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Entertainment Software Association

The ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION serves as the voice and advocate for the video game industry.

$746k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Civil Rights$490kPublic Benefit$375kEducation$190kYouth Development$126kInternational$35kHealth$30kScience & Tech$20k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $310,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $745,661 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $435,461 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

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$59M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONFERENCE OF WESTERN ATTORNYS GENERAL$75,000
STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOUNDATION$60,200
SENATE PRESIDENTS' FORUM$40,000
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES$30,000
CENTER FORWARD$25,000
AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM$25,000
THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION$25,000
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION$10,000
WOMEN'S HIGH-TECH COALITION$10,000
FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOUNDATION: $60k → 8%THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA: $25k → 16%AG ALLIANCE: $75k → 12%SENATE PRESIDENTS' FORUM: $40k → 9%GAMES FOR CHANGE: $65k → 17%WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%TAKE THIS INC: $15k → 8%NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $30k → 12%TAKE THIS INC: $15k → 9%CENTER FORWARD: $25k → 6%THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA: $10k → 8%WOMEN'S HIGH-TECH COALITION: $10k → 14%NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES: $30k → 12%AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM: $25k → 14%AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM: $25k → 14%ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONGRESSIONAL STUDIES: $15k → 14%FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM: $10k → 14%WOMEN'S HIGH-TECH COALITION: $10k → 14%THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ESA'S FOUNDATION: $76k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE: $40k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%THE FAITH & POLITICS INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%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
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC

Grants abroad, by region: $419k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$419k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: TRADE ASSOCIATION SUPPORT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$855k · 8 repeat orgs$376k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$855k
$241k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+6%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CB
    CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $475k · revenue +52%
  • NF
    NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES
    2× · 2024–2025 · $60k · revenue +39%
  • CA
    Congressional Award Foundation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • EF
    ESA'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $76k · revenue +11%
  • GF
    GAMES FOR CHANGE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $65k · revenue -13%
  • CH
    CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue 0%
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
Techcongress Foundation

Techcongress gives talented technologists the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in federal policymaking and shape the future of tech policy through fellowships with members of congress and congressional committees.

Community Improvement
2
Council for National Policy

To provide information about public policy and national policy alternatives to leaders in business, government, religion, and academia.

Public Benefit
3
Foreign Policy for America

Foreign Policy For America is a nonpartisan advocacy organization founded to strengthen support for principled American engagement in the world.

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4
Womens Foreign Policy Group Inc

Founded in 1995 wfpg works to expand the foreign policy dialogue across policital divides and generations and to support women at every stake of their careers. as champions of womens leadership we are proud of our role in expanding the…

International
5
Center for the National Interest

The center is a non-partisan public policy institution established by former president richard nixon. its current programs focus on energy, security, climate change and u.s. relations with china, japan, russia and the middle east.

Public Benefit
6
Forum of Executive Women

Our core mission is to bring together, and leverage the influence of, professional women to expand the impact and power of women in the workplace and beyond.our vision is that women will achieve (continued on schedule o)equitable…

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7
The National Foundation for American Policy Inc

The national foundation for american policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to public policy research on trade, immigration, and other issues of national importance. the organization seeks to expand the debate over the…

Public Benefit
8
Congressional Integrity Project

The Congressional Integrity Projects focus is to root out hypocrisy and restore integrity to the congressional system.

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9
The Congressional Institute Inc

The congressional institute is dedicated to helping members of congress better serve the public. the congressional institute accomplishes this purpose through various means, including the organization, promotion, and presentation of…

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10
Effective Governing Coalition

The organization successfully organized and held a significant number of policy convenings with elected officials, policy experts, industry leaders, and other interested parties and stakeholders to engage in a robust exchange of ideas,…

Human Services
11
The Conference Board Inc

The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. We help Members anticipate "What's Ahead," improve their performance, and better serve society. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan,…

Community Improvement
12
National Center for Apec

Ncapec is the only u.s. business association focused exclusively on facilitating american private sector input to the apec process. programs typically feature discussions between business, government and academia on key trade and economic…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures; the most unlike its peers is Take This Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $475,000 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $15,000 · Civil RightsGAMES FOR CHANGE INC: $65,000 · Public BenefitGAMES FOR CHANGE…NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $60,000 · Public BenefitNCSL FOUNDATION …Take This Inc: $30,000 · Public BenefitTake This IncCENTER FORWARD: $25,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FORWARDConference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance: $150,000 · EducationConference of …FPF EDUCATION AND INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationFPF EDUCATION …Americans for Tax Reform: $50,000 · OtherAmericans for Tax R…CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 · OtherCONGRESSIONAL HISPA…THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $35,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN IRELAN…AIDVANTAGEUS DEPT EDUCATION: $10,000 · OtherCongressional Award Foundation: $50,000 · OtherCongressional Award…WOMENS HIGH TECH COALITION: $20,000 · OtherWOMENS HIGH TECH CO…Women's Congressional Policy Institute: $10,000 · OtherESA'S FOUNDATION: $75,700 · PhilanthropyFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropySenate Presidents' Forum Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureFAITH AND POLITICS INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSTATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOUNDATION INC: $60,200 · Health
Civil Rights$490,000Public Benefit$180,000Education$160,000Other$215,000Philanthropy$95,700Arts & Culture$65,000Health$60,200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $475,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetConference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance: $150,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetESA'S FOUNDATION: $75,700 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetGAMES FOR CHANGE INC: $65,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCongressional Award Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAmericans for Tax Reform: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTake This Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetFAITH AND POLITICS INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWOMENS HIGH TECH COALITION: $20,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAsian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWomen's Congressional Policy Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

Ctia - the Wireless A…Ncta - the Internet &…Pharmaceutical Resear…Consumer Technology A…AARPOpenRoad FoundationConsumer Brands Assoc…National Association …The Business Roundtab…Motion Picture Associ…Edison Electric Insti…American Online Givin…
Ctia - the Wireless AssociationDC22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ctia - the Wireless Association · Ncta - the Internet & Television Association · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Consumer Technology Association · AARP · OpenRoad Foundation · Consumer Brands Association · National Association of Broadcasters · The Business Roundtable Inc · Motion Picture Association Inc · Edison Electric Institute Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Entertainment Software Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Entertainment Software Association. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 20 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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