#969of 1,000 in 2025

TrainingGrounds Inc

Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sector
Education
Founded
2016
222%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$3.0MFY2025 revenue
23Employees, FY2025
#74of 76 in Education
#11of 11 in Louisiana

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $918,979 $919K FY22 FY2023: $2,897,207 $2.9M FY23 FY2024: $2,250,163 $2.3M FY24 FY2025: $2,957,712 $3.0M FY25

We count pledges when the cash is received, not when they’re promised, so these numbers differ from TrainingGrounds Inc’s 990. How we count pledges

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Gifts and grants
$1.5M · 51%
Program revenue
$910K · 31%
Government grants
$484K · 16%
United Way and other federated campaigns
$50K · 2%
Total revenue on the 990
$3,483,108
Investment income
− $118,615
Donated goods and property
− $19,140
Pledges promised this year, not yet received
− $387,641
Revenue we count
$2,957,712

What it does

TrainingGrounds creates supportive learning environments to enable caregivers and educators to provide children with quality experiences that promote healthy brain development, appropriate adult-child interations and positive social-emotional skills.

Operated the We PLAY Center where parents and children 3 and under can grow and learn together by enjoying age appropriate toys and activities while developing social-emotional skills in a safe play space. Also provided learning experience workshops for parents and professional development training for early childhood educators.

Leadership

Melanie RichardsonExecutive Dir.
Christine NeelyCOO

EIN 81-3353953 · Full filings on ProPublica

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