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Big League Impact Inc

To help provide support and basic essential resources to people and communities around the world.

$661k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$152k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $606,403, the rows itemized in this filing. The $660,993 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $54,590 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $259k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $298k
$13,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$363k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALS Association - National$151,500
Team Red White & Blue$146,000
Graffiti 2 Comm$48,500
National Keratocounus$41,500
Help One Now$23,322
Loaves & Fishes for Stl$22,075
International Justice Mission$21,200
Stray Rescue of St Louis$20,406
Little Bit Foundation$17,685
Kershaws Challenge$15,750
St Louis Childrens Hospital$13,500
Project Sweet Peas$12,900
Beyond Housing$12,260
Urban League of Metro Stl$10,000
Backstoppers Foundation$8,685
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $579k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $20k → 8%WELLS OF LIFE: $26k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS SENIOR SERVICES: $13k → 5%SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $7k → 11%BREGMAN CARES: $8k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT CHICAGO: $15k → 14%The Little Bit Foundation: $67k → 11%Project Sweet Peas: $13k → 7%CITY OF REFUGE BALTIMORE: $25k → 6%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $11k → 8%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $56k → 11%City of Refuge Baltimore: $19k → 6%GREATER BAY AREA MAKE A WISH: $6k → 10%Loaves & Fishes for Stl: $22k → 11%Loving Hearts Outreach: $8k → 9%Little Bit Foundation: $18k → 11%CRISIS AID INTERNATIONAL: $95k → 11%CRISIS AID INTERNATIONAL: $69k → 11%CRISIS AID INTERNATIONAL: $51k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%ANGEL'S ARMS: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 42 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
87

Total granted

$5.0M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+16%

Still filing today

86%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $546k · revenue +20%
  • FF
    FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $455k · revenue +41%
  • OF
    OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $251k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • AD
    ARCHCITY DEFENDERSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +58%
  • S3
    STRIKE 3 FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $60k · revenue -19%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $59k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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3
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
4
Children's Hunger Fund

Our mission is to deliver hope to suffering children by equipping local churches for gospel-centered mercy ministry.

International
5
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
6
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
8
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
9
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
11
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte (RMHC of GC) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. Charlotte is recognized as a leading destination…

Human Services
12
Ozarks Food Harvest Inc

Ozarks food harvest's mission is to transform hunger into hope.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cradles to Crayons Inc; the most unlike its peers is Backstoppers Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

112 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 112 of the 141 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/112
Grantees still filing
73/112
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HELP ONE NOW: $487,819 · InternationalHELP ONE NOWFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $454,502 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INCWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $213,178 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNAT…Compassion International Incorporated: $77,588 · InternationalCompassion Internationa…ONE MISSION INC DBA 1MISSION: $52,107 · International+6 more: $135,042 · International+6 moreINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $545,885 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL C…THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $155,010 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT …CITY OF REFUGE BALTIMORE INC: $44,765 · Human ServicesADOPTION-SHARE INC: $32,154 · Human Services+12 more: $172,111 · Human Services+12 moreTEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $627,100 · PhilanthropyTEAMMATES FOR K…ST LOUIS CARDINALS COMMUNITY FUND: $114,312 · PhilanthropyST LOUIS CARDIN…KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $65,750 · PhilanthropyKERSHAW'S CHALL…ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $39,950 · Philanthropy+5 more: $67,143 · Philanthropy+5 moreCONSIDER THE LILY INC: $116,738 · OtherCONSIDER THE LILY INCARCHCITY DEFENDERS: $100,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $85,919 · Other+78 more: $1,648,379 · Other+78 moreAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $356,550 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC…STRIKE 3 FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthSTRIKE 3 FO…TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $57,800 · HealthTRAGEDY ASS…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $40,424 · HealthNATIONAL MU…CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INC: $37,615 · HealthCHILDREN'S …Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare: $35,318 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $26,701 · Health+6 more: $71,023 · Health+6 moreTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $534,002 · Public BenefitTEAM RED …+3 more: $25,000 · Public BenefitOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $251,307 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $21,358 · Food & NutritionEVERY MEAL: $17,499 · Food & NutritionWILDCAT FOODPACK ORGANIZATION: $15,718 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $14,545 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $15,145 · Food & Nutrition
International$1,420,236Human Services$949,925Philanthropy$914,255Other$1,951,036Health$685,431Public Benefit$559,002Food & Nutrition$335,572

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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…Major League Baseball…St Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…Teammates for Kids Fo…Edward Jones Foundati…United Way of Greater…Employees Community F…St Louis Cardinals Co…Franklin County Area …Stifel Foundation IncTrio Foundation of St…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Big League Impact Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Big League Impact Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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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.

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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