California · Nonprofit
UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION
UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,267 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,267). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $721k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $494k
What United States Lifesaving Association does
Mission
Drowning prevention via public education and promotion of lifesaving professionalism
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Life saving events: the United States Lifesaving Association conducts a national lifesaving competition annually. The 2025 competition was held in huntington beach, ca. Competition encourages lifeguards to achieve the highest possible levels of fitness needed in their lifesaving work, to demonstrate the skills needed in lifesaving to the general public, to encourage exchanges of information among lifeguard agencies, and to raise funds needed to fund usla programs. For a job where seconds count, lifesaving competition raises skills. The competition also instills pride in the lifeguards, promotes their profession through actions which serve to demonstrate that lifeguards everywhere are deserving of the trust placed in them by the public they protect.
$230,695 spent$331,080 earned by the program44% of program spendingPublic education: the usla creates and supports programs aimed at water safety and drowning prevention. Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in children according to the cdc. With this in mind, usla creates and collaborates on creation, of a range of resources to teach children how to be safe in and around water. This includes topics and activities relating on how to recognize a rip current and the dangers of rip currents, and to always swim near a lifeguard. Resources include: videos, fact sheets, coloring books, bookmarks, posters and teacher resources available in english and spanish. Each year as summer begins, the United States Lifesaving Association sponsors national beach safety week in an effort to remind beachgoers to use caution in the aquatic environment. Coinciding with national beach safety week is rip current awareness week. Rip currents account for over 80% of rescues preformed by surf beach lifeguards. These events are held to educate the public about beach safety and rip currents and how to break the grip of the rip. As it states in our mission, we are working to reduce the incidence of death and injury in the aquatic…
$2,500 spent0% of program spendingLifeguard agency certification program: the usla lifeguard agency certification program was developed to encourage open water lifeguard agencies nationwide to meet minimum standards for training, equipping, and conducting effective lifeguard programs. Agencies apply for certification (accreditation) and are certified if they are found in compliance. Over 180 agency training programs, includes states, counties and cities, as well as private providers are certified by the usla. To qualify under the usla program, a beach lifeguard provider/agency must comply and meet all the required elements as listed in the usla guidelines. The programs includes a wide range of educational components including the usla manual of open water lifesaving, four training videos; water observation, components of a rescue, beach vehicle operations, code x search and recovery. Usla educational resources are used by lifeguard agencies throughout the country.
$26,809 spent$43,215 earned by the program5% of program spendingCollaborated with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa) national weather service (nws) and sea grant to promote rip current awareness through out the usa by teaching the public how to identify and survive rip currents.working on an ongoing basis with nws to facilitate the provision daily feedback from beach lifeguard agencies to assist them in their marine forecasts, and updates to improve coastal safety forecasting. Support the international life saving federation, americas region, in efforts to provide drowning prevention and lifesaving services in the caribbean, central america, and south america. Collected and published national statistics on beach lifeguard rescues, drowning, medical aids, attendance, and other key performance measures.this data is used by the media, researchers, and decision-makers. Over 95,000 rescues from drowning were reported to the usla national lifesaving statistics in 2025 from over 120 public and private beach lifeguard agencies. Usla chapters and affiliated agencies reported providing over 197,000 public safety lectures to over 5,600,000 students.supported united states representatives on the board of directors and commissions…
$267,127 spent$338,129 earned by the program51% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $527,131.
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 2024 to 2025, from $440k to $507k (+15%).
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.
40% of UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $367 → $221.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 STATES LIFESAVING 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.
Where its funders are
100% of UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
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
UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- NJ$3k
- DE$2k
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 STATES LIFESAVING 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 California
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED STATES LIFESAVING 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 UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,267 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,267). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,267 in grants to UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,267 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION 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.
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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 2019–2025), 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