Formerly Global Football Innovation Academy
U-13 boys · MLS NEXT
Posted, per year
$2,890
All-in, per year
$6,290–$12,165
GFI Academy in Houston, TX posts $2,890 for U-13; a family's year is modeled at $6,290–$12,165 all-in. Confirmed Feb 28, 2026.
Houston, TX · MLS NEXT · National League
2025–26 prices, confirmed Feb 28, 2026 · verified · Club website · What its return says
Last season's prices. These are GFI Academy's 2025-2026 prices; we have not found its 2026-2027 fee schedule on its site (last read October 11, 2026). Ask for this season's schedule in writing before relying on them.
Tryouts: Aug 6, 2027 (club site)
| U-8 | U-9 | U-10 | U-11 | U-12 | U-13 | U-14 | U-15 | U-16 | U-17 | U-18 | U-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | · | · | not priced | $2,430 | not priced | $2,890 | not priced | $2,890 | not priced | $2,890 | not priced | not priced |
| Girls | Fields U-8 to U-19; no price posted. Report one | |||||||||||
| Not stated | · | · | $2,430 | · | priced | not priced | not priced | not priced | not priced | not priced | not priced | not priced |
Blank: not read. Not priced: the club names the team, posts no price.
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Paying less, by the club's own sources
Facts, not a verdict: whether aid is available to your family is the club's decision. Ask for the form before tryouts, not after.
$3,086 – $4,078
Posted fees plus modeled travel, tournaments, uniforms and gear.
$5,065 – $9,605
Posted fees plus modeled travel, tournaments, uniforms and gear.
The club posts the charges below for this group but no club fee, registration or training fee, so we quote no annual estimate. Nothing is modeled on a tryout or tournament fee.
$6,290 – $12,165
Posted fees plus modeled travel, tournaments, uniforms and gear.
$6,718 – $13,376
Posted fees plus modeled travel, tournaments, uniforms and gear.
$6,718 – $13,376
Posted fees plus modeled travel, tournaments, uniforms and gear.
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From its own pages, read September 2026.
A program's answers can show here after a weekly release, once at least five families on it, from five networks and two ages, have answered.
Not yet showing for 2026–27
Of what this club spends, about 47% to coaching and staff, 17% to tournaments, travel and equipment, 16% to administration.
Read from the club's own filing, which lists what it spent by kind. The full split, year by year, is further down the page.
The club took in more than it spent 4 years running. Its reserves would cover about 1 month of spending.
Steady books. The year-by-year figures are further down the page.
We have not researched this club's record yet.
Ask us to, and we will read what the club and its alumni have published.
Based on public IRS tax filings for Gfi Academy IncVerified
Total Revenue
$6.5M
+48% YoY
From Families
$6.2M
Program fees + membership dues
Expenses
$6.3M
FY 2025
Est. Roster
~1800
1260–2340 players
Calculated by dividing 2025 program service revenue plus membership dues by estimated roster size. This is an approximation.
Aligned
Posted fees (~$2,890, the median of 5 priced age groups) are within 30% of what its FY2025 filing collected per player (~$3,453).
What GFI Academy reported spending, and what it kept, on its FY 2025 return. Pay is shown as a share, never by name.
Coaching and staff is salaries, officer pay, benefits and contracted coaches (Part IX lines 5–11). The club's own “other expense” lines are read by their description.
| Year | From families | Surplus |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $685K | −$345K |
| 2021 | $902K | −$10K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | +$29K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | +$9K |
| 2024 | $4.2M | +$198K |
| 2025 | $6.2M | +$179K |
*Revenue from families divided by today's estimated roster (~1800), so the column moves with the club's revenue, not its size. Reserves are net assets in months of that year's spending.
Revenue from families rose 807% from FY 2020 to FY 2025.
The club kept a surplus 4 years running; its reserves would cover about 0.5 months of spending.
Every figure is a line on the club's own Form 990.Open the return
Distances are between cities, not fields. Within 25 miles; priced clubs first.