United States Soccer Federation
Chicago, IL · EIN 13-5591991. Reported 118 grants totalling $7,310,575 to 64 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For United States Soccer Federation, the IRS classifies it under recreation & sports rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE N640) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 64 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 30% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $16,444. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $89,366; the smallest was $6,750 and the largest $414,582. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Youth Soccer Association Inc | Sandy, UT | $481,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Georgia State Soccer Association Inc | Atlanta, GA | $453,022 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Jersey State Youth Soccer Association | Freehold, NJ | $406,032 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Montana Youth Soccer Association | Kalispell, MT | $378,536 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Youth Soccer Association South | Anaheim, CA | $354,291 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wyoming Soccer Association | Casper, WY | $323,425 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association | Plymouth Mtng, PA | $322,684 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Youth Soccer | Plano, TX | $296,783 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cerebral Palsy Soccer Inc | Irvington, NY | $287,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oregon Youth Soccer Association | Beaverton, OR | $247,512 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United States Senior Soccer Division Inc | Bridgeview, IL | $224,458 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iowa Soccer Association | Des Moines, IA | $214,544 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indiana Soccer Association Inc | Westfield, IN | $197,996 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Youth Soccer Association Inc | Greensboro, NC | $196,225 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United States Association for Blind Athletes Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $194,491 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ohio South Youth Soccer Association Inc | Maineville, OH | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Soccer Coaches Association | Kansas City, MO | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Deaf Soccer Organization | Austin, TX | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Youth Soccer Foundation | Tukwila, WA | $154,413 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maryland State Youth Soccer Association Inc | Glenwood, MD | $139,404 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association Inc | West Allis, WI | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Texas State Soccer Association Inc | Frisco, TX | $133,438 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Missouri Youth Soccer Assoc Inc | Saint Charles, MO | $116,552 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colorado Soccer Association | Englewood, CO | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Amputee Soccer Association | Stony Brook, NY | $106,375 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tennessee State Soccer Association | Murfreesboro, TN | $104,156 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Down Syndrome Sports of America Inc | Dover, DE | $100,538 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Youth Soccer Association Inc | Lexington, KY | $97,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Illinois Youth Soccer Assocn Inc | Arlington Heights, IL | $91,125 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Virginia Youth Soccer Association Inc | Fredericksburg, VA | $87,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Youth Soccer Assn | Lancaster, MA | $82,391 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Florida State Soccer Association Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $76,638 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nevada Youth Soccer Association | Las Vegas, NV | $54,567 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Mexico Youth Soccer Association | Albuquerque, NM | $46,125 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indiana State Referee Committee Corp | Westfield, IN | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Soccer Association | Baton Rouge, LA | $44,875 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arkansas State Soccer Association Inc | Sherwood, AR | $39,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Texas State Soccer Association Inc | Frisco, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Delaware Youth Soccer Association | Middletown, DE | $31,875 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York State West Youth Soccer Association Inc | Webster, NY | $31,130 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens Sports Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association Inc | Garden City South, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| South Dakota State Soccer Assn | Sioux Falls, SD | $23,854 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Junior Soccer Association Inc | Farmington, CT | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alaska State Youth Soccer Association | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Minnesota Youth Soccer Association Inc | Shakopee, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mississippi Soccer Association | Flowood, MS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Say Soccer USA Soccer Association for Youth USA | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West Virginia Soccer Association Inc | Beckley, WV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Elizario Isd | San Elizario, TX | $14,999 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association Incorporated | Lancaster, MA | $13,881 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Youth Soccer Association Inc | Brandon, MS | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Responders Childrens Foundation | New York, NY | $12,495 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Foundation for the Ctrs for Disease Contr & Prevention Inc | Atlanta, GA | $12,495 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alabama State Referee Committee | Hoover, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alabama Youth Soccer Association | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Association of Competitive Soccer Clubs | Mt Pleasant, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Hampshire Soccer Association | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ohio Youth Soccer Assnnorth | Brunswick, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Oklahoma Soccer Association Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| South Texas Youth Soccer Association | Round Rock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Together Rising | Falls Church, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Idaho Youth Soccer Association Inc | Meridian, ID | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhode Island Soccer Association Inc | Riverside, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
35 of 64 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Iowa Soccer Association
ITG & 2022 STEINBRECHER CUP - San Elizario Isd
AT&T CULTURAL CONNECTION CAMPAIGN
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 of 64 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35 | $407,490 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 10 | $123,317 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,649,625 | $39,675 |
| 2023 | 43 | $5,130,143 | $98,875 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
9% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $16,444 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United States Soccer Federation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 42 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 303 E Wacker Dr Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60601.
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