Illinois · Nonprofit
TEAM WHY NOT
TEAM WHY NOT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,525,000 to it, the largest being RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT FOUNDATION INC ($1,525,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $948k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $6k
What Team Why Not does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to offer amateur sports programs through a volunteer base for all people; to promote good sportsmanship and good citizenship; to conduct programs that provide for, enhance, and strengthen participation and competition for amateur athletes; to work with other sports organizations to benefit amateur athletes.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
As an affiliated organization of the amateur athletic union (aau) of the united states, the organization provides amateur athletes of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to participate in organized athletic programs, competitions, and related developmental activities.
$1,342,328 spentof which $672 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,342,328.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $66k to $21k (−69%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $232k → $215k.
From the IRS filings of TEAM WHY NOT’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 TEAM WHY NOT's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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.
Organizations like TEAM WHY NOT
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Russell Westbrook Why Not Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TEAM WHY NOT: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds TEAM WHY NOT?
- TEAM WHY NOT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,525,000 to it, the largest being RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT FOUNDATION INC ($1,525,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TEAM WHY NOT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,525,000 in grants to TEAM WHY NOT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TEAM WHY NOT?
- RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TEAM WHY NOT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), 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