Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation
Supports other irs section 501(c)(3) charities, in pursuit of charitable missions in youth sports scholarships, health & fitness & other philanthropic activities.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 57
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $492,427
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 52
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $376k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 56 | $2.4M | 45% |
| FY2024 | 52 | $1.1M | 46% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $988k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $839k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $195k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $918k | 32% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $881k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaboom Inc | $776,818 | 7 | 1% |
| DC Fire & Emer Medical Service Foun | $513,682 | 2 | 6% |
| Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc | $475,332 | 6 | 1% |
| United States Figure Skating Association | $442,427 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc | $365,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Homeward Trails Animal Rescue Inc | $314,694 | 3 | 9% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc | $304,338 | 7 | 1% |
| Martha's Table Inc | $276,866 | 8 | 0% |
| United Heroes League | $247,243 | 7 | 2% |
| Potomac Valley Amateur Hockey Association Inc Pvaha | $239,373 | 7 | 19% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 110 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Congressional Sports for Charity · USA Hockey Foundation
How this is measured
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About Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation
- How much does Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation give?
- Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation reported 57 itemized grants totaling $2,770,627, out of $2,865,128 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (32%), Health (17%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kaboom Inc ($777k), DC Fire & Emer Medical Service Foun ($514k), Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc ($475k).
- Does Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area.
- Where is Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation based?
- Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation is based in DC.
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