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Big League Impact Inc

To help provide support and basic essential resources to people and communities around the world. Big League holds events in professional sport venues with professional athletes to raise funds to support those in need.

$661k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Itemized grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$606k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$13,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$151,500
Organizations funded a year
16 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$363k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Big League Impact Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $343k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$606k52%
FY202430$916k30%
FY202333$844k67%
FY202231$692k65%
FY202127$568k56%
FY202034$1.1M76%
FY201921$1.2M57%
FY201816$642k63%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$1.9MRecreation & Sports$812kHealth$549kHuman Services$528kFood & Nutrition$422kPublic Benefit$397kEducation$337kHousing & Shelter$259kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
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MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 116 grantees
All grantees of Big League Impact Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Teammates for Kids Foundation$627,10028%
International Crisis Aid Inc$545,88582%
Team Red White & Blue Inc$534,00244%
Help One Now$487,81973%
Food for the Hungry Inc$454,50250%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$356,55020%
Operation Food Search Inc$251,30760%
Water Missions International$213,17850%
The Little Bit Foundation$155,01042%
Consider the Lily Inc$116,73875%
St Louis Cardinals Community Fund$114,31262%
Archcity Defenders$100,00012%
Pittsburgh Kids Foundation Inc$85,91951%
Compassion International Incorporated$77,5882n/a
Kershaw's Challenge$65,75022%
Strike 3 Foundation$60,0001n/a
Pastime With Purpose Inc$58,455312%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$57,80010%
One Mission Inc Dba 1mission$52,10713%
San Diego Rescue Mission Inc$50,70010%
Deaconess Foundation$50,0001n/a
Focus St Louis$50,00014%
Phoenix Gospel Mission$49,65810%
Graffiti 2 Community Ministries$48,50018%
Grace's Place Inc$47,67125%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$45,90430%
City of Refuge Baltimore Inc$44,76522%
National Keratocounus$41,5001n/a
Itawamba Crossroads Ranch$41,2911n/a
Brace for Impact 46 Inc$41,00013%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$40,42440%
Giving Sole Inc$40,2003n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of St Louis$40,09630%
St Louis Public Schools Foundation$39,95021%
Children's Cancer Center Inc$37,61511%
Hearing the Call Inc$37,58825%
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare$35,31820%
Washington Humane Society$35,30020%
Adoption-Share Inc$32,15412%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$31,48320%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$28,69820%
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$26,85620%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$26,70130%
Beyond Housing$26,26025%
Wells of Life Inc$25,86812%
Sparkpath Inc$25,20018%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$22,74610%
Pitcch in Foundation Inc$22,29012%
Loaves and Fishes for St Louis Inc$22,07511%
Philabundance$21,35820%
Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc$21,26120%
International Justice Mission$21,20010%
House of Ruth$20,53010%
Rogers Family Foundation$20,5021n/a
Kingdom Home$18,69015%
Buddy Baseball Inc$18,33924%
Tandem Inc$17,9781n/a
Animal Humane Society$17,77410%
Every Meal$17,49911%
Trace Bittle Scholarship Fund$16,704118%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$16,13010%
El Segundo Little League Inc$15,836111%
Habitat for Humanity - St Louis$15,72520%
Wildcat Foodpack Organization$15,7181n/a
Minnesota Twins Community Fund$15,50320%
Ground 40 Ministries$15,3751n/a
Angels' Arms$15,00011%
Beyond Housing Inc$15,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$14,90610%
Love146 Inc$14,82520%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$14,54510%
New York Mets Foundation Inc$13,54511%
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$13,5001n/a
Project One Four - a David Price Foundation Inc$13,000133%
Project Sweet Peas$12,90013%
The Cleveland Animal Protective League$12,55020%
Meals on Wheels Senior Services$12,52510%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$12,13920%
New York Yankees Foundation Inc$10,68410%
Justin J Watt Foundation Inc$10,60011%
Happy Sonship$10,56410%
The Imperial College Foundation Inc$10,48310%
Friends of Aravind Inc Dba Aravind Eye Foundation Inc$10,48310%
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$10,0001n/a
Veterans Community Project$10,00010%
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$9,86010%
Special Olympics Illinois$9,19310%
Charles Humphrey Keating IV Foundation$9,00010%
Agape Help House of Pacific$8,95412%
Meramec Community Mission Inc$8,95411%
Backstoppers Foundation$8,6851n/a
Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc$8,1711n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$8,04710%
DT Murphy Foundation$8,000110%
Tyler Skaggs Foundation$8,00014%
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$7,91410%
Bregman Cares Inc$7,75013%
Loving Hearts Outreach Inc$7,67110%
Mighty Oaks Foundation$7,5401n/a
Orioles Challenger Baseball$7,5401n/a
Baby Steps$7,50012%
Carolina's Kids$7,500116%
Safehaven of Tarrant County$7,48210%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$7,23110%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$6,85010%
Kluber Family Foundation Inc$6,5001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area$6,4511n/a
Reclif Community Inc$6,1001n/a
Zims Foundation Inc$6,00011%
Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc$6,00010%
Amigos For Christ Inc$6,00010%
Humane Society of Indianapolis$5,86810%
Tsunami Waves Foundation Inc$5,72314%
Share Our Strength$5,48110%
Special Hearts in the Arts$5,16115%
Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation$5,08210%

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($519k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Big League Impact Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTeammates for Kids Foundation: $627,100 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetInternational Crisis Aid Inc: $545,885 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetTeam Red White & Blue Inc: $534,002 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetHelp One Now: $487,819 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetFood for the Hungry Inc: $454,502 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $356,550 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Food Search Inc: $251,307 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWater Missions International: $213,178 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $155,010 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetConsider the Lily Inc: $116,738 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetSt Louis Cardinals Community Fund: $114,312 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetArchcity Defenders: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPittsburgh Kids Foundation Inc: $85,919 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetKershaw's Challenge: $65,750 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPastime With Purpose Inc: $58,455 over 3y, 12% of budgetTragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc: $57,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOne Mission Inc Dba 1mission: $52,107 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSan Diego Rescue Mission Inc: $50,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFocus St Louis: $50,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetPhoenix Gospel Mission: $49,658 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGraffiti 2 Community Ministries: $48,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetGrace's Place Inc: $47,671 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $45,904 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCity of Refuge Baltimore Inc: $44,765 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBrace for Impact 46 Inc: $41,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $40,424 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of St Louis: $40,096 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis Public Schools Foundation: $39,950 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChildren's Cancer Center Inc: $37,615 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHearing the Call Inc: $37,588 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetGillette Children's Specialty Healthcare: $35,318 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Humane Society: $35,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdoption-Share Inc: $32,154 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $31,483 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis: $28,698 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $26,856 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $26,701 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Housing: $26,260 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetWells of Life Inc: $25,868 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSparkpath Inc: $25,200 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $22,746 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPitcch in Foundation Inc: $22,290 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLoaves and Fishes for St Louis Inc: $22,075 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPhilabundance: $21,358 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin Square Hospital Center Inc: $21,261 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $21,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $20,530 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKingdom Home: $18,690 over 1y, 4.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 97.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Major League Baseball Players TrustNY31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Major League Baseball Players Trust · Major League Baseball Charities Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Teammates for Kids Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Cardinals Community Fund · Franklin County Area United Way Inc · Stifel Foundation Inc · Trio Foundation of St Louis

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Big League Impact Inc?

Find your warmest path to Big League Impact Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Big League Impact Inc

How much does Big League Impact Inc give?
Big League Impact Inc reported 21 itemized grants totaling $606,403, out of $660,993 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Big League Impact Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (31%), Recreation & Sports (13%), Health (9%).
Who are Big League Impact Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Teammates for Kids Foundation ($627k), International Crisis Aid Inc ($546k), Team Red White & Blue Inc ($534k).
Does Big League Impact Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Big League Impact Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Major League Baseball Players Trust, Major League Baseball Charities Inc, St Louis Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Big League Impact Inc based?
Big League Impact Inc is based in AZ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 141 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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