Public Charity

PROJECT BACKBOARD

PROJECT BACKBOARD is a Public Charity headquartered in Irvine, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $971K revenue, $993K expenses, $221K total assets. 9 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 475245280 Irvine, CA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$971K
Total Expenses$993K
Total Assets$221K
Grant Records9
Funding Total$1.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Project Backboard is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to renovate public basketball courts and install large scale works of art on the surface in order to strengthen communities, improve park safety, encourage multi-generational play, and inspire people to think more critically and creatively about their environment. Project Backboard renovates public basketball courts and collaborates with artists to install large scale works of art on the surface.

Officers & Directors

Director Daniel Peterson
Project Manager James Peterson

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Top Grant Purposes

GENERAL PURPOSE
$1,361,873 3 grants
Mission Support
$108,399 1 grant
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$29,000 1 grant
PROJECT DISBURSEMENT: RESTORE THE ICONIC NINA CHANEL ABNEY BASKETBALL COURT ON THE SOUTH BLUFF
$20,054 1 grant
Sponsorship
$20,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $971K $993K $221K
2024 $1.1M $1.1M $243K
2023 $1.1M $1.2M $222K
2022 $1.2M $1.6M $275K
2021 $1.1M $540K $702K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.1M to $971K (-11%), with total assets most recently reported at $221K.

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