Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$3,987,941

Total expenses

$4,002,192

Contributions and grants received

$3,887,964

Grants paid

$1,773,130

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$14,839

Other revenue

$85,138

Total assets, end of year

$4,142,670

Total liabilities, end of year

$591,053

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,551,617

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,285,548

Management and general expenses

$268,151

Fundraising expenses

$448,493

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,285,548

Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE GRANT PROGRAM IS THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES BUILDING FREE, PUBLIC SKATE PARKS. TWICE ANNUALLY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS TO REVIEW GRANT APPLICATIONS AND SELECT RECIPIENTS BASED ON SEVERAL CRITERIA, INCLUDING MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, CURRENT ACCESS TO SKATE PARKS, SCOPE OF PROPOSED PROJECT, DEMONSTRATED WORK COMPLETED TO FUND RAISE AND CREATE COMMUNITY AWARENESS, AND OTHER LOCAL DATA DEMONSTRATING COMMUNITY IS UNDERSERVED. REVENUE FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM IS GENERATED THROUGH SPONSORSHIP, DONATIONS, GRANTS, AND AUCTIONS.

  Expenses $378,380 · Grants $378,380

• THE ORGANIZATION'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF ITS WORK. COMMUNITIES PURSUING NEW PUBLIC SKATE PARKS CALL, E-MAIL, OR WRITE THE SKATEPARK PROJECT WITH A RANGE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SKATE PARK-DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE SKATEPARK PROJECT STAFF PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTION THROUGH THE SOMETIMES COMPLICATED PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT EACH COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT ITS OPTIONS ARE AT ALL TIMES, AND TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THE BEST, MOST COST-EFFECTIVE SKATE PARKS POSSIBLE. ORGANIZATION STAFF ALSO RESEARCH WHICH COMMUNITIES ARE CONSIDERING OR HAVE STARTED A SKATE PARK PROJECT, AND PROACTIVELY CONTACT THEM TO LEARN IF THE SKATEPARK PROJECT CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE.

  Expenses $1,103,789

• BUILT TO PLAY PROGRAM: WITH MATCHING-GRANT FUNDS OF UP TO $250,000 AND A SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT OF UP TO $50,000 TO ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THE BUILT TO PLAY SKATEPARK PROGRAM SUPPORTS COMMUNITY GROUPS AND MUNICIPAL ENTITIES SEEKING TO CREATE FREE, PUBLIC SKATEPARKS FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND WESTERN NEW YORK. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES ADVISORY SERVICES AND ADVOCACY TRAINING TO ASSIST GROUPS IN ORGANIZING AND MANAGING THEIR EFFORTS.

  Expenses $1,694,134 · Grants $1,357,750

• YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM: THE YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM CONDUCTS RESEARCH ABOUT THE NEEDS OF YOUTH AND ASSISTS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SKATEBOARDING PROGRAMMING TO CHILDREN. CURRENTLY, A RESEARCH PROJECT IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE FOUNDATION AND USC, AND A YOUTH AFFILIATE PILOT PROJECT CURRENTLY PROVIDES SUPPORT AND FUNDING TO FIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH YOUTH IN CITIES ACROSS THE US.THE AMOUNT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS REPRESENT PAST GRANT AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN RETURNED DUE TO THE PROJECT THEY WERE FUNDING CEASED OPERATION.

• FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM:THE TSP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS A TWELVE MONTH TWO PHASE TRAINING AND PROJECT DESIGN OPPORTUNITY. THROUGH TRAINING, MENTORSHIP, AND RESOURCES, TSP WILL BUILD MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE, DIVERSE AND EQUIPPED SKATE PARK ADVOCATES, DESIGNERS AND PROGRAMMERS. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE A DIVERSE GROUP OF BIPOC PEOPLE AGED 18-24. AFTER SUCCESSFUL MATRICULATION, WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF SKATEPARK ADVOCATES.

  Expenses $109,245 · Grants $37,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• TOWN OF SWEDEN

  $300,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• VILLAGE OF ELLICOTTVILLE

  $300,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• LOCKPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC

  $300,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF POLICE ATHLETIC

  $300,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• WARM SPRINGS COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM

  $128,130

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• NEW YORK (BROOKLYN)

  $70,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• LINCOLN-WOODSTOCK FRIENDS OF RECREATION

  $50,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• CITY OF AUBURN

  $40,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

  $30,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

• CRYSTAL SPRINGS SKATEPARK PROJECT

  $30,000

  FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SKATE PARK.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

14 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202303209349303585

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