California · Nonprofit
THE SKATEPARK PROJECT
THE SKATEPARK PROJECT (California) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,673,877 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($3,586,688). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $-653533
What The Skatepark Project does
Mission
The Skatepark Project helps underserved communities create safe and inclusive public skateparks for youth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Skatepark building, maintenance & programming: is the organization's financial assistance program to communities to help support the building of free public skateparks, maintenance of existing skateparks, grants to support skatepark programming to encourage participation, and support the next generation of skaters. The board of directors meets to review grant applications and select recipients based on several criteria, including median household income, current access to skateparks, scope of proposed project, demonstrated work completed to fundraise and create community awareness, and other local data demonstrating the community is underserved. Revenue for the grant program is generated through sponsorship, donations, grants and auctions.
$5,720,879 spentof which $4,353,694 as grants92% of program spendingBuilt to play program: with matching-grant funds of up to $250,000 and a supplemental grant of up to $50,000 to encourage environmentally friendly design and construction, the built to play skatepark program supports community groups and municipal entities seeking to create free, public skateparks for underserved communities in southeast michigan and western new york. The program also provides advisory services and advocacy training to assist groups in organizing and managing their efforts.
$421,530 spentof which $283,148 as grants7% of program spendingFellowship program: the tsp fellowship program is a twelve month, two-phase training and project design opportunity. Through training, mentorship, and resources, tsp will build more knowledgeable, diverse and equipped skate park advocates, designers and programmers. The program is designed to include a diverse group of bipoc people aged 12-24. After successful matriculation, we hope to encourage the growth of skatepark advocates.
$72,968 spentof which $67,430 as grants1% of program spendingSupply the ride program: the supply the ride program is a program that provides community members, especially young members, with free skateboards, helmets and pads.
$19,823 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,235,200.
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 2017 to 2018, from $3.2M to $3.8M (+19%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE SKATEPARK PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Benjamin Bashein
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $375k → $2.8M.
24 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 SKATEPARK PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 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 SKATEPARK PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
86% 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 SKATEPARK PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 62% · 2019 57% · 2020 65% · 2021 47% · 2022 39% · 2023 28% — 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
42% of THE SKATEPARK PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
78% of THE SKATEPARK PROJECT'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 $2.3M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside California, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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 SKATEPARK PROJECT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SKATEPARK PROJECT
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SKATEPARK PROJECT: 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 THE SKATEPARK PROJECT?
- THE SKATEPARK PROJECT (California) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,673,877 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($3,586,688). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SKATEPARK PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $10,673,877 in grants to THE SKATEPARK PROJECT, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SKATEPARK PROJECT?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,586,688 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SKATEPARK PROJECT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 65 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