Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc

501(c)(4) organization Winston-Salem, NC EIN: 20-8706241

Conducting, coordinating, and supervising or otherwise facilitating activities, events or other affairs relating to the staging of professional tennis matches in the city of winston-salem, nc.

Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc at a glance

In short: Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc gave $20K across 1 grant in 2024 (avg $20K), mostly in North Carolina. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$20,000
+100.0% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
1
+0.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$20,000
+100.0% vs 2023
Median grant
$20,000
Total assets
$889,208
-1.0% vs 2023
Primary geography
North Carolina (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2024

Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools: $20KWinston Salem Forsyth CountySchools$20K

The largest 2024 recipient was Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools ($20K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2024 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

Winston-SalemWinsstonsalem

How Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc gives

  • Giving fell 60% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60KTotal only2020 2 grants2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $800 (2020) to $50K (2021). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $20K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools Winston-Salem, NCGeneral Support for Athletics$20,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$889,208$3,541,279$3,531,243$20,0001$23,383
2023$897,893$3,602,524$3,575,865$10,0001$24,922
2022$898,971$3,382,549$3,068,954$25,0001$3
2021$583,015$3,213,037$2,785,293$50,2002—
2020$512,449$876,762$488,519$800Total only—

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc

Based on IRS filings

Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc is a public charity, based in Winston-Salem, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $889K in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 1 grant totaling $20K. Net investment income was $23K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc is led by Jeff Ryan, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; 2 of 13 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Jeff Ryan

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $83K (2020) → $242K (2024)

  • Donald E Flow

    Director & Chairman

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alex Rucker

    Director & Vice President

    Director → Director & Vice President, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $105K (2024)

  • Barry Faircloth

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brent Waddell

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bucky Dame

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Roberts

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eugene Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Gaines

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Natalie Noll

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rich Keshian

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Wray

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tiffany Noel

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Matthew Waterman (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Tim Grant (2020–2021) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Jeff Ryan — Executive Director: $242KJeff RyanExecutive Director$242KAlex Rucker — Director/VP: $105KAlex RuckerDirector/VP$105K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $242K, to Jeff Ryan (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc

How much does Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc give each year?

Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc gave $20K across 1 grant in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $10K across 1 grant.

How large is Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc?

Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc reported $889K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.5M.

Where does Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc operate?

Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc has awarded grants in North Carolina.

What is Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc's EIN?

Winston Salem Professional Tennis Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-8706241. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 9, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 1, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 25, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 7, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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