The Grappling Growth Initiative Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 332855684
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6784288536
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,036
- Expenses
- $26,489
- Assets
- $6,574
- Liabilities
- $6,027
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- ROBERT LANEY (VICE PRESIDE)
- WES TURNER (VICE PRESIDE)
- GREG SIRICO (CHAIRMAN)
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
We believe brazilian jiu jitsu should be accessible to anyone willing to put in the work--regardless of their financial situation. Our mission is to support youth and adult practitioners across the u.s by providing scholarships for competition expenses, training and gear. We focus on assisting lower-ranked athletes who demonstrate strong character and give back to the jiu jitsu community--because they represent the future of the sport. Too often, talented individuals are forced to walk away from jiu jitsu due to the financial burden. We're here to change that. Jiu jitsu offers far more than just physical fitness. It builds confidence, resilence, discipline, and emotional strength. It teaches you how to face adversity, how to communicate, how to lead--and it creates a deep sense of belonging. These benefits can be life-changing, especially for those navigating hardship. By breaking down financial barriers, we're not just helping individuals, we're investing in the future of the jiu jits
What it reported doing in 2025
We believe brazilian jiu jitsu should be accessible to anyone willing to put in the work--regardless of their financial situation. Our mission is to support youth and adult practitioners across the u.s by providing scholarships for competition expenses, training and gear.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.92; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 98% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.