Program areas at Playworks
Playworks provided full-time, onsite coaches and site-coordinators in 381 low-income and urban schools in 15 regions across the country. Playworks provided physical activity opportunities through play before, during, and after school. At each school, Playworks' coaches and site coordinators: (i) create a safe, active, and inclusive environment by coordinating a variety of playground games during recess and lunch; (ii) work with individual classes and with classroom teachers to introduce games and physical activity into the school curriculum; (iii) develop and coordinate after school physical activity programs; (iv) coordinate interscholastic developmental sports leagues such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, and others; (v) implement a youth leadership program at select sites, and (vi) employ play as a tool for generating more community and family involvement. Playworks created a place on the playground for over 135,574 children to be active, feel included, and build valuable social and emotional skills.
Playworks provided group training and technical assistance to schools and organizations that serve youth through the Playworks pro service offering. The program trained adults from nearly 1,097 schools and community-based organizations. To complement the school-based program and further, the organization's mission, Playworks pro provides customized staff trainings to schools, after school programs, summer camps, recreation centers, and various other youth service organizations.
Who funds Playworks
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Playworks
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Elizabeth Cushing | Chief Executive Officer | $225,539 | 2023-06-30 |
Michael Chae | Chief Operating Officer | $175,653 | 2023-06-30 |
Satoshi Steimetz | Chief Financial Officer | $189,560 | 2023-12-21 |
Katie Edwards | Chief of Staff / Director of Operations | | 2021-08-17 |
Kerryann Tomlinson | Vice President of Field Operations - Arizona | $133,269 | 2023-06-30 |
...and 20 more key personnel |
Financials for Playworks
Revenues | FYE 06/2023 | FYE 06/2022 | % Change |
---|
Total grants, contributions, etc. | $12,212,443 | $24,325,138 | -49.8% |
Program services | $18,519,233 | $13,686,600 | 35.3% |
Investment income and dividends | $217,886 | $0 | 999% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $41,013 | $0 | 999% |
Net income from fundraising events | $9,972 | $-20,397 | 148.9% |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $31,000,547 | $37,991,341 | -18.4% |
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Data update history
February 4, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
February 4, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
February 3, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 7 new vendors, including , , , , , , and
December 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 17 new grant, including a grant for $293,409 from Jenesis Group Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsEducational service providersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsNational levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 1423 Broadway PMB 161
- Oakland, CA 94612
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- County
- Alameda County, CA
- Website URL
- playworks.org/Â
- Phone
- (510) 893-4180
- Facebook page
- MakeRecessCountÂ
- Twitter profile
- @playworksÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 94-3251867
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1996
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General
- NAICS code, primary
- 611710: Educational Support Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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