Positive Coaching Alliance FY2020 filing

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Oakland, CA501(c)(3)Since 1998EducationEIN 77-0485946Revenue $7.4M in FY2020

On file with the IRSpositivecoach.org66 Franklin St Ste 300, 94607-3734 · Oakland, CATax-exempt since Jul 1999Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To change the culture of youth sports so that every child, regardless of social or economic circumstance, has access to a Positive youth sports experience.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
56¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.4M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $231K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
56%
of spending
Worth a look: 56% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
101% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 101% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.4M
Spent
$9.5M
To programs
56%
Net assets
−$39K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.4M
FY2021$9.0M
FY2022$9.5M
FY2023$10.0M
FY2024$14.8M
FY2025$12.1M
Expenses
$9.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.5M
FY2021$7.3M
FY2022$10.0M
FY2023$11.8M
FY2024$12.0M
FY2025$13.6M
Net assets
−$39K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$39K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$5.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending August 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1999.

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Where the money goes

56 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 56% · $5.4M Management & general 27% · $2.6M Fundraising 16% · $1.6M

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

29 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Founder & CEO Emeritus (to 10/2020)
$221,034Pt VII · Sec A
President (to 11/2019)
$188,327Pt VII · Sec A
EVP, Business Development & Philanthropy
$165,667Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Chapter Operations
$152,477Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance (to 1/2020)
$132,135Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Partner Development
$129,311Pt VII · Sec A
EVP, Impact,evaluation and Learning (to 3/2020)
$119,334Pt VII · Sec A
EVP, Programs & Marketing
$114,269Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Sacks’s $342K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jason Sacks$342,090$276,560$253,524———
Chris Moore———$335,435$321,741$71,250
Janet Carter$192,248$301,560$242,316———
Jason Robert Sacks———$292,455$177,500$165,667
Pablo Garcia———$243,784——
Robert Lee Marcus$237,970$194,060————
James Thompson————$202,563$221,034
Jacob Wald$207,360$175,560$155,570$144,196$132,920—

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Transforms youth sports culture by training coaches and securing funding to ensure kids in under-resourced communities have equal access to quality athletic programs.

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2 programs · $5.4M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Partnership Sales and Training Fulfillment

Pca generates roughly 25% of its operating budget from earned income (schools and youth sports organizations who pay for programming for their coaches, athletes, administrators and parents).

$3.8Mprogram expense
02

Program Delivery

Pca conducts two awards programs annually, one that recognizes outstanding coaches who strive to win, while, more importantly, teaching life lessons through sports, and a second that honors high school student-athletes who work to make themselves better, their teammates better and the GAME/COMMUNITY better.

$1.6Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K
Grants paid · 20 grants · $991K · 2019–2024
Texas One Fund INCTX · FY2024$110,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$48,000
Travis High SchoolFY2024$18,620
Unitemized GrantFY2024$14,000
Texas One Fund INCTX · FY2023$60,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$51,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$19,250
Austin Independent School DistrictFY2023$7,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$114,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$18,500
East Austin Yellow Jackets (eayf)FY2022$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$136,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$24,000
Soa Village Housing INCCA · FY2021$10,000
Blp Enterprises LLCFY2021$7,500
Unitemized GrantFY2020$156,000
North Community Football ProgramFY2020$7,500
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,500
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M
Money outPt IX
$9.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.4M
Managementcol C$2.6M
Fundraisingcol D$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
−$39K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$318K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$810K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$426
Total revenueLn 12$7.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K
Other assetsLn 15$50K
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32−$39K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5223
VolunteersI 624
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$75K$34K
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M−$39K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$30K$30K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$170K$170K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$725K$359K$233K$133K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.7M$2.3M$1.5M$862K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$521K$258K$167K$96K
Payroll taxesLn 10$427K$211K$137K$78K
Legal feesLn 11b$15K$9K$2K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$70K$44K$8K$18K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$241K$171K$30K$39K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$443K$433K$2K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$9K$4K$375
OccupancyLn 16$356K$195K$107K$54K
TravelLn 17$309K$127K$78K$104K
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$52K$38K$9K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$47K$25K$14K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.3M$898K$245K$146K
All other expensesLn 24e$118K$71K$38K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.5M$5.4M$2.6M$1.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $12.1M$13.6M−$1.6M$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $14.8M$12.0M$2.9M$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.0M$11.8M−$1.7M$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.5M$10.0M−$474K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.0M$7.3M$1.7M$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $7.4M$9.5M−$2.1M−$39K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $7,400,486 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,613,821$5,752,740
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,852,614$1,929,511
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,033−$426
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$657,831−$281,339
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,809,637$7,400,486
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $188,500$199,536
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,224,246$6,380,113
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,631,890$2,957,404
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,044,636$9,537,053
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$234,999−$2,136,567
Part VI · Governance 19 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members19
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $7,400,486 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,753 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$809,940
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,942,800
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$317,992
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,752,740
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,929,511$1,929,511
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $131$131
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$426−$426
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$302,785−$302,785
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $18,562$18,562
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,949,101 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$301,355$7,400,486
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,537,053 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $30,036$30,036
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $169,500$169,500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $358,962 · Management $232,879 · Fundraising $132,679$724,520
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,332,218 · Management $1,513,147 · Fundraising $861,927$4,707,292
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $258,346 · Management $167,355 · Fundraising $95,750$521,451
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $211,477 · Management $136,994 · Fundraising $78,379$426,850
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $9,152 · Management $1,605 · Fundraising $3,790$14,547
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $44,319 · Management $7,770 · Fundraising $18,354$70,443
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $171,367 · Management $30,046 · Fundraising $39,300$240,713
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $432,840 · Management $2,416 · Fundraising $7,897$443,153
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,692 · Management $4,332 · Fundraising $375$13,399
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $195,226 · Management $107,213 · Fundraising $53,969$356,408
IX-17 TravelPrograms $126,628 · Management $78,308 · Fundraising $104,321$309,257
IX-20 InterestManagement $3,599$3,599
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $38,343 · Management $9,193 · Fundraising $4,696$52,232
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,232 · Management $14,486 · Fundraising $7,247$46,965
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $897,721 · Management $244,820 · Fundraising $146,183$1,288,724
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $71,498 · Management $37,855 · Fundraising $8,611$117,964
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,381,557 · Management $2,592,018 · Fundraising $1,563,478$9,537,053
Part X · Balance sheet $3,253,207 assets, 17 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,491,648$2,466,757
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,668,213$486,027
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $354,713$45,519
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $6,316$5,728
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $136,934$164,738
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $75,485$34,275
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $51,997$50,163
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,785,306$3,253,207
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $350,279$583,645
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,065,831$1,081,102
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$1,160,600
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $544,461$466,642
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,960,571$3,291,989
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $810,102−$858,673
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,014,633$819,891
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,824,735−$38,782
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,785,306$3,253,207
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$38,782 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,400,486
XI-2 Total expenses$9,537,053
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,136,567
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,824,735
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$726,950
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$38,782

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