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· Public charity

Curtis Granderson Foundation Inc

To aid positive youth development via education, physical fitness and nutrition as well as provide tools and resources for educational and societal advancement

$36k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$260kRecreation & Sports$202kYouth Development$77kEducation$37kArts & Culture$11kHuman Services$10kHealth$5kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $20,100, the rows itemized in this filing. The $36,145 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $16,045 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 $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,050
Median grant
1
States reached
$158k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO BASEBALL AND EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY$10,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$5,050
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK$5,050
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.

US giving: 88% of grant dollars ($558k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 12% that went abroad ($75k) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%YMCA OF THE TREASURER COAST BILL: $5k → 10%YMCA OF THE TREASURE COAST: $5k → 10%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

IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CA
TN
DC
FL

Beyond the US: 12% of all-years giving ($75k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$75k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$426k · 8 repeat orgs$207k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
14

Total granted

$426k
$207k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+76%

Still filing today

75%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Youth DevelopmentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    6× · 2018–2025 · $146k · revenue +97%
  • CB
    CHICAGO BASEBALL AND EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY INC
    3× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +21%
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • JC
    Jays Care Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +96%
  • TP
    THE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +385%
  • PE
    PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED
    one grant, 2018 · $17k · revenue -22%
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
The Baseball Inc

The base ball, inc. d/b/a the base is a not-for-profit organization working to shift the national mindset and re-imagine pathways to success for urban youth. founded in roxbury, ma, the base operates in boston and on the westside of…

Recreation & Sports
2
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc

The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.

Human Services
3
United States Tennis Association Incorporated

The usta mission is growing tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.usta is the national governing body for the sport of tennis and the recognized leader in promoting and developing the sport's growth on every level…

—
4
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
5
The James Beard Foundation Inc

The james beard foundation believes in a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable independent restaurant industry that stands as a cornerstone of american culture, community, and economy - and drives towards a better food system. the james…

—
6
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Our mission is to leverage the power of community to achieve lasting solutions to hunger and its root causes.

Food & Nutrition
7
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles

The ymca of metropolitan los angeles ("ymca "la y "the y") advances community well-being by addressing root causes and improving equitable access to services across three integrated areas of impact: healthy living, youth development, and…

Human Services
8
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
9
Miami Marlins Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
10
Washington Nationals Philanthropies

Washington nationals philanthropies is the official charitable arm of the washington nationals. its mission is to help children, families, and communities thrive through sports-based youth development and access to healthy food. the…

Youth Development
11
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

—
12
The Houston Food Bank

Houston food bank's mission is to provide food for better lives. last year we provided access to 136 million nutritious meals in 18 counties in southeast texas through our 1,600 community partners which includes food pantries, soup…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern Illinois Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LYNWOOD LITTLE LEAGUE: $90,483 · OtherLYNWOOD LITTLE LEAGUESHARE OUR STRENGTH: $50,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHTHE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INCDREAM: $20,000 · OtherDREAMLANSING OLD TIMERS INC: $10,888 · Other+4 more: $20,600 · Other+4 moreGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $145,613 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORYNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $33,547 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANKFeeding America: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCHICAGO BASEBALL AND EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHICAGO BASEBAL…PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS EDUCA…ILITCH CHARITIES INC: $12,155 · Youth DevelopmentILITCH CHARITIE…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CL…Jays Care Foundation: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsJays Care Foun…JOSH GIBSON FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsJOSH GIBSON FO…The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $16,500 · EducationPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $15,000 · EducationFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $21,000 · Community ImprovementYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $10,140 · Human Services
Other$211,971Food & Nutrition$189,160Youth Development$89,155Recreation & Sports$80,000Education$31,500Community Improvement$21,000Human Services$10,140

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 budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $145,613 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJays Care Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHICAGO BASEBALL AND EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $33,547 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $16,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetILITCH CHARITIES INC: $12,155 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $10,140 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOSH GIBSON FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLANSING REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Major League Baseball Charities IncNY13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Major League Baseball Charities Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Curtis Granderson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Curtis Granderson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Curtis Granderson Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Curtis Granderson Foundation 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 22 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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