Tabletop Game Designers Association Inc
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What it says it does
The Tabletop Game Designers Association is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization that serves as the trade association for Tabletop Game Designers. Our mission is to promote the craft of tabletop game design through education and support; to advocate for the designers of tabletop games; and to build community among game designers.
- Income
- $51,843
- Spending
- $9,895
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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. 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 (3)
- $5,795 spent. Facilitated all-membership communications for approximately 500 members, including a regular newsletter with news and advice about the tabletop games industry, and an active Discord server where members can seek advice from each other and from the organization's leaders.
- $2,959 spent. Maintained a website with extensive resources for members and non-members. Produced a series of 5 webinars available to all members on our website for streaming at anytime. The website also includes access to a member directory based on our membership management system, allowing our approximately 500 members to reach out to each other for publisher references, playtesting, and other networking.
- $641 spent. Conducted outreach and education to members and potential members at several prominent board game conventions including GDC, the Unpublished Games Festival, Gen Con, and Pax Unplugged. This included providing seminars, printed materials, and a grant to the Unpublished Games Festival.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(6) business league.
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? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 August 2024.
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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