Missouri · Nonprofit
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $962,372 to it, the largest being CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF ST LOUIS ($768,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $962k
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What United States of America Chess Federation does
Mission
Us chess is a non-profit educational organization devoted to advancing the role of chess in american society. Us chess promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess, not just for its own sake as an art, an educational tool and for enjoyment, but also as a means for the improvement of society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Us chess promoted the study and knowledge of chess by educating the public, particularly secondary and elementary age students, about the game, art, science, sport, and discipline of chess. Us chess and its members supported instructional programs in schools; conducted, sponsored, and promoted chess lessons, seminars, and lectures; held chess tournaments for youth, adults, and individuals with disabilities; produced publications for its members and others describing the corporation's activities and promoting chess education; encouraged the formation of chess groups, clubs, and associations; and supported and promoted chess-related activities throughout the united states.
$5,580,745 spentof which $138,000 as grants$6,424,464 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,580,745.
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 $6.0M to $7.4M (+23%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income fell $30k → $29k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 OF AMERICA CHESS 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.
How concentrated its funding is
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 89% · 2022 66% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“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
67% of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 58% 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
90% of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION: 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 OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION?
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $962,372 to it, the largest being CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF ST LOUIS ($768,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $962,372 in grants to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION?
- CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF ST LOUIS is the largest funder on record, with $768,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 12 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