Cen Cal Sports
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474808188
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Fresno, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5598923092
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Centers, Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $128,998
- Expenses
- $135,496
- Assets
- $25,354
- Liabilities
- $4,858
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sandoh Mayu (President)
People named in this filing
- Sandoh Mayu (President)
- Adam J Gruszczynski (Treasurer)
- Craig Tristao (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cen Cal Sports is committed to empowering the Central Valleys underserved yet talented youth by creating opportunities for athletic, social, intellectual, and academic development. Through sports camps, clinics, tournaments, leagues, and other youth-focused programs, we strive to instill the values of perseverance, sportsmanship, teamwork, and leadership. Our goal is to help young people build confidence, reach their full potential, and become the leaders of tomorrow
What it reported doing in 2025
Chess Program OverviewOur chess program is focused on creating a supportive learning environment that introduces students to the fundamentals of chess, builds confidence, and encourages participation in clinics, camps, and tournaments. The goal is to help students not only learn the game, but also feel comfortable competing and growing through structured play.For many of the youth we serve, access to equipment and prior exposure to structured play can be a barrier. In many cases, students have never participated in a tournament or been introduced to official chess rules before engaging in our programs.We host Cen Cal Chess Clubs over the summer, serving approximately 30 children ages 612, which has been very well received by parents who consistently express strong satisfaction with the outcomes. In addition, we support a weekly chess club at a local elementary school serving approximately 27 students, for whom we also organized a tournament experience. Providing trophies and a structured competitive environment helps create an engaging experience that fosters enjoyment and builds a lasting interest in chess.Our program takes both a micro and macro approach to student development. We emphasize that chess helps sharpen critical thinking, encourages creativity, develops patience, fosters community, builds confidence, and strengthens focus, discipline, and memory. We have a proven track record of successfully hosting clinics, camps, and tournaments, and parents consistently value how participation in chess helps students build discipline and cognitive skills that carry over into other areas of their lives.Our approach is to introduce chess early at the elementary level, where students are best able to absorb foundational concepts. We also encourage practice through both in-person play and online platforms, as well as peer-to-peer learning, which helps build confidence and reinforces strategic thinking. We strongly believe that consistent play is the key to improvement.Looking ahead, our long-term goal is to expand the number of tournaments and workshops now that restrictions have lifted. We also recognize that transportation is a challenge for many families, and we aim to continue hosting clinics and tournaments directly at local schools to improve accessibility.Program Impact ExamplesThe following examples highlight the impact of our chess programs on participating youth: Of the 27 students who participated in the chess tournament at Lowell Elementary, many were competing in an organized chess tournament for the first time.For many participants, this was their first experience receiving coaching and mentorship during a structured chess tournament.Many students were introduced to chess tournament etiquette, including rules, conduct, and competitive expectations, for the first time.Approximately 12 of the 30 clinic participants were exposed to chess for the very first time.By the end of the school year, all students demonstrated a basic understanding of the game and increased confidence in playing chess.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 14
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 13.8%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 13
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -34.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 13.8% of revenue deployed · 13.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.