Washington Tennis & Education Foundation EIN 52-6046504

Washington Tennis & Education Foundation

EIN  52-6046504 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Washington, DC Founded 1955
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Verified accurate 8/31/26 · see original filing: IRS
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Size
$1–10M
What they do
Empowers youth with skills for academic, athletic, and personal achievement.
Leadership
John Borden · CEO Until 01/2025 · $162K
Money in and out
$3.5M revenue, $3.8M expenses
Bottom line
84% program efficiency

Empowers youth with skills for academic, athletic, and personal achievement. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $3.5M in revenue, $3.8M in expenses, and $23.7M in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$3.5M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$3.8M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$23.7M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$287K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.84 Management & general $0.10 Fundraising $0.06
Program efficiency
84%
of spending reaches programs▲ +4% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
55.4mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate0% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-8%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +79% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$3.5M
FY2024▲ +30%
Expenses
$3.8M
FY2024▲ +1%
Total assets
$23.9M
FY2024▼ -2%
Total liabilities
$174K
FY2024▲ +9%
Total revenue
$3.5M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$3.8M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$23.7M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$287K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$23.9M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B84%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 337
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 437
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $2.0M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Center for excellence (cfe) is an intensive academic, life-skills, and tennis instruction program for students in grades 1-12. Cfe runs 5 days a week mon-fri 4 to 7 P.M. Students receive 90 minutes of individualized math and reading instruction, mandatory homework completion, and 90 minutes of tennis instruction daily.

$846Kprogram expense
02

Tennis Center Programs

Wtef offers beginner to advanced clinics for youth and adults. Our primary programming at our east campus is for youth who live within district of columbia underserved communities. We also offer fee-based programming at our east and west campuses where partial proceeds go towards funding youth programming at our east campus and our…

$703Kprogram expense
03

An extension of the cfe school year program, cfe summer is the longest summer camp in washington DC, operating for 9 weeks, 5 days a week, from 8AM-4PM. Cfe summer provides educationally enriching interactive game-based activities such as chess, robotics, coding, computer games, board games and skills-appropriate tennis clinics, singles…

$436Kprogram expense

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Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CWashington Tennis & Education Foundation
EINHdr · item D52-6046504
Principal addressHdr · item CWashington, DC
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.wtef.org
Year of formationHdr · item L1955
State of legal domicileHdr · item MDC
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFYouth Development (O500)
Ruling yearIRS BMFOct 1956

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a37
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b37
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO Until 01/2025
$162,240Pt VII · Sec A
City-Wide Tennis Director
$122,399Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Programs & Partnerships
$110,194Pt VII · Sec A
CEO as of 03/2025
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Coach
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Borden’s $162K as CEO Until 01/2025 is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1547 $1–10M youth development 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John Borden$162,240$162,480$166,162$176,162$135,000$5,192
Rebecca Crouch-Pelham$92,674$152,859
Leah Friedman$131,562
Alex Shek$122,399$104,329
Janelle Nichols$110,194
Josef Weissfeld$17,050$14,905$14,905
Joe Weissfeld$7,126

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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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$2.0M · 57%
Program service revenue$896K · 26%
Investment income$834K · 24%
Contributions & grants57%$2.0M
Program service revenue26%$896K
Investment income24%$834K
Total revenueLn 12$3.5M

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.84 Management & general $0.10 Fundraising $0.06
Program services84%$3.2M
Management & general10%$372K
Fundraising6%$216K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.8M

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$23.9M
Total liabilitiesLn 26$174K
Total net assetsLn 32$23.7M
Months of cash on handcomputed7.3

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $17.0M · Operating expenses (Pt IX) $3.8M · Less non-cash grants $113K · Cash operating expenses/yr $3.7M
55.4 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $3.2M · Total expenses $3.8M
84%
Management & General
Management & general $372K · Total expenses $3.8M
10%
Fundraising
Fundraising $216K · Total expenses $3.8M
6%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $316K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $1.5M
$0.21 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $2.0M · Total revenue $3.5M
57%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $3.5M
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $896K · Total revenue $3.5M
26%
Investment reliance
Investment income $834K · Total revenue $3.5M
+24%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $896K · Total expenses $3.8M
24%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $3.5M · Prior year $2.7M
+30%
Revenue CAGR
FY2019 $2.0M · FY2024 $3.5M
+12%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $23.7M · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $3.5M · Expenses $3.8M
-8%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $23.9M
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $23.7M · Total assets $23.9M
99%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $14.7M · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $23.9M
61%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual John Borden · Reported title CEO UNTIL 01/2025 · Highest reported compensation $162K · Total expenses $3.8M
4%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $2.1M · Total expenses $3.8M
56%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 84%
Overhead ratio 10%
Fundraising cost ratio 11%
Revenue growth 30%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$145K

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024$2.7M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$2.9M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$3.4M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$2.9M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$2.0M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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