California · Nonprofit
THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION
THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,223 to it, the largest being GIVE LIVELY FOUNDATION INC ($135,288). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $247k
- Net assets
- $62k
What The Natasha Watley Foundation does
Mission
Empower young women to make healthy lifestyle choices, develop strong self-esteem, and to become leaders of character through participation and training in the sport of softball.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The 4 points of the diamond sponsorship and scholarship program was established to offer funding to help lower the barrier of the cost associated with playing softball and being a college student. The Natasha Watley Foundation is committed to diversifying the game of softball at every level through character, community, coaches, and competition while removing the barriers of gender, race, and resources to create more opportunities for girls and women to be leaders on and off the field.
$23,469 spent28% of program spendingThe centerpiece of nwf is the natasha watley softball league, camps & skill clinics. Through collaborative partnerships with the city of los angeles department of recreation & parks. Established in 2008, young girls ages 8- 15, mainly of african american (39%) and latino (61%) backgrounds participate in summer & fall softball leagues. Many of the participants are playing for the first-time and learning life skills that transcend the softball field.
$32,292 spent38% of program spendingThis scholarship presented in partnership with The Natasha Watley Foundation and the glasco family is awarded to a female member coach in her first five years of coaching who shows a commitment to growing the game of fastpitch in her communities and has a need for financial assistance to attend the convention.
This program matches top female scholar athletes from universities nationwide, with a local recreation center team. Each mentor is responsible for coaching, teaching the four points of the diamond, providing free instructional clinics throughout the year and recruiting young girls to play.
$29,419 spent$18,026 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,180.
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 2020 to 2021, from $44k to $0 (−100%).
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.
79% of THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $54k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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
THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 91% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — 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
50% of THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
41% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION?
- THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,223 to it, the largest being GIVE LIVELY FOUNDATION INC ($135,288). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $247,223 in grants to THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION?
- GIVE LIVELY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $135,288 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATASHA WATLEY FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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