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UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION

UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being SARASOTA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$393k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$669k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What United States Dragon Boat Federation does

Mission

Promote the growth of Dragon Boating in the US for fitness, recreation, and team building at all levels of competition by offering training, clinics and certification for dragon boating officials, coaches, paddlers and festival organizers.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The USDBF collects fees from individual paddlers, which allow the individual paddler certain program benefits. The benefit to the member is that they can participate in any paddling activity that the USDBF sanctions. Some of these activities include Team USA, being on a crew participating in various Championship Competitions such as Club Crew National Championships, Club Crew World Championships and the CanAm Club Crew Championships.

    $18,664 spent$88,620 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

  2. Hosting a National Championship Competition which brought Dragon Boat Clubs from all across the United States to one location to determine the best crews in the US. This was accomplished by "head to head" competition using the standard racing format as prescribed by the International Dragon Boat Federation. This event brought together more than 110 different crews in approximately 30 different divisions that competed over a three day period to determine who was the best crew in their division. The crews that finished in the top of their division not only earned the right to claim that they were the "Best in the US", but also earned a berth to compete in the IDBF World Club Crew Championships that will be held in Hualien, Chinese Taipei in late August of 2026.

    $191,908 spent$264,134 earned by the program
    80% of program spending

  3. The USDBF is the governing body that selects coaches and tasks them with the responsibility to select paddlers that make up Team USA, across the multiple divisions and age groups for the competition. Team USA paddlers and coaches will represent the US at the IDBF World Championships to be held in every odd numbered year.

    $28,077 spent
    12% of program spending

  4. The USDBF continues to offer clinics that help many different people in various aspects of the Dragon Boating sport. There are clinics for paddlers that are being held to help them improve on their paddling techniques, and become a better Dragon Boat paddler. There are clinics for people that have a desire to move into the coaching position for their local club. These clinics teach them the proper methods of passing on the paddling techniques to the participants. There are clinics for people that have a desire to become Officials at Dragon Boating events. These clinics are the first step in allowing them to earn their "USDBF Officials License". There are clinics that help people learn how to take control in order to command and steer a dragon boat during practice and competition.

    $0 spent$2,875 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $238,649.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($96k) Expenses 100 ($195k) Net assets 100 ($15k)2018 Revenue 29 ($27k) Expenses 10 ($19k) Net assets 160 ($23k)2020 Revenue 26 ($25k) Expenses 16 ($32k) Net assets 382 ($56k)2021 Revenue 303 ($291k) Expenses 68 ($132k) Net assets 1490 ($218k)2022 Revenue 93 ($90k) Expenses 14 ($27k) Net assets 1916 ($280k)2023 Revenue 399 ($383k) Expenses 111 ($217k) Net assets 3053 ($446k)2024 Revenue 110 ($105k) Expenses 13 ($26k) Net assets 3599 ($526k)2025 Revenue 409 ($393k) Expenses 128 ($249k) Net assets 4579 ($669k)
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Revenue (409)Expenses (128)Net assets (4579)Peer revenue range

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 $64k to $280k (+335%).

$27k
$23k
$64k
$280k
$281k
$446k
$526k
$669k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

6% of UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$99k
’17
$9k
’18
−$7k
’20
$159k
’21
$62k
’22
$166k
’23
$80k
’24
$143k
’25
32
months of
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed1820212120
Joined·+3+3+4+5
No longer listed·1246
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION’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.

Where its funders are

UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 1 state in all.

FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin36% · top quartile
Months of reserve32.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION

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In Iowa

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Nationally

Seattle Flying Dragon Boat Club82%Dragonsports USA Inc82%Dallas United Crew Inc81%Dragonheart Vermont Inc81%USA Bobsled & Skeleton Foundation79%Houston Heat Dragon Boat Club79%California Dragon Boat Association79%National Rowing Foundation Inc78%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 3%Fundraising 2%

Governance

12
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION?
UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being SARASOTA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION.
Who is the largest funder of UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION?
SARASOTA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION find more funders?
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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 1 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