$20k
’20
$67k
’21
$6k
’22
−$20k
’23
−$2k
’24
$7k
’25
$5k
’26
3.5
months of
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.

202020212022202320252026
Listed999988
Joined·+0+4+0·+0
No longer listed·040·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'20
total
$23k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley’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

100% of St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley's revenue grew 31% between 2020 and 2026.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve3.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 442 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley?
St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $22,520 to it, the largest being PACIFIC SWIMMING INC ($22,520). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $22,520 in grants to St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley.
Who is the largest funder of St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley?
PACIFIC SWIMMING INC is the largest funder on record, with $22,520 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like St Helena Swim Club DBA Waves Aquatics Napa Valley find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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