The organization provides children ages 4 to 18, residing in and around new york city, a year-round basketball training program free of charge and a low fee summer day camp basketball program. Organization staff incorporate innovative and comprehensive activities to develop basketball skills, physical fitness and life skills to achieve a meaningful impact in the personal development of these children.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 34 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $139K a year · 22% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$138K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
17 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 17.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $800
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$28K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$873K
+33% vs prior year
Spent
$623K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$873K
FY2024▲ +33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$386K
FY2021$535K
FY2022$722K
FY2023$658K
FY2024$873K
Expenses
$623K
FY2024▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$297K
FY2021$458K
FY2022$531K
FY2023$568K
FY2024$623K
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2024▲ +26%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$909K
FY2021$1000K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2015-01-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $583K Management & general 6% · $37K Fundraising 1% · $4K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $138K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Program Director
$137,532Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Louis Bergman-Clark$137,532$205,032$175,032$236,144$99,355

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers free year-round basketball training and low-fee summer camp for NYC youth, developing skills and life lessons.

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2 programs · $583K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Steady Buckets free basketball clinic is an innovative basketball, physical fitness and life skills development program for boys and girls ages 4-18 in the greater New York city area. The program's objective is to develop hard working, resilient, empathetic and confident individuals who will make a positive contribution to their…

$511Kprogram expense
02

Summer and holiday basketball camps are a low cost day camp program offering the benefits of the free clinic program on a full day basis when public schools are not in session.

$72Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$800

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$873K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$550K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$324K
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Money outPt IX
$623K
Ln 25
Programscol B$583K
Managementcol C$37K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$898K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$550K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$55K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$61K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$324K
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Gains on assetsLn 7$4K
Total revenueLn 12$873K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$838K
SavingsLn 2$60K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$898K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$680K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$739K$898K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$553K$680K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$2K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$28K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$138K$138K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$236K$236K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$23K$23K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$400$400
Payroll taxesLn 10$34K$34K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$1K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$12K$4K$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$139K$133K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$623K$583K$37K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $873K$623K$250K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $658K$568K$90K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $722K$531K$191K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $535K$458K$77K$1000K 990 PDF
FY2020 $386K$297K$90K$909K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $872,964 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $340,539$550,042
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $310,744$324,046
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,330$14,757
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $204−$15,881
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $657,817$872,964
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $390,143$430,928
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $177,713$192,534
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $567,856$623,462
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $89,961$249,502
Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $872,964 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$61,138
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$488,904
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$54,671
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$550,042
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $324,046$324,046
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $11,063$11,063
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $3,694$3,694
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$15,881−$15,881
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $324,046 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,124$872,964
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $623,462 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $137,532$137,532
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $236,181$236,181
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $23,000$23,000
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $400$400
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,815$33,815
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,185$14,185
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $4,306$4,306
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,430 · Management $8,684$10,114
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,954 · Management $3,954 · Fundraising $3,954$11,862
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,774$4,774
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $133,330 · Management $5,677$139,007
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $8,286$8,286
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $582,702 · Management $36,806 · Fundraising $3,954$623,462
Part X · Balance sheet $1,651,145 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $518,146$838,337
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $220,944$59,670
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$71,250
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$2,024
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $552,835$679,864
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,291,925$1,651,145
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$28,162
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$28,162
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,291,925$1,527,983
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$95,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,291,925$1,622,983
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,291,925$1,651,145
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,622,983 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$872,964
XI-2 Total expenses$623,462
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$249,502
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,291,925
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$81,556
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,622,983

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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