Two Oax Sport members in green shirts smiling while holding a pair of running shoes, with the text “End-of-Year Report 2025” and “Impact + Financial Summary” on the left.

Oax Sport 2025 End-of-Year Report. Impact and Financial Summary

Diana García Diana García

Empowering Athletes, Expanding Opportunity

Oax Sport exists to help athletes in Oaxaca get what they need—whether that’s a pair of running shoes, a ride to a competition, or just someone who believes they can compete at a higher level. In 2025, we kept showing up: funding what athletes needed, organizing events with our community partners, and writing about everything we did so you could see exactly where your support went.

This report breaks down our finances, celebrates what we accomplished together, and shares where we’re headed in 2026. Take a look at what happened this year, and if it resonates with you, consider joining us.

What’s in This Report

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Between buying gear for athletes who couldn’t afford it, helping teams get to competitions across Mexico, and running community events that brought people together through sport, 2025 was our busiest year yet. We’re grateful to everyone who donated, volunteered, or just shared our posts when we needed help.

What Drove Us in 2025

  • Get shoes and spikes to athletes who need them most
  • Cover travel costs and entry fees when that’s what stands between an athlete and competition
  • Make sure athletes with disabilities can participate too
  • Use sport as a way to talk about peace in our communities
  • Keep everything we do transparent and documented

Where the Money Came From and Where It Went

We work in both US dollars and Mexican pesos because our donors live in different places and our programs run in both countries. Below you’ll see what came in and what went out in 2025, organized by category. We’re not counting transfers between our own bank accounts—just money from outside sources and payments to vendors, athletes, and programs.

Money We Received in 2025

  • Total (USD): $4,112.82
  • Total (MXN): $50,619.25

Where It Came From

  • Donations: $3,153.86 USD | $6,500.16 MXN
  • Running tours and experiences: $957.55 USD | $31,978.67 MXN
  • T-shirts and merch: $0.00 USD | $2,200.00 MXN
  • Misc. adjustments: $1.41 USD | $9,940.42 MXN

What We Spent in 2025

  • Total (USD): $200.03
  • Total (MXN): $136,495.15

Where It Went

  • Direct athlete support: $0.00 USD | $46,183.52 MXN
  • Running our tour programs: $0.00 USD | $44,665.00 MXN
  • Website and communications: $111.49 USD | $17,206.07 MXN
  • Paperwork, fees, compliance: $88.54 USD | $15,699.40 MXN
  • Cost of merch sold: $0.00 USD | $8,741.16 MXN
  • Other expenses: $0.00 USD | $4,000.00 MXN

Donated Gear (Not Cash)

  • Value of shoes, apparel, equipment we gave away: $24,520.00 MXN

Want to see our full quarterly reports with all the line items? Just reach out: https://oaxsport.org/contact/

What We Actually Did This Year

Training Camps and Competitions

We organized structured training sessions and made sure athletes could actually get to the competitions that mattered.

  • Titanes Performance Camp : Three days of testing, video analysis, and fundraising for timing equipment. Athletes got real feedback they could use.
  • Querétaro Trip: We helped 18 Titanes athletes get to a major competition. Most of them had never competed outside Oaxaca before.
  • Xalapa Nationals: Juan and Mane competed at the national level. We covered it all—the preparation, the race, what they learned.
  • El Espinal Festival: Regional meet where we documented athlete performance and what support made the difference.

Sport for Peace

We partnered with local groups to create events that weren’t just about competition—they were about bringing communities together.

Beyond Track and Field

Athletics isn’t one-size-fits-all. We supported athletes in different sports and made sure athletes with disabilities could participate too.

  • Misael at Acreimex: We helped Misael Pérez Robles—an athlete with a disability—compete in a major race. He showed up and showed out.
  • Mountain Bike Event in Apasco: Local volunteers organized a mountain bike race. We sponsored jerseys and helped promote it.
  • Emily’s MMA Debut: Emily Barrera needed help getting to her first national MMA fight in Mexico City. We ran a fundraising campaign and she won. First round submission.

Getting Our Organizational House in Order

The boring but necessary stuff that makes everything else possible.

  • Jan 7: Submitted our required annual report in Mexico’s federal registry. Approved without issues.
  • Feb 17: Finally finished our official Rules and Regulations. Board approved them.
  • Mar 31: Three-year strategic plan done and approved. Now we actually know where we’re going.
  • Apr 8: Filed our IRS Form 990-N (we’re too small for the long form, thankfully).
  • Apr 30: Confirmed our Mexican tax filing. No income in 2024 from that entity, but we still had to file.
  • May 8: Fundraising plan approved for the next three years. Ambitious but doable.
  • Jul 28: Budget approved. Now everyone knows what we can and can’t spend.
  • Oct 31: Drafted financial policies manual. Still reviewing it but getting close.
  • Apr 7 and Jul 7: Published our Q1 and Q2 financial reports. Trying to be as transparent as possible.

New Ways to Give and New Partnerships

We made it easier to support us and joined some platforms that should help us grow.

  • Mar 30: Got verified on ShoppingGives so companies can donate part of their sales to us.
  • May 11: Set up our Venmo charity profile. Younger donors seem to prefer this: https://oaxsport.org/venmo-donations/
  • May 13: Registered in SAM.gov, which means we can apply for federal grants now. (We’ll see how that goes.)
  • May 15 and Sep 29: Joined the Go! Running Tours network. Now people can book running tours with us, and that money goes back into programs.
  • Apr 9: Created our Athlete Support Committee so we can respond faster when athletes need help.

Shoes, Spikes, and Gear

Sometimes the difference between an athlete training consistently and giving up is literally just a pair of shoes.

  • Every time we gave gear to an athlete, we wrote about it publicly
  • We focused on rural athletes who have the talent but not the access
  • We supported track athletes, distance runners, MMA fighters, and mountain bikers

Everything We Published (The Full List)

We don’t just do the work—we document it. Here’s every report, campaign page, and athlete story we published in 2025. English links when we have them, Spanish when we don’t.

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November 2025

August 2025

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June 2025

May 2025

March 2025

February 2025

Worth Reading from 2024

The Athletes We Helped This Year

Every athlete story below got its own public post. We believe in transparency—when someone donates money for athlete support, they should be able to see exactly who got helped and how it made a difference.

Running Shoes We Gave Out

  • Yamile Sánchez: Got a pair of On Cloudrunner 2s. She trains in a rural community where specialty running shoes just aren’t available locally.
  • Asunción Pérez: Saucony Ride 17. Finally had shoes that could handle her training volume without falling apart.
  • Diana Carolina Cinco Pérez: New shoes plus some training apparel. She’s targeting bigger races in 2026.
  • Eduardo Cruz and Mauricio Cantón: Both got proper training shoes. Documented the delivery and talked about what it meant for their training.

Track Spikes and Competition Gear

  • Juan Zurita Victoria: Nike Victory 2 spikes right before a major competition. Timing mattered here.
  • Various camp athletes: We distributed spikes, timing equipment, and other specialized gear through our performance camps.

Other Sports, Same Mission

  • Emily Barrera (MMA): We ran a fundraising campaign from June 25 to July 11, hit our goal, and she went on to win her debut fight. First round submission.
  • Misael Pérez Robles: Athlete with a disability competing in Acreimex. We covered his support and celebrated his participation.
  • RIDE APAZTLI: Sponsored jerseys for a grassroots mountain bike event. Different sport, same idea—help where it’s needed.

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Where We’re Headed in 2026

We’re not changing direction—just getting better at what we already do. More athletes supported, faster response times, better documentation, stronger systems.

What We’re Working On

  • Faster athlete support: We want clearer criteria for who gets help and quicker turnaround from request to delivery. Then document it immediately.
  • More camps and testing: The performance camps work. Athletes get real feedback, improve faster, and feel more connected to something bigger. We’re doing more of these.
  • Better safeguarding: We need stronger protocols for everything—training sessions, travel, events. Athlete safety isn’t negotiable.
  • More reliable fundraising: We can’t keep scrambling for race fees and gear money at the last minute. Building more sustainable revenue streams.
  • Stronger volunteer structure: Committees are great but we need better onboarding, clearer roles, and ways to recognize people who show up consistently.
  • Financial policies locked down: We’re finishing our financial manual so everyone knows exactly how money decisions get made.

We operate as two separate nonprofits—one in the US, one in Mexico. Both are legit, both file their paperwork on time, both keep proper records.

United States

  • Name: Oax Sport Inc.
  • What it is: Texas nonprofit corporation
  • Tax status: 501(c)(3) public charity (your donations are tax-deductible)
  • EIN: 86-3407818
  • What we filed in 2025: IRS Form 990-N on April 8 (we’re small enough to use the short form)

Mexico

  • Name: Oax Sport A.C.
  • What it is: Asociación Civil (Mexican nonprofit)
  • RFC: OSP-230216-SG0
  • CLUNI: OSP-230216-205XB
  • What we filed in 2025: Annual OSC report on January 7 (approved). SAT filing on April 30 showing no 2024 income from this entity.

Other Registrations

  • SAM.gov: Registered May 13, 2025. This lets us apply for federal grants. Renewal due May 10, 2026.
  • ShoppingGives: Verified March 30, 2025. Companies can now donate a portion of sales to us through this platform.

Want to Help?

We grow when people like you decide athletes in Oaxaca deserve a shot. Your money buys shoes, covers race fees, funds camps, and makes community events possible.

Here’s How

Thanks

To everyone who gave money, shared our posts, showed up to volunteer, or connected an athlete to an opportunity this year—thank you. You made it possible for athletes to train more consistently and compete with more confidence. Some of these athletes were one pair of shoes away from quitting. You kept them going.

If this resonates with you, share it with someone else who cares about athletes in Oaxaca getting a fair shot.

Photos from 2025

Here’s what the year looked like—camps, competitions, community events, gear handoffs.

One Last Ask

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