Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,932,179

Total expenses

$1,008,065

Contributions and grants received

$830,370

Grants paid

$690,832

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$280,969

Other revenue

$820,840

Total assets, end of year

$13,083,247

Total liabilities, end of year

$121,036

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,962,211

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$925,263

Management and general expenses

$82,802

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$925,263

Program services were 91.8% 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 · 2024

• YOUTH BASEBALL. OUR SIGNATURE MIRACLE LEAGUE PROGRAM SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PROVIDE YOUTH AND ADULT ATHLETES WITH UNIQUE ABILITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY BASEBALL ON ADAPTIVE PLAYING SURFACES, ACCESSIBLE FOR WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS AND OTHER ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT. FIELDS FOR KIDS PROVIDES SUPPORT TO IMPROVE YOUTH BASEBALL AND/OR SOFTBALL FACILITIES AND IMPROVING PLAYING FIELDS VIA MATCHING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS THAT OPERATE BASEBALL PROGRAMS. SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE OTHE PITTSBURGH RBI PROGRAM POSITIVELY IMPACTS MORE THAN 1,000 AREA YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE GREATER PITTSBURGH REGION. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES TO THESE YOUTH, PIRATES CHARITIES HOSTS SKILLS AND COACHING CLINICS AND DONATES EQUIPMENT TO LOCAL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $625,306 · Grants $493,390

• COMMUNITY HEALTH. PIRATES CHARITIES SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO OVERALL COMMUNITY WELLNESS THROUGHOUT THE PITTSBURGH REGION BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO LOCAL NONPROFITS AND EXECUTING MEMORABLE PIRATES EXPERIENCES FOR THOSE BATTLING CANCER AND OTHER HEALTH ISSUES OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. IN ADDITION, PIRATES CHARITIES CONTINUED TO HELP FUND CHILL MOBILE, AN IN-SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM TEACHING CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS EVIDENCE-BASED COPING SKILLS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK.

  Expenses $119,416 · Grants $103,942

• MILITARY APPRECIATION. PIRATES CHARITIES SUPPORTED LOCAL NONPROFITS WHO CARE FOR AND SERVE VETERANS AND ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. IN ADDITION TO CONTRIBUTIONS, UNIQUE AND MEMORABLE PIRATES EXPERIENCE WERE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO LOCAL VETERANS AND ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOMS.

  Expenses $24,888 · Grants $8,000

• ALL OTHER PROGRAMS

  Expenses $155,653 · Grants $85,500

As filed on the 2024 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.

Grants on this return

• THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE

  $50,000

  GYM RENOVATION

• MIRACLE LEAGUE OF WESTERN PA

  $30,000

  MIRACLE LEAGUE

• APOLLO RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $25,000

  FIELDS FOR KIDS

• HIGHLANDS SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $25,000

  FIELDS FOR KIDS

• NORTH SIDE BASEBALL

  $23,790

  YOUTH BASEBALL/SOFTBALL (RBI) - FFK

• SMOCK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

  $20,000

  FFK/DUGOUTS

• CITY OF MONESSEN

  $17,300

  FIELDS FOR KIDS

• LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

  $15,000

  5K RUN

• LECOM STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND

  $15,000

  5K RUN

• MANATEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  DEFIBRILLATOR PROGRAM

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202543219349306564

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