· Public charity
Leveling the Playing Field Inc
Leveling the playing field gives underprivileged children the opportunity to enjoy the mental and physical benefits of youth sports participation.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k23 grants · $174k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $270k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $76k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| $76,495 | |
| IMPACT SILVER SPRING | $40,154 |
| REUNION SPORTIVE D'HAITI INC | $39,158 |
| PAPA'S LAND FAMILY EDUCATIONAL ADVA | $25,560 |
| PAPADIA UNITED SOCCER ROOTS USA | $25,198 |
| ANACOSTIA AMP OUTREACH EMPOWERMENT | $16,846 |
| Individual grant recipient | $16,314 |
| DREAM SPORTS AFRICA | $16,278 |
| ROCKY POINT YOUTH RECREATION | $14,716 |
| BESTER COMMUNITY OF HOPE | $14,559 |
| NORTHWOOD BASEBALL LEAGUE INC | $14,406 |
| THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AN | $13,096 |
| FUNDACION LOS NINOS DE MARIA INC | $12,115 |
| WOLVES LACROSSE CLUB INC | $11,526 |
| THE BALTIMORE CRIMSON TIDE INC | $10,519 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FFACEBOOK3× · 2017–2019 · $124k
- ISIMPACT SILVER SPRING8× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +14%
- RSReunion Sportive d'Haiti Inc4× · 2017–2022 · $65k · revenue +46% · 37% of their budget
Funded once
- HBHOCKEY BEYOND BOUNDARIES INTERNATIOone grant, 2017 · $61k
- DBDEEN BALL SPORTS INCORPORATEDone grant, 2017 · $25k
- EWExcelsior Wellnessgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue +113%
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.
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.
To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens
Baltimore Sports Academy serves under resourced communities by providing elementary-aged youth access to summer camps, after school programs, and sports leagues to develop strong bodies, minds and spirits. We assist youth to have success…
Develop and promote the growth of and an appreciation for the game of soccer.
Alowing kids Youth sports and competitio
Youth sports - physical education & skills development
Youth Baseball league
To implant firmly in the youth of the community by providing supervised athletic events, the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and respect so that they may become well adjusted, stronger and happier and will grow to…
Youth Sports activities
Youth development
To provide youth with sports, educational and civic direction helping them build the character and self-esteem they need to reach their full potential and value in society.
Youth academic and physical health devel
To introduce and expand the Lacrosse Community into Baltimore City. This expansion is designed to provide and expand educationl opportunities for Baltimore City youth.
How this is measured
103 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Good Sports Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Womens Sports Foundation · The Abell Foundation Inc · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc · Family League of Baltimore City Inc · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · 50can Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leveling the Playing Field Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leveling the Playing Field Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
How this is measured
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