Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program

What Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program does

The Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program (NJTP) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community tennis organization founded in 1993 and headquartered at El Cariso Park in Sylmar, California, where it serves youth and adult families across the northeast San Fernando Valley. The organization's stated mission is to improve the community through tennis by increasing overall health, reducing gang involvement, and instilling discipline, dedication, and the desire to excel. NJTP delivers low-cost group tennis instruction structured around the USTA 10-and-Under Tennis format — Red Ball (beginner), Orange Ball (intermediate), Green Ball (advanced-beginner), and Yellow Ball (standard tennis) — using low-compression balls, age-appropriate court dimensions, and progressive simplified scoring to teach proper fundamentals to young players. The curriculum is supplemented by adult tennis classes at El Cariso Park and a tournament pathway that includes USTA/SCTA sanctioned competitions and Universal Tennis (UTR) match play events.

NJTP operates across two primary venues: El Cariso Park in Sylmar (where Red, Orange, Green Dot, Yellow Ball 1, and Yellow Ball 3 High Performance classes are held) and the CSUN Tennis Courts in Northridge (where Yellow Ball classes and 2026 summer Yellow Ball camps are hosted in partnership with the CSUN Women's Tennis program). The product surface also includes summer tennis camps at CSUN, a structured Pathway to Success spanning fitness, technique, drills, game play, and match play, and community engagement events such as the NJTP-CSUN Community Play Day, which drew approximately 80 students and 150+ total attendees in November 2023. The organization is led by Senior Tennis Instructors Ali Ordoñez and Barbara Tscherne — both founding board members with PTR/USTA training and 20+ year tenures — supported by a small staff (1–10 employees) and community volunteers.

NJTP generates revenue primarily through tennis class registration fees run in recurring 5-week sessions (15 meetings for MWF schedules; 10 meetings for TTH schedules), with specific pricing not publicly disclosed, and supplements it with grants and sponsorships from LA84 Foundation, United Way (via UPS), the Southern California Tennis Association, Head-Penn, and the Riviera Tennis Foundation. Customer acquisition is community-led, using an email distribution list, the njtptennis.net website, social media posts, LA County Parks community meetings, and school/organization referrals, and NJTP secured CORE Partner status with the LA County Parks Department in 2024 to reduce costs for participating families. The organization is governed as an independent nonprofit with no parent company, holding entity, or institutional investor, and no funding rounds have been disclosed.

Name

Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program

Legal name

Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program

Website

https://njtptennis.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program is a Sylmar, California nonprofit 501(c)(3) that delivers low-cost youth and adult tennis instruction using the USTA 10-and-Under format at El Cariso Park and CSUN, serving community families across the northeast San Fernando Valley since 1993.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Tennis Instruction & Community Sports Services

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth & Scholastic Sports Organizations (K–12, AAU, Club Leagues) (MPAKACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tennis & Racquet Sports Clubs (Tennis, Padel, Pickleball, Squash) (MPAKABAF), Tennis & Racquet Sports Facilities (MPAKAEAE)

Keywords

• Youth tennis instruction
• Community tennis programs
• Junior tennis classes
• 10-and-under tennis
• Tennis tournament training

Headquarters

HQ city

Sylmar

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Tennis Class Registration Fees: Revenue generated from registration fees for tennis class sessions. Classes are offered in 5-week sessions meeting multiple days per week. MWF classes meet 15 times per session; TTH meets 10 times per session.

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Core offering

Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program delivers community-based tennis instruction for youth and adults at El Cariso Park in Sylmar and at California State University Northridge. Classes are organized in 5-week sessions across Red Ball, Orange Ball, Green Ball, Yellow Ball 1/2/3 (High Performance), and Adult levels using the USTA 10-and-Under format. The nonprofit also runs summer Yellow Ball camps at CSUN, USTA/SCTA-sanctioned tournament pathways, and UTR match play events.

Product overview

The Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program (NJTP) is a nonprofit community tennis program offering a comprehensive suite of tennis instruction services. The core program includes age-appropriate group lessons using the USTA 10-and-Under format: Red Ball (beginners), Orange Ball (intermediate), Green Ball (advanced-beginner), and Yellow Ball (standard tennis) classes, plus Adult classes. Classes are held at El Cariso Park in Sylmar and at California State University Northridge. NJTP also offers Summer Tennis Camps at CSUN, USTA/SCTA sanctioned tournament pathways, and Universal Tennis (UTR) match play events. The program targets youth development through a structured Pathway to Success combining fitness, technique, drills, game play, and match play elements.

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Products and services

• Red Ball Tennis Classes Beginner-level tennis instruction for young children with little or no prior experience, using low-compression red balls on smaller courts as part of the USTA 10-and-Under format.
• Orange Ball Tennis Classes Intermediate-level tennis instruction using medium-compression orange balls on 60-foot courts, progressing from the Red Ball level for kids building foundational skills.
• Green Ball Tennis Classes Advanced-beginner tennis instruction using low-compression green balls on three-quarter courts, transitioning players toward standard tennis.
• Yellow Ball Tennis Classes Standard tennis instruction using regulation yellow balls across Yellow Ball 1, Yellow Ball 2, and Yellow Ball 3 (High Performance) levels, held at El Cariso Park and at CSUN tennis courts.
• Adult Tennis Classes Tennis instruction programs for adults held at El Cariso Park, providing opportunities for adult learners of all skill levels in the northeast San Fernando Valley community.
• Summer Tennis Camps at CSUN Summer Yellow Ball tennis camps held weekly from June to August at California State University Northridge, intended for Yellow Ball-level players seeking intensive training on college-level courts.
• USTA Sanctioned Tournament Play Pathway to competitive tennis through SCTA-sanctioned tournaments offering seven levels of competition (Level 7 novice through Level 1 Open), with opportunities to earn sectional and national USTA ranking points.
• Universal Tennis (UTR) Match Play Events Level-based match play events hosted at El Cariso Park that help players build their Universal Tennis Rating (UTR), a numerical indicator of tennis skill derived from match results.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 years of continuous community service since 1993

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LA County Parks DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNJTP achieved CORE Partner status with LA County Parks Department after meetings and requirements review. This partnership provides year-round affordable tennis programming at El Cariso Park and saves families considerable costs. LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and staff supported the partnership approval.
• California State University Northridge (CSUN) Women's TenniscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSUN women's tennis team and coach Gary Victor partner with NJTP for community events. CSUN players lead instructional sessions, demonstrate techniques, and mentor NJTP students. Events held at NJTP's El Cariso location with approximately 80 students and 150+ total attendance.

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Direct peers

• Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC): Nonprofit junior tennis development organization combining high-level coaching, college placement, and community outreach — comparable as a mission-driven youth tennis training nonprofit, though at a larger scale and on the East Coast.
• National Junior Tennis League (NJTL): USTA-affiliated nationwide network of community-based youth tennis programs serving under-resourced communities — the closest direct peer to NJTP's community-led, nonprofit youth tennis model.

Broad incumbents

• Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA): Regional governing body for USTA-sanctioned tennis in Southern California; NJTP already partners with SCTA for tournaments and rankings — comparable as a broader tennis ecosystem player with overlapping youth-development goals.
• LA84 Foundation: Major youth sports foundation in Southern California that funds youth sport programs including NJTP — comparable as a funder/ecosystem player supporting community youth tennis and broader sport access.
• USTA Southern California: National governing body for tennis with significant youth programming and community outreach arms — adjacent to NJTP's mission and a natural referral partner for participants progressing beyond community-level play.
• Riviera Tennis Foundation: Affiliated foundation of Riviera Country Club supporting youth tennis in LA — comparable as a sponsor of NJTP and as a private-club counterpart offering more premium youth tennis programming in the same metro.

Regional players

• City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (Tennis Programs): Municipal recreation department offering public tennis programming across LA — comparable to NJTP in operating community tennis instruction at public parks, though with broader geographic reach and a different funding structure.

Others

• After-School All-Stars (ASAS): Large nonprofit providing after-school programming that includes sports for underserved youth in LA — comparable in the youth-development-and-sport-access mission, though not tennis-specific.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America (LA-area chapters): National youth development organization with sports programming including tennis at LA-area clubs — comparable as a community-based youth-serving nonprofit that could partner with or compete for participants alongside NJTP.

Emerging players

• Aceing Autism: Nonprofit using tennis to support youth with autism — a niche, mission-driven tennis nonprofit with a comparable community-based volunteer-coaching model, though focused on a specialized population.

Market position

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Competitive moat4 records

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Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/neighborhood-junior-tennis-program-inc

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