Ohio · Nonprofit
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,400 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($12,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $472k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $223k
What The Association of Church Sports and Recreation Ministers Inc does
Mission
The association of church sports and recreation ministries (csrm) equips and supports churches through training, resources, and networking to advance sports and recreation ministry as a means of outreach, discipleship, and community engagement both domestically and globally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Csrm supports global network partners who serve as the primary connection between csrm and the worldwide local church. Through these partnerships, csrm supported training and ministry efforts that reached 6,588 pastors, athletes and church leaders, representing 1,189 churches across mulitiple countries. As a result of these efforts, 549 church based sports ministries were established or strengthened, and 930 discipleship leaders were trained to lead disciple-making initiatives through sports outreach. In addition, csrm supported ministry activites resulting in the distribution of over 6,500 bibles and approximately 2,200 hope soccer balls, providing tangible resources to support evangelism, discipleship and community engagement through sports ministry. Csrm supports a master level of curriculum and certification program through the agon institute of sports ministry. In 2025, csrm supported 7 international classes serving an average of 12 students per class and awarded 10 scholarships, and certified four students.
$454,829 spentof which $338,115 as grants$54,086 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $454,829.
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 2023 to 2024, from $112k to $275k (+146%).
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.
88% of THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Chris Brady
Executive chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $90.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC’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
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
73% of THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k 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
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC's revenue grew 53% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC?
- THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,400 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($12,950). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,400 in grants to THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH SPORTS AND RECREATION MINISTERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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