SPAAT's mission is to empower socially and economically disadvantaged high school student-athletes by providing them with academic, community and athletic support services to increase the number of student-athletes prepared for college, careers and life after sports.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
57¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $58K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
57%
of spending
Worth a look: 57% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$150K
to officers and key staff · 28% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 28% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.5 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$393K
865% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 865% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$370K
-38% vs prior year
Spent
$529K
To programs
57%
Net assets
−$348K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$370K
FY2025▼ -38%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$620K
FY2022$546K
FY2023$955K
FY2024$601K
FY2025$370K
Expenses
$529K
FY2025▼ -35%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$622K
FY2022$621K
FY2023$792K
FY2024$819K
FY2025$529K
Net assets
−$348K
FY2025▼ -83%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$0
FY2022−$130K
FY2023$27K
FY2024−$190K
FY2025−$348K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2003.

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Where the money goes

57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 57% · $299K Management & general 33% · $176K Fundraising 10% · $54K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $150K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$150,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Harold Pearson’s $150K as CEO is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Harold Pearson$150,000$150,000$147,500$140,769$124,231

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Empowers student-athletes with academic, community, and athletic support for college and life success.

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1 program · $299K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Educated disadvantaged high school student-athletes by providing them with academic, athletic and community support services to increase the number of student-athletes ready for college, careers and life after sports.

$299Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$370K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$370K
Money outPt IX
$529K
Ln 25
Programscol B$299K
Managementcol C$176K
Fundraisingcol D$54K
Owns and owesPt X
−$348K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22K
Total assetsLn 16$45K
LiabilitiesLn 26$393K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$370K
Government grantsLn 1e$290K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$370K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$22K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$22K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$45K
LiabilitiesLn 26$393K
Net assetsLn 32−$348K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$91K$22K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$4K
Total assetsLn 16$221K$45K
LiabilitiesLn 26$410K$393K
Net assetsLn 32−$190K−$348K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$22K$22K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$150K$68K$60K$22K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$80K$36K$32K$12K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$9K$8K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$34K$34K
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$3K$2K$900
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$15K$13K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$7K$6K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$3K$3K$960
Office expensesLn 13$5K$2K$2K$812
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$1K$1K$462
TravelLn 17$2K$828$735$276
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$261$117$105$39
InterestLn 20$9K$4K$3K$1K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$823$731$274
InsuranceLn 23$17K$8K$7K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$122K$119K$2K$903
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$1K$1K$526
Total functional expensesLn 25$529K$299K$176K$54K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $370K$529K−$158K−$348K 990 PDF
FY2024 $601K$819K−$219K−$190K 990 PDF
FY2023 $955K$792K$164K$27K 990 PDF
FY2022 $546K$621K−$75K−$130K 990 PDF
FY2021 $620K$622K−$2K$0 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $370,308 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $591,899$370,308
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,843$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $600,742$370,308
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$22,244
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $403,805$249,948
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $415,483$256,390
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $819,288$528,582
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$218,546−$158,274
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $370,308 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$290,359
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$79,949
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$370,308
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenue$370,308
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $528,582 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $22,244$22,244
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $67,500 · Management $60,000 · Fundraising $22,500$150,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $35,828 · Management $31,847 · Fundraising $11,942$79,617
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,149 · Management $8,132 · Fundraising $3,050$20,331
IX-11a Management feesManagement $33,800$33,800
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,700 · Management $2,400 · Fundraising $900$6,000
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,580 · Management $12,960 · Fundraising $4,860$32,400
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,515 · Management $5,790 · Fundraising $2,172$14,477
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,880 · Management $2,561 · Fundraising $960$6,401
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,438 · Management $2,167 · Fundraising $812$5,417
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,386 · Management $1,233 · Fundraising $462$3,081
IX-17 TravelPrograms $828 · Management $735 · Fundraising $276$1,839
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $117 · Management $105 · Fundraising $39$261
IX-20 InterestPrograms $3,871 · Management $3,441 · Fundraising $1,290$8,602
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $823 · Management $731 · Fundraising $274$1,828
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,652 · Management $6,801 · Fundraising $2,551$17,004
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $119,125 · Management $2,409 · Fundraising $903$122,437
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,243 · Management $1,074 · Fundraising $526$2,843
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $298,879 · Management $176,186 · Fundraising $53,517$528,582
Part X · Balance sheet $45,464 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $91,097$22,126
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $124,224$19,680
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,486$3,658
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $220,807$45,464
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $74,966$67,823
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $335,427$325,509
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $410,393$393,332
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$189,586−$347,868
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$189,586−$347,868
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $220,807$45,464
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$347,868 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$370,308
XI-2 Total expenses$528,582
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$158,274
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$189,586
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$8
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$347,868

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