Keep Playing Baseball
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PROVIDE FREE RESOURCES FOR YOUTH BASEBALL PLAYERS.
- Income
- $65,827
- Spending
- $54,945
- Reserves
- 5.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $30,000, president, executive direc
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 79 out of 100. Higher than 51% of charities in its peer group (recreation and sports, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 17% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $54,611 spent. WEB PUBLICATIONS AND TRAFFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:WEBSITE:UPDATED/RE-PUBLISHED MORE THAN 500 EXISTING ARTICLES WHILE ADDING NEW ARTILCES ON THE CHANGING COLLEGE BASEBALL RECRUITING LANDSCAPE. WWW.KEEPPLAYINGBASEBALL.ORG IS OUR PRIMARY MEANS OF PROVIDING HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS WITH FREE RESOURCES AND WE CONTINUE TO IMPACT MORE PEOPLE EACH YEAR. IN 2025, WE HAD OVER 111,000 WEBSITE USERS AND 60,000 ACTIVE USERS WHO ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 191,000 PAGEVIEWS.FREE ONLINE COURSES:WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE 2 FREE ONLINE COURSES. COURSE 1, CREATING A SUCCESSFUL DIY RECRUITING VIDEO, WALKS PLAYERS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING A HIGH-LEVEL RECRUITING VIDEO ON ANY BUDGET. HAVING AN UPDATED VIDEO IS THE KEY TO CREATING MEANINGFUL EXPOSURE AND CAN BE DONE WITH LITTLE MORE THAN A SMART PHONE. COURSE 2, PARENTS' ROLE IN THE COLLEGE BASEBALL RECRUITING PROCESS: A CRASH COURSE, HELPS PARENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE IN THE COLLEGE SEARCH AND RECRUITING PROCESS. THE COURSE OFFERS TIPS ON HOW TO STAY APPROPRIATELY INVOLVED THROUGH EACH STAGE OF THE RECRUITING PROCESS WHILE STILL EMPOWERING PLAYERS BY GIVING THEM OWNERSHIP OF THEIR COLLEGE SEARCH.
- FREE YOUTH BASEBALL CLINICS:IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND MLB CATCHER ANDREW KNAPP, WE RAN A FREE YOUTH BASEBALL CLINIC SERIES FOR DAVIS LITTLE LEAGUE IN DAVIS, CA, LAKESIDE LITTLE LEAGUE IN GRANITE BAY, AND EL DORADO HILLS LITTLE LEAGUE IN EL DORDADO HILLS, CA. WE ALSO ASSISSTED EL DORADO HILLS LITTLE LEAGUE WITH ONE OF THEIR FALL BALL PLAYER BOOTCAMPS. OVER 400 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ATTENDED THE CLINICS AND FEEDBACK FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, CAMP ATTENDEES, AND CAMPER PARENTS WAS POSITIVE.
- INFORMATIONAL PODCAST: IN 2025, OUR PODCAST CONTINUED TO PROVIDE INSIGHT, ADVICE, AND EXPERT INFORMATION ON THE COLLEGE BASEBALL RECRUITING PROCESS. EPISODES ARE A MIX OF INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH PLAYERS AND COACHES AND INFORMATIONAL DISCUSSIONS ON A PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE COLLEGE SEARCH AND BASEBALL RECRUITING PROCESS.
- $4,000 spent. DIRECT SUPPORT FOR BASEBALL PLAYERS:REGISTRATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:IN 2025, WE SUPPORTED DAVIS LITTLE LEAGUE'S REGISTRATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (RAP) FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW. OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM HELPED PAY PARTICIPATION FEES FOR LITTLE LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS WHOSE FAMILIES COULDN'T AFFORD THEM. IN A CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORT, WE ALSO ASSISTED DAVIS LITTLE LEAGUE IN RASING $11,000 FOR THEIR REGISTRATION ASSISTANCE PRESERVE. WE ALSO TABLED AT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ASSIST SPANISH SPEAKING PARENTS REGISTER FOR DAVIS LITTLE LEAGUE AND APPLY FOR REGISTRATION ASSISSTANCE. 3 PLAYERS BENEFITTED FROM THIS SERVICE. TO DATE, OUR REGISTRATION ASSISTANCE HAS HELPED PAY PARTICIPATION FEES FOR ROUGHLY 50 PLAYERS AND COUNTING.COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VANDERGRIFF-BRENT FAMILY FUND, WE CONTINUED THE KEEP PLAYING BASEBALL COLLEGE SCHOLARHSIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS INVOLVED WITH BASEBALL AT A 4-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. THE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDES $2,500 IN TUITION RELIEF PER YEAR TO EACH RECIPIENT AND IS RENEWABLE FOR UP TO 4 ACADEMIC YEARS. OUR FIRST RECIPIENT RECEIVED CONTINUED TO RECEIVE AID FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR AND GRADUATED IN THE SPRING OF 2025. WE ONBOARDED OUR SECOND RECIPIENT, WHO BEGAN RECEIVING AID FOR THE FALL SEMESTER OF 2025.
- CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL MLB TEAMS, PLAYERS, AND NONPROFITS:WE PARTNERED WITH 7-YEAR MLB VETERAN ANDREW KNAPP, DAVIS LITTLE LEAGUE, LAKESIDE LITTLE LEAGUE, AND EL DORADO HILLS LITTLE LEAGUE AS WEL AS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO RUN FREE BASEBALL CLINICS FOR LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYERS.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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