Delaware · Nonprofit
ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC
ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC (Delaware) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,813,809 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,550,742). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $886k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $776k
What Ultimate Block Party Inc does
Mission
Playful learning landscapes transforms the places where children and families gather every day into thoughtfully designed hubs for meaningful play and connection.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Playful learning landscapes partners with communities in the u.s. And beyond to turn everyday places into vibrant hubs of learning and connection for kids and families. Using a science-based approach called playful learning, we design and build interactive installations that create a new kind of public square where young children, guided by adults, can develop the cognitive and social skills they need to thrive.
$728,979 spentof which $197,885 as grants$16,489 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $728,979.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $595k to $1.1M (+83%).
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.
97% of ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Sarah Lytle
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $239k → $959k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY 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
ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 87% · 2021 50% · 2022 66% · 2023 73% — 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.
Where its funders are
ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Delaware, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $88k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY 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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 16 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC: 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 ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC?
- ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC (Delaware) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,813,809 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,550,742). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,813,809 in grants to ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,550,742 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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