Granny Basketball League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208958535
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
McGregor, IA, USA
Phone
5638801365
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,065
Expenses
$178,510
Assets
$110,862
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Georgia Jones (President)
  • Michele Clark (Executive Director (Jan 1 to Oct 31))
  • Teresa Miller (Deputy Director (Jan 1 to Oct 31) Executive Director (Nov 1 to Dec 31))

People named in this filing

  • Georgia Jones (President)
  • Michele Clark (Executive Director (Jan 1 to Oct 31))
  • Teresa Miller (Deputy Director (Jan 1 to Oct 31) Executive Director (Nov 1 to Dec 31))

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

The object of this non-profit, 501(c)(3) Corporation shall be to provide entertainment and education for charitable and non-profit groups by organizing and playing 1920s-style basketball games utilizing its "Granny Basketball players" who must be age 50 or over. The Corporation also organizes and provides League activities to promote fun, competitive exercise and as a way to preserve the history of six-on-six basketball.

What it reported doing in 2025

The league's 2025 National Granny Basketball Tournament was held at Game On Sports Complex, Fort Worth, TX. A total of 29 teams participated: 9 in the Championship Division, 8 in the new Hotsy Totsy Division, and 12 in the Off Our Rockers Division. In 89 games, over 348 players competed. Over 71 volunteers from the local community and Granny Basketball League participated in this successful event. Sponsorships raised amongst all of the Texas teams totaled almost $26,000, making attending the 2025 National Tournament more affordable for participants. The designated charities for the 2025 event's fundraising efforts were the Tara Sawyer Foundation (TSF) and Cook Children's Hospital. Teams competed for the highest quantity brought of sandwich baggies containing small shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, to donate to Cook Children's Hospital. Teams delivered a total of 3,247 toiletry bags, valued at $5 each, in-person at the tournament to donate to Cook Children's Hospital. Several teams delivered over 200 baggies and the winning team, Cowtown Heifers of Fort Worth, Texas, delivered over 500 baggies. When you have an emergency to go to the hospital with a child, you may not be prepared, and Cook Children's Hospital goes through over 200 bags per week of these baggies of personal care supplies. Over $6,000 cash was raised for TSF Through gate receipts, team donations, and fun activities such as basketball shooting contests for players, volunteers and the public. Additionally, for TSF, players donated sports equipment donations, including: Golf clubs, soccer balls, baseballs, softballs, basketballs, volleyballs, golf balls, basketball shoes, footballs, equipment, uniforms, swim goggles, baseball caddy, agility cones, etc. ... The 2026 National Tournament will host over 24 teams for 3 days in on July 17th, 18th, 19th, at Prairie Trails Sports Complex, Ankeny, IA. The first National Granny Basketball Tournament was held in June, 2008, in Minneapolis, MN. See our "National Tournament" web page for further information at: https://www.grannybasketball.com/national-tournament

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 72.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 60.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.8% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $166K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.