· Public charity
Major League Baseball Players Trust
The MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS TRUST harnesses the expertise, influence, and energy of players to create meaningful and sustainable change in the lifelong well-being of others.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k21 grants · $144k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $378k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $690k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PROJECT BEISBOL | $225,000 |
| LEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO | $200,000 |
| THE BASEBALL ISLAND FOUNDATION INC | $90,000 |
| METRO SPORTS FIELDHOUSE | $75,000 |
| ATHLETICS & BEYOND | $50,000 |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION | $50,000 |
| FLORIDA LEGENDS FOUNDATION INC | $36,000 |
| LIONS UNLEASHED INC | $28,940 |
| HIGH SOCKS FOR HOPE INC | $28,000 |
| OYATE GROUP | $28,000 |
| BIG LEAGUE IMPACT INC | $24,000 |
| THE BONE MARROW FOUNDATION INC | $21,000 |
| STILL GOT GAME FOUNDATION INC | $20,750 |
| TEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION | $18,000 |
| CLEVELAND GUARDIANS CHARITIES INC | $16,750 |
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 (FY17–24, $672k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% 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.
62 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $219k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
LEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO3× · 2022–2024 · $525k · revenue +41%- PBPROJECT BEISBOL CORP3× · 2022–2024 · $330k · revenue +11% · 79% of their budget
- MFMEDICINES FOR HUMANITY INC4× · 2017–2020 · $208k · revenue +15%
Funded once
United States Association for UNHCRone grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue -1%- PPPACIFIC PROWLER NONPROFIT GREATEST GENERATION AIRCRAFTone grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue -34%
Feeding Americagraduatedone grant, 2018 · $200k · revenue +77%
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.
Our mission is to level the playing field for every student athlete deserving of collegiate showcase opportunities and tournament experience regardless of financial constraints. we are focusing primarily on raising money now to offset team…
To foster the growth of amateur baseball in the united states and to organize national and international baseball competitions.
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…
The major league baseball players trust harnesses the expertise, influence, and energy of players to create meaningful and sustainable change in the lifelong well-being of others. this is achieved through a series of programs that are run…
To provide funding for the united states baseball federation, inc.
To conduct activities to foster participation and interest in national or international amateur sports competition.
Team impact is the only u.s. nonprofit that tackles the emotional trauma and social isolation experienced by children facing serious and chronic illnesses by matching them with a college athletic team. because no child should be sidelined…
To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.
Through the investment of time, talents, and treasure, the charlotte hornets foundation will support, promote, and enhance important community efforts that enrich the quality of life for those in need, especially children and youth…
Usa softball, inc. (usas) is the national governing body of softball in the united states. we develop, administer and promote the sport of softball to provide the opportunities for participation and the best possible experience for those…
How this is measured
212 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. 212 of the 252 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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.
- Who funds LEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO ↗
- Who funds MORE THAN BASEBALL INC ↗
- Who funds KABOOM INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT BEISBOL CORP ↗
- Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC PROWLER NONPROFIT GREATEST GENERATION AIRCRAFT ↗
- Who funds ADVOCATES FOR MINOR LEAGUERS ↗
- Who funds MEDICINES FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST VENTURA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ESPERANZA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STILL GOT GAME FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED THROUGH READING ↗
- Who funds TEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CURTIS GRANDERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
- Who funds THE BASEBALL ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds GOOD SPORTS INC ↗
- Who funds Athletics & Beyond ↗
- Who funds Big League Impact Inc ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds Metro Sports Fieldhouse ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CARITAS CUBANA CORP ↗
- Who funds High Socks for Hope Inc ↗
- Who funds OYATE GROUP ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LIONS UNLEASHED INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA LEGENDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA BASEBALL CLUB ↗
- Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE PLAYERS ALLIANCE INC ↗
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: Major League Baseball Charities Inc · Big League Impact Inc · Teammates for Kids Foundation · Pitch in for Baseball and Softball · Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation · MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation · Pirates Charities · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · New York Mets Foundation Inc · The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Nfl Foundation Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Major League Baseball Players Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Major League Baseball Players Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
- The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
- Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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