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WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC

WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FRANK R HOWARD FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$101k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$18k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Willits Youth Football Association Inc does

Mission

Willis Youth Football & Cheer promotes character growth and skill development of local youth 7-14 years of age, through instructional and fun participation in football and cheer. A dedicated group of board members, coaches, volunteers and local businesses supports this program. It is our goal that every youth with a desire to play football or cheer is given the opportunity to do so! Willits Youth Football & Cheer is part of the Mendo-Lake Empire Junior Football League. Seven 11-man teams comprise our League. The NORTH DIVISION includes: the Fort Bragg Cubs, the Kelseyville Chiefs, the Westshore Cardinals, and the Willits Cougars. The SOUTH DIVISION includes: the Lower Lake Trojans, the Middletown Colts, and the St. Helena Carpy Gang. We play each team within our North Division and the South Division. GO COUGARS!

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Willis Youth Football & Cheer promotes character growth and skill development of local youth 7-14 years of age, through instructional and fun participation in football and cheer. A dedicated group of board members, coaches, volunteers and local businesses supports this program. It is our goal that every youth with a desire to play football or cheer is given the opportunity to do so! For the 2023 - 2024 Season 150 local youths were able to benefit from our program.Willits Youth Football & Cheer is part of the Mendo-Lake Empire Junior Football League. Seven 11-man teams comprise our League. The NORTH DIVISION includes: the Fort Bragg Cubs, the Kelseyville Chiefs, the Westshore Cardinals, and the Willits Cougars. The SOUTH DIVISION includes: the Lower Lake Trojans, the Middletown Colts, and the St. Helena Carpy Gang. We play each team within our North Division and the South Division. GO COUGARS!

    $77,233 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $77,233.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($58k) Expenses 100 ($53k) Net assets 100 ($12k)2024 Revenue 156 ($90k) Expenses 148 ($79k) Net assets 267 ($32k)2025 Revenue 174 ($101k) Expenses 217 ($116k) Net assets 146 ($18k)
202020242025
Revenue (174)Expenses (217)Net assets (146)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $32k to $18k (−45%).

$12k
$32k
$18k
202020242025
Total assets

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.

2020
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

9% of WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC’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. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’20
$11k
’24
−$15k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.

Funder
'19
'21
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 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.

Where its funders are

100% of WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
’23
California out of state home

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

WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

0%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC?
WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FRANK R HOWARD FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC?
FRANK R HOWARD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILLITS YOUTH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC 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 2020–2025), 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