A growing number of sport-for-development (SFD) organizations have emerged in the nonprofit sector to leverage sport for social change, yet many organizations struggle with chronic resource deficiencies that inhibit their long-term viability and highlight a pressing need to examine the sustainability of SFD organizations through resource-based perspectives. This study analyzed secondary financial and administrative data from SFD organizations in the United States to examine changes in key resources during early organizational life stages. Latent profile analysis was utilized to classify organizations based on their level of resources, and multilevel growth modeling revealed significant changes in key resources over the first 5 years of operation, as well as significant differences based on initial resource levels and rates of change. The results provide theoretical insight into the key resources associated with organizational sustainability in the SFD field and offer practical implications for resource procurement, prioritization, and management.

越来越多的体育促进发展（SFD）组织出现在非营利部门，以利用体育促进社会变革，但许多组织都在与长期资源不足作斗争，这限制了它们的长期生存能力，并强调迫切需要审查其可持续性通过基于资源的视角对 SFD 组织进行评估。本研究分析了美国 SFD 组织的二手财务和行政数据，以考察组织生命早期阶段关键资源的变化。利用潜在概况分析根据组织的资源水平对组织进行分类，多层次增长模型揭示了关键资源在运营的前 5 年中的显着变化，以及基于初始资源水平和变化率的显着差异。研究结果提供了对 SFD 领域与组织可持续性相关的关键资源的理论见解，并为资源采购、优先级排序和管理提供了实际意义。