California · Nonprofit
United Playaz
United Playaz (California) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,205,336 to it, the largest being CRANKSTART FOUNDATION ($750,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $-6686249
What United Playaz does
Mission
United Playaz is a San Francisco-based violence prevention and youth development organization. We provide a comprehensive range of services to prepare vulnerable youth for higher education, employment, and healthy living within a safe, nurturing, and collaborative environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Re-Entry & Crisis Response/Intervention-The organization provides skill development and workforce enrollment services and referrals to vocational training and other employment programs. The program provides mentoring and assistance with navigating systems postincarceration. Further, the organization provides crisis response and intervention services to youth, geared toward reducing cycles of destructive behavior. The program improves the kids' overall health by increasing their knowledge and access to ancillary services through a well-established network of partners and referral services.
$1,213,416 spentof which $933,831 as grants12% of program spendingAfterschool Programs-The organization provides after-school and full-day summer programs for K-8 students, and delivers project based learning, enrichment, and academic support activities, through a connection-based model assisting students in building relationship with staff who teach/model important skills and opportunities for social emotional learning and practice, complimented by a variety of activities to provide daily physical activity, nutrition/healthy choices, art, culture, sports, community engagement opportunities that are grounded in trust based relational interventions
$6,522,593 spentof which $4,830,074 as grants$11,848 earned by the program62% of program spendingJustice Services-The organization targets young people who are system involved, or in custody, with focus on youth involved with assault or weapons charges. Our cohort model serves 8-12 youth over a 24-week period, during 2 Phases. Intake assessments, and at least 1 meeting with a parent/caregiver and communication with any other relevant adults (PO, Counselor, etc) take place prior to participation. Phase 1 provides in-person intensive peer group meetings, virtual group sessions, and individual mentoring for 12 weeks. Phase 2 continues virtual group sessions and individual mentoring.
$736,610 spentof which $544,280 as grants7% of program spendingIn-School Violence Prevention-This organization utilizes a strengths-based approach to build individual confidence so youth believe they are capable intellectually, and with directed supports grounded in social emotional learning and practice and trust based relational interventions, they are better able to manage classroom expectations and reach academic benchmarks. Additional activities include school site clubs, workshops, and presentations.
$2,041,306 spentof which $1,508,434 as grants$75,000 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,513,925.
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 $5.0M to $18M (+259%).
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: 2017 69% · 2018 67% · 2019 74% · 2020 66% · 2021 52% · 2022 76% · 2023 79% · 2024 92% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of United Playaz’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. 6 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
Rudy Corpuz Jr
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $47k → $330k.
15 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 United Playaz’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
United Playaz has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
60% 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 United Playaz.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 25% · 2019 40% · 2020 39% · 2021 76% · 2022 33% · 2023 46% — growing more concentrated.
“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
32% of United Playaz's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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
94% of United Playaz's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
United Playaz has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding United Playaz receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like United Playaz
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- United Playaz Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Playaz: 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 United Playaz?
- United Playaz (California) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,205,336 to it, the largest being CRANKSTART FOUNDATION ($750,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Playaz have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $2,205,336 in grants to United Playaz, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Playaz?
- CRANKSTART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Playaz 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 37 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