Liabilities / Assets
57th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
EIN 93-4701323 • 501(c)6 • Bridgewater, NJ
Profile
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.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
57th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
97th percentile
Higher net margin than 97% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
83rd percentile
Higher top officer pay than 83% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Assets
$82,602
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$0
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$82,602
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue
$51,843
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$9,895
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Income
$41,948
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Most recent year
2025 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
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.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | - | $5,795 |
| 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. | - | $2,959 |
| 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. | $500 | $641 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Engelstein | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Sen-Foong Lim | Vice President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Elizabeth Hargrave | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| Matt Leacock | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
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| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 0 | 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. |
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| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 2 | 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. |
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| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2025-12-31 |
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