In 1993 the modern yo-yo movement spawned two organizations with similar goals. One took the approach of building a community of people working together to raise the popularity of their quickly changing sport. The other directed its focus on aspects of competitions and the preserving of yo-yo history.

One of those organizations is the American Yo-Yo Association (AYYA), and the other organization grew into the National Yo-Yo League (NYYL). Both broadened their objectives in the intervening years and the overlapping of programs became apparent. The NYYL is a division of the Chico Toy Museum (CTM) a federal non-profit corporation.

The AYYA has benefited by coming under the CTM business entity by saving energy and manpower and creating better program results. 

This consolidation allows the AYYA to be an independent program with it's own Board of Advisors within the CTM Corporation. The AYYA Board could act autonomously in regards to their programs and their fundraising. The AYYA has it's own checking account with office and bookkeeping records maintained by CTM. 

The AYYA now spends it's time and energy working on aspirations relevant to members.  The NYYL continues to advance the system of contests. The two entities are working in concert to improve the yo-yo community for everyone. The distinction: NYYL contest league,  and the AYYA player & collector association. We operate together with the National Yo-Yo Museum under the CTM legal umbrella.

The Chico Toy Museum is a non profit corporation recognized by the State of California and the  Internal Revenue Service. It's objectives and purpose is to; (1) create a toy museum and repository open to the public; (2) educate the public as to the significance and role toys play in human development and everyday life; (3) conduct public toy expositions and competitions to foster a greater appreciation for toys as a part of human development and everyday life; and (4) undertake any other activities reasonably related to the foregoing. CTM does business as the National Yo-Yo Museum; National Yo-Yo League; and National Yo-Yo Contest and now the American Yo-Yo Association.

One can see the renewed AYYA effort benefiting the yo-yo community in relevant ways. There is better development of the yo-yo community's participation in association programs. This transition has been a positive step toward achieving the original AYYA goals.