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Mark Cuban Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$860k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$6.3MRecreation & Sports$6.2MEducation$5.2MPhilanthropy$3.3MHuman Services$3.3MInternational$1.7MPublic Benefit$1.5MScience & Tech$1.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $762k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.6M
$100,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHARITY$860,000
B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION$250,000
USA RUGBY$250,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$250,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$200,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS$100,000
DONT EVER GIVE UP$100,000
COACHART ORG$100,000
AREIVIM INSTITUTE$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$61,666
NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC$50,000
MACCABI USA INC$50,000
FRIENDS OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY MENS RUGBY$45,000
LIFE IN DEEP ELLUM$40,000
BELIEVE IN DREAMS$25,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $200k → 11%AREIVIM INSTITUTE: $100k → 6%RAY PFEIFER FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 6%NTX COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 8%SALESMANSHIP CLUB CHARITABLE GOLF OF DALLAS INC: $50k → 14%USBG NATIONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 23%RAY PFEIFFER FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 6%NATIONAL FITNESS FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%DPA'S ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $6k → 14%FAMILY PLACE: $500k → 14%FAMILY PLACE INC: $500k → 14%FAMILY PLACE INC: $500k → 14%FAMILY PLACE INC: $150k → 14%411 MAG MINISTRIES: $10k → 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

AK
VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
WV
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MD
AZ
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NC
SC
DC
LA
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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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 28 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
125

Total granted

$19M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+26%

Still filing today

86%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $842k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • Indiana University Foundation
    4× · 2017–2021 · $2.3M · revenue +97%
  • TF
    The Family Place
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.6M · revenue +15%
  • US
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • DE
    DALLAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION W DALLAS FOUNDATION AS FISCAL PARTNER
    one grant, 2019 · $1.1M
  • KT
    KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M
  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M · revenue +27%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

To aid the alliance for clinical trials in oncology national clinical trials cooperative group and support the clinical trials and laboratory research of the alliance, as well as efforts to educate the medical community on methods of…

Health
3
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
4
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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5
Foundation for Women's Cancer

To support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.

Health
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Our vision is to reimagine everyday giving to help charities. our mission is to enable the world's leading online platforms to create opportunities for everyday charitable giving. in doing so, we ensure our programs are trustworthy,…

Philanthropy
8
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
9
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
10
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

The parker institute for cancer immunotherapy's (pici) mission is to accelerate the development of breakthrough immune therapies to turn all cancers into curable diseases.

Health
11
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
12
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United States of Care Campaign; the most unlike its peers is Path for Healing Foundation 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

114 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. 114 of the 171 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/114
Grantees still filing
65/114
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD: $1,350,000 · OtherUNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL …DALLAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION W DALLAS FOUNDATION AS FISCAL PARTNER: $1,100,000 · OtherDALLAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION W DALLAS F…KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,000,000 · OtherKIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLSElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 · OtherElectronic Frontier Foundation IncNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $500,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $450,000 · OtherCENTER FOR COMPETITIVE DEMOCRACY: $500,000 · Other+93 more: $5,600,039 · Other+93 moreCELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHARITY: $3,752,777 · PhilanthropyCELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHA…COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $1,355,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION …POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $450,000 · PhilanthropyPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDAT…LEGACY GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $350,000 · PhilanthropyPROJECT ALIVE: $250,000 · Philanthropy+9 more: $520,000 · Philanthropy+9 moreIndiana University Foundation: $2,310,003 · EducationIndiana University F…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $2,300,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFO…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $250,000 · Education+15 more: $896,666 · Education+15 moreThe Family Place: $1,650,000 · Human ServicesThe Famil…YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT: $200,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…DPAS ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL FOUNDATION ON FITNESS SPORTS AND NUTRITION: $100,000 · Human ServicesUSBG NATIONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE RAY PFEIFER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesVOGEL ALCOVE: $100,000 · Human ServicesAREIVIM INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Human Services+5 more: $118,257 · Human ServicesDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $850,000 · HealthDON'T EVE…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $500,000 · HealthTHE MICHA…KIDNEY CANCER COALITION KIDNEYCAN: $300,000 · HealthKIDNEY CA…UNITED STATES OF CARE CAMPAIGN: $250,000 · HealthUNITED ST…AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $250,000 · HealthAMYOTROPH…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthPath for Healing Foundation Inc: $100,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Health+9 more: $195,000 · Health+9 moreBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · InternationalAFF FOUNDATION: $500,000 · International+3 more: $42,440 · InternationalTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureFrom The Heart Productions: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$11,500,039Philanthropy$6,677,777Education$5,756,669Human Services$2,668,257Health$2,645,000International$1,542,440Arts & Culture$1,125,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHARITY: $3,752,777 over 7y, 97% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $2,310,003 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $2,300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Family Place: $1,650,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $1,355,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD: $1,350,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $850,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCENTER FOR COMPETITIVE DEMOCRACY: $500,000 over 2y, 95% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $500,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAFF FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $450,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $339,657 over 2y, 23% of budgetCOACHARTORG: $300,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetKIDNEY CANCER COALITION KIDNEYCAN: $300,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetHomeward Bound Inc: $277,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED STATES OF CARE CAMPAIGN: $250,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetPROJECT ALIVE: $250,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAFER DALLAS BETTER DALLAS: $200,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetBLIND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $200,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetBBYO FUND FOR THE FUTURE INC: $180,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN SPORTS AND EVENTS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SPORT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWomens Sports Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWOMEN IN SPORTS TECH INC: $150,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPath for Healing Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 86% of budgetDPAS ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION ON FITNESS SPORTS AND NUTRITION: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetGLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUSBG NATIONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetVETERANS FUTURE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSUPPORT THE TROOPS INC: $100,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetTHE RAY PFEIFER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 28% 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.

Communities Foundatio…United Way of Metropo…Texas Instruments Fou…The Dallas FoundationPga Tour IncFichtenbaum Charitabl…McKesson Foundation I…State Fair of TexasAllegheny FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Hillcrest FoundationPledgeling Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX25.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust · McKesson Foundation Inc · State Fair of Texas · Allegheny Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Pledgeling 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 Mark Cuban Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark Cuban Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
23report 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 Mark Cuban Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mark Cuban Foundation 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 171 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home