Missouri · Nonprofit
UNLIMITED PLAY INC
UNLIMITED PLAY INC (Missouri) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,528,820 to it, the largest being YOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Unlimited Play Inc does
Mission
To enrich lives by fostering the development of inclusive playgrounds that promote dignity, understanding and respect among children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Universally accessible playgrounds: unlimited play is a leader in the field of accessibility and inclusive play. We use universally accessible playgrounds as a tool to rally community members around a higher set of values, while working together to build environments where individuals on all levels can connect for a common cause. The end result of our efforts is an inclusive play environment, serving as a point of pride for the community for many years to come, a place where all kids and adults, regardless of their abilities, are accepted for who they are, not what they can or cannot do. We currently have 140 playgrounds in 26 states as well as canada, with an estimated 3.5 million visitors a year. (see schedule o for more information)at unlimited play, we look beyond the bars, tubes and hardware of a playground to see people, of all shapes, sizes, and abilities who should enjoy them. Individuals desire to feel wanted, valued, connected, loved and empowered. Too often, children and adults with disabilities are denied opportunities - including opportunities to play with siblings, loved ones and peers at a local playground.only fully accessible playgrounds give all individuals a…
$3,789,809 spentof which $3,198,674 as grants$478,061 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,789,809.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.7M to $3.7M (+116%).
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 2% · 2021 1% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of UNLIMITED PLAY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Natalie Mackay
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $72k → $1.4M.
15 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 UNLIMITED PLAY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
UNLIMITED PLAY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
56% 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 UNLIMITED PLAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 79% · 2019 87% · 2020 91% · 2021 85% · 2022 55% · 2023 42% — 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
8% of UNLIMITED PLAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 34% 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
UNLIMITED PLAY INC draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
UNLIMITED PLAY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like UNLIMITED PLAY 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNLIMITED PLAY INC: 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 UNLIMITED PLAY INC?
- UNLIMITED PLAY INC (Missouri) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,528,820 to it, the largest being YOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNLIMITED PLAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $3,528,820 in grants to UNLIMITED PLAY INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNLIMITED PLAY INC?
- YOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNLIMITED PLAY INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 47 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