Colorado · Nonprofit
Ultimate Players Association
Ultimate Players Association (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,247 to it, the largest being USA Ultimate Foundation ($155,021). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $233k
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Ultimate Players Association does
Mission
USA Ultimate serves as the governing body for the sport of Ultimate in the US, making it responsible for enhancing and promoting the sport through character, community, and competition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth & Community Programs - In keeping with USA Ultimate's strategic goals, youth and community programs remain a top organizational priority.Through direct programming as well as through partnerships with local affiliates and organizations, USA Ultimate supports youth playing opportunities, provides coaching certification and resources, provides member services and engages in community development alongside ongoing communications and marketing efforts.
$2,319,673 spent$2,989,186 earned by the program47% of program spendingCompetition Programs, Rules and Spirit - USA Ultimate organizes the full spectrum of ultimate competition nationwide, hosting major events annually including national championships on both grass and beach for youth, college, elite and masters divisions. Additionally, USA Ultimate manages competition guidelines for each season, sets and maintains the official rules of the sport and oversees officiating and disc standards.
$1,628,987 spent$2,056,441 earned by the program33% of program spendingNational Teams and International Programs - As the largest flying disc organization in the world with more than 60,000 individual members, USA Ultimate represents athletes at the highest levels of competition. Fielding national teams and participating in international world championship events not only allows our members opportunities for elite level play, but fosters growth and collaboration within the international ultimate community.
$999,039 spent$472,805 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,947,699.
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 $3.8M to $5.3M (+38%).
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: 2020 15% · 2021 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of Ultimate Players Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Kevin Erlenbach
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $36k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Players Association’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 Players Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 Ultimate Players Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 88% · 2019 94% · 2020 91% · 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
67% of Ultimate Players Association's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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 Players Association holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Ultimate Players Association
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- USA Ultimate Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ultimate Players Association: 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 Players Association?
- Ultimate Players Association (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,247 to it, the largest being USA Ultimate Foundation ($155,021). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Ultimate Players Association have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $233,247 in grants to Ultimate Players Association, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ultimate Players Association?
- USA Ultimate Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $155,021 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ultimate Players Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing