Public Charity

Upward Unlimited

Upward Unlimited is a Public Charity headquartered in Spartanburg, SC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $9.3M revenue, $7.9M expenses, $54.1M total assets. 9 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $422K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 571031173 Spartanburg, SC Youth Development - Religious Leadership NTEE: O55 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.3M
Total Expenses$7.9M
Total Assets$54.1M
Grant Records9
Funding Total$422K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Upward Sports is the world's largest Christian sports provider for youth athletics. The mission of Upward Sports is to promote the discovery of Jesus through sports. Upward Sports provides valuable resources that aid in planning, training, and executing first-class, organized, and detailed sports offerings. Upward Sports' values are integrity, collaboration, excellence, innovation and joy.

Where $100 goes at Upward Unlimited

How Upward Unlimited divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$73 Programs the work itself
$27 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $73 for programs

$37
Upward sports ("the organization") exists to promote the discovery of jesus through sports
50% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 2,100 churches; 223,000 athletes
$36
Upward running is a subscription-based program for adults that provides training, community support, and encouragement to help participants improve their physical health while strengthening their faith
About 50% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 449 members
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CFO/Assistant Treasurer Amie Busbee
Director of Partner Relations Andrew Provence
Board Member Bob Caldwell Sr
Director of Information Technology Brian Tramel
Board Member Courtney Shelton
Board Member David Bishop

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$198,175 2 grants
Education
$162,820 2 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$40,555 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$19,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$1,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.3M $7.9M $54.1M
2024 $8.9M $10.1M $50.6M
2023 $19.6M $8.0M $47.7M
2022 $21.9M $13.8M $35.6M
2021 — — $42.0M

Between 2022 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $21.9M to $9.3M (-57%), with total assets most recently reported at $54.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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