Florida · Nonprofit
UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC
UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,977 to it, the largest being HAMILTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($128,091). 2 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
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $157k
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What United States Masters Swimming Inc does
Mission
Usms' mission is to empower adults to improve their lives through swimming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Member services include: exclusive fitness and health information and content in swimmer magazine, 36 e-newsletters, and website, special members-only content including workouts written for all types of swimmers. The usms discussion forums have 39,000+ users, and usms online fitness logs have 10,000+ users. Supplemental insurance coverage is provided for members and event hosts during workouts, clinics, and competitions. Members are also eligible to receive special offers, discounts, and benefits from usms sponsor partners. Ccs is the collective organization that unifies college club swim programs across the country. Ccs provides the rules, calendar of events, results database, and communications across all registered ccs clubs. It's run by an advisory board of ccs swimmers and supported by usms and 3900+ members.
$2,045,376 spent$4,115,781 earned by the program49% of program spendingEducation services include: club development and support by usms staff and coaches to assist clubs and potential clubs in expanding or starting new programs in their communities. Marketing resources are provided at low or no cost to clubs and coaches. Usms maintains its own coach certification programs in person and online. Usms also teaches an adult-learn-to swim instructor program and stroke clinics. In partnering with usasf (usa swimming foundation), usms has facilitated more than $740,000 in grants and resources to programs that are providing adult learn-to-swim opportunities. More than 8,650 adults have benefited from lessons taught by our program partners.
$631,763 spent$175,766 earned by the program15% of program spendingEvents include: structure, support, recognition, and communication services for swimming competitions and events, including spring and summer nationals, open water swims, long distance pool swims, college club nationals, fitness events, and virtual competitions. Event results, including top 10 times and records, are tracked at usms.org. Insurance coverage for event hosts and volunteers is provided, as well as marketing and product support, internet broadcast of the competitions, and awards.
$954,032 spentof which $38,289 as grants$357,115 earned by the program23% of program spendingGrown up swimming is a summertime adult swim league, offering a fun way for adults to get into swimming after high school or college.
$583,358 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,214,529.
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 $6.2M to $7.3M (+18%).
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 8% · 2021 8% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC’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. 3 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
Lowry Dawson Hughes Iv
CEO
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 $10k → $20k.
4 of 6 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 MASTERS SWIMMING 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
UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 77% · 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
100% of UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC'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. Of the $300 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC is better cushioned than half 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 UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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
- Grown Up Swimming LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC?
- UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,977 to it, the largest being HAMILTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($128,091). 2 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 MASTERS SWIMMING INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $156,977 in grants to UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC?
- HAMILTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $128,091 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 6 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