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National Basketball Association Foundation

To drive economic opportunity for under-resourced youth, ages 14-24, by funding programs that generate successful transitions from school to meaningful employment with priority being given to organizations operating in nba team markets.

$20M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
113
Itemized grants FY2025
156
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$19M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 156
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
26
Total assets, FY2025
$21M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations National Basketball Association Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving111$19M61%
FY2024156$44M50%
FY202398$39M50%
FY202296$27M96%
FY202116$4.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Community Improvement$56MYouth Development$28MEducation$15MEmployment$11MHuman Services$5.5MCivil Rights$3.7MArts & Culture$3.7MCrime & Legal$3.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
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MI
NY
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OR
IN
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NJ
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Defense Fund$4,950,000320%
National Urban League Inc$2,500,00031%
City Year Inc$2,300,00031%
Year Up Inc$1,800,00021%
Npower Inc$1,750,00032%
Braven Inc$1,700,00043%
Portland Opportunities Indust Center$1,500,00033%
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc$1,475,000310%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$1,448,68841%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$1,400,00036%
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All grantees of National Basketball Association Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Defense Fund$4,950,000320%
National Urban League Inc$2,500,00031%
City Year Inc$2,300,00031%
Year Up Inc$1,800,00021%
Npower Inc$1,750,00032%
Braven Inc$1,700,00043%
Portland Opportunities Indust Center$1,500,00033%
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc$1,475,000310%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$1,448,68841%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$1,400,00036%
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation$1,380,00031%
Inroads Inc$1,350,00037%
The Marcus Graham Project$1,325,000476%
Youthprise$1,300,000210%
Social Justice Learning Institute$1,250,00037%
Community Options Inc$1,250,00020%
Black Girl Ventures Foundation$1,250,000311%
Black Girls Code Inc$1,250,000214%
All Star Code Inc$1,200,000322%
10000 Degrees$1,200,00023%
Institute for Educational Leadership$1,150,00027%
Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities Inc$1,150,00027%
Improve Your Tomorrow Inc$1,150,00035%
Center for Leadership Development Inc$1,125,000310%
Running Rebels Community Organization Inc$1,100,00039%
Imentor Inc$1,095,00034%
Reconcile New Orleans Inc$1,080,000218%
Hidden Genius Project$1,050,00038%
The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc$1,050,000311%
Road2hire$1,050,00043%
Some Inc$1,025,00031%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$1,020,00022%
Mobilizegreen Inc$1,000,00026%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$1,000,00032%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$1,000,00025%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$1,000,00021%
College Possible Inc$950,00032%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$950,00028%
Valley of the Sun United Way$910,00021%
United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc$900,00020%
The Bottom Line Inc$900,00022%
National Black Mba Association Inc$900,00025%
New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc$850,00037%
Youth Empowerment Project$850,00037%
Summit Academy Oic$850,00024%
Thunder Community Foundation$850,000222%
College Summit Inc$850,00025%
Exalt Youth$850,000310%
Bme Networks Inc$800,000215%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc$800,00036%
Mk Level Playing Field Institute$750,00025%
Community Alliance of the Far Eastside Inc$750,000213%
Equal Opportunity Schools$750,00013%
EMERGE Fellowship$720,00026%
Houston's Capital Investing in Develop- Ment and Employment of Adults Inc$720,000216%
Youthforce Nola$720,00028%
Peaceplayers International$720,00028%
The Ghetto Film School Inc$700,00025%
Overtown Youth Center Inc$700,00017%
Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc$700,000219%
Streetcode Academy$700,000317%
Sphinx Organization Inc$690,00034%
The Collective Blueprint$665,000231%
Codecrew$665,000312%
National Education Opportunity Network Inc$650,000213%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$650,00011%
Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc$640,000325%
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc$615,00039%
Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals$600,00027%
Florida Leadership Venture$600,000218%
Destination Tomorrow Inc$600,00018%
Public Allies Inc$600,00023%
America on Tech Inc$600,00026%
After-School All-Stars$600,00021%
State Democracy Project$600,00013%
Dreamorg$600,000111%
Texas Black Expo Inc$600,000174%
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives Inc$600,00021%
Partnership for Southern Equity$600,00026%
Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc$600,00026%
Center for Black Educator Development$600,00023%
Urbanpromise Ministries$600,00026%
Elso Inc$600,000218%
Ayco$600,00028%
School-Based Health Alliance$550,00024%
Carolina Youth Coalition$550,000216%
United Negro College Fund Inc$550,00030%
Soulsville Foundation$540,00027%
Ujamaa Place$530,00027%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$500,00010%
CMB Visions Unlimited Inc$500,000224%
Planting Justice$500,00024%
Focushope$500,00011%
Youth Guidance$500,00021%
American Cancer Society Inc$500,00010%
Children's Services of Roxbury Inc$500,00021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan$500,00035%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$500,00014%
Tech Exposure & Access Through Mentoring Inc$500,000367%
Chicago Beyond Inc$500,0001n/a
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization$500,000211%
Boys Town Louisiana Inc$500,00023%
Education Works Inc$500,0001n/a
The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc$475,00036%
Old Skool Cafe$450,000212%
The Campaign Against Hunger Inc$450,00022%
Actm Corp$440,00027%
Sis Circles Inc$440,0001n/a
Martin University$425,0001n/a
Juma Ventures Inc$400,00013%
New England Community Services Inc$400,00024%
United Way California Capital Region$400,00013%
Edna Martin Christian Center Inc$400,00014%
After School Matters Inc$400,00021%
Action for Boston Community Development Inc$400,00010%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc$400,00013%
Flanner House of Indianapolis$400,00016%
Comp-U-Dopt Inc$400,00011%
The Academy Group$360,00023%
Hack the Hood Inc$350,000224%
New Heights Youth Inc$350,00035%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc$350,000112%
Sga Youth & Family Services Nfp$350,00022%
Youth Justice Network Inc$350,00017%
Women's Housing & Economic Development Corporation$350,00021%
Walker West Music Academy$350,00022%
Avenues for Justice Inc$350,000110%
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America Inc$350,00014%
Indianapolis Private Industry Council$350,00011%
Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization$350,000234%
Spy Hop Productions$325,00018%
The Skills Center Inc$320,00035%
Vestedin$320,00038%
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project Inc$320,00037%
Dream Defenders Education Fund - a Project of Tides Center$300,0001n/a
Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc$300,000117%
Code2college$300,000119%
Open Doors Inc$300,00014%
Presidents Council Foundation Inc$300,000117%
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit$300,000119%
The Literacy Lab$300,00012%
Bridges from School to Work Inc$300,00013%
Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout$300,000115%
Cafe Momentum$300,00019%
Young Black Leadership Alliance$300,000116%
Naf$300,00012%
Give Merit Inc$300,00026%
Ak Youthforce$300,0001n/a
Drive Change Inc$300,000111%
Legal Outreach Inc$300,00025%
We Got US Now Inc$300,000131%
Insideout Literary Arts Project$300,00028%
Foundation for Foster Children Inc$300,000120%
Project Syncere$300,000115%
Big Thought$300,00012%
30000 Feet$270,00016%
Divinc$250,000119%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural and Service Center Inc$250,00018%
B-360 Baltimore Inc$250,000111%
Son of a Saint$250,00014%
Tech901$250,000111%
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County$250,00014%
United Way of Greater Salt Lake$250,00013%
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland$250,0001n/a
Black Boys Code USA Inc$250,0001n/a
Youth on Record$250,000112%
All-In Milwaukee Inc$250,00015%
The First 72$250,0001n/a
Brothers$250,0002n/a
Black Parent Initiative$250,00018%
Coded By$235,00034%
Iurban Teen$225,000117%
New Pathways For Youth$225,00016%
Native American Connections Inc$225,00011%
Fellowship Open Inc$225,00028%
2nd Call$200,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of Arizona$200,00014%
Youth Advocate Programs Inc$200,00010%
Arts Connect Houston$200,00028%
Urban Ed Academy$200,000113%
Formation Ventures Inc$200,0001n/a
Operation Dream Inc$200,000125%
Bridge Builders Foundation Inc$200,000112%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$200,00012%
SoHarlem Inc$200,000121%
Dream Alive Inc$200,000116%
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation$200,00012%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$200,00010%
Civic Works Inc$200,00012%
Reflection Foundation$200,0002n/a
Youthlink$200,0001n/a
The Sola Foundation$200,0001n/a
Oakland Promise$200,00011%
University of Arizona Foundation$200,00010%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc$200,00010%
Reap Inc$200,00015%
Third Sector New England Inc$200,00010%
Center for African American Health$200,000110%
Black Youth Leadership Project$200,000118%
Urban Resource Institute$200,00010%
Lone Star Justice Alliance$200,00024%
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc$200,00014%
LINK Unlimited Scholars$200,00018%
Shooting Touch Inc$200,000216%
Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists$200,000118%
Westcare Texas Inc$200,000112%
National Center for Children and Families$200,00010%
Let's Innovate Through Education Dba Lit$180,0001n/a
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation$175,00021%
Digital Girl Incorporated$175,000215%
Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School$175,00012%
Collegiate Pathways Inc$150,000227%
Economic Growth Foundation$150,00015%
The Urban Enrichment Institute$150,000216%
Shepherd Community Inc$150,00021%
Envision Excellence in STEM Education Inc$150,00019%
St Paul Youth Services$150,000120%
San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum$150,0001n/a
International Neighborhood Collaborative$150,0001n/a
Right Moves for Youth Inc$150,000116%
Lights Camera Discover$150,000237%
The Peer Power Foundation Inc$150,00014%
New Orleans Career Center$150,00012%
His Bridgebuilders Inc$150,00019%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$150,00010%
Museum of the African Diaspora (Moad)$150,00013%
Contemporary Arts Memphis$150,0001n/a
Central Community Development Corp$150,000183%
National Summer Learning Association Inc$150,00014%
Bing Youth Institute$150,0002n/a
University of Utah$130,0002n/a
Reimagine Atl$125,0001n/a
The Sanneh Foundation$125,00012%
Atlanta Childrens Foundation Inc$125,0001n/a
Root & Rebound$125,0001n/a
Nsoro Educational Foundation Inc$100,00014%
18th Ward$100,00012%
New Orleans Youth Alliance$100,00017%
Dibia Dream Inc$100,0001n/a
Indiana Black Expo Inc$100,0001n/a
Garment League Inc$100,0001n/a
Thunder Fellows Foundation$100,000124%
Cogostar Foundation$100,0001n/a
New Dance Theatre Inc$100,0001n/a
For the Kingdom Inc$100,00017%
Be a Leader Foundation$100,0001n/a
318 Foundation Inc$100,000113%
Elevatemed Inc$100,000112%
Good Shepherd Services$100,00010%
The Blueprint Foundation$100,00022%
Dedication to Community$100,0001n/a
Madison Square Boys and Girls Club Foundation Inc$100,00012%
Detroit Phoenix Center$100,00015%
The Relatives Inc$100,00012%
Network For Young Adult Success$100,00018%
Greenwood Project$100,00014%
Freedom House Inc$100,00016%
Lawrence Hall$100,00010%
Coolxdad Inc$100,000137%
Black Liberated Arts Center Inc$100,000133%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco$100,00010%
San Francisco Achievers$100,00018%
Alpha Community Foundation of Okla$100,000217%
Project Scientist Inc$100,00015%
Elevate Oregon$100,00013%
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program$100,0001n/a
Bard College$100,00010%
Lead2change Inc$100,0001n/a
Young African Americans for Social and Political Activism$100,00016%
Black Physicians of Utah$75,0002n/a
Common Purpose US Inc$75,0001n/a
Athlete Transition Services Corpora$50,000140%
Lantern Network$50,000114%
Hope Ignites$50,00011%
Young Community Developers Inc$50,00010%
Butterfly Dreamz Inc$50,000112%
Bold Idea Inc$50,000114%
Hav A Sole$50,0001n/a
Hustlers Guild$50,0001n/a
Black United Fund of Oregon$50,00011%
PRO Youth and Families$50,00011%
Aes Literacy Institute Incorporated$50,000117%
Facts of Life Group Home Inc$50,0001n/a
Love Unity & Values Institute$50,00013%
Hattie B BWIP$50,000139%
Concrete LYFE$50,0001n/a
Project Optimism Inc$50,00013%
Community Initiatives$50,00010%
8 Cents in a Jar Inc$50,000113%
Beyond The Ball Inc$50,0001n/a
DirectEmployers Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Our Own Non Profit Inc$50,00013%
Capital Youth Empowerment Program Inc$45,00012%
Greene Scholars$40,00016%
Girls Embracing Mothers Inc$35,0001n/a
Escape Velocity Resources Foundation Inc$35,000111%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County Inc$25,00010%
Helping Other Prioritize Education$25,000114%
Anthony Bates Foundation$25,00016%
Catch the Stars Foundation$25,000111%
Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation$25,000121%
Black Girl Film School Company$25,0001n/a
Freedom City Inc$25,00017%

Where it is load-bearing

National Basketball Association Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $4,950,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $2,500,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCity Year Inc: $2,300,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetYear Up Inc: $1,800,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNpower Inc: $1,750,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetBraven Inc: $1,700,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetPortland Opportunities Indust Center: $1,500,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetHopeworks 'N Camden Inc: $1,475,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $1,448,688 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetThe Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc: $1,400,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetDetroit Employment Solutions Corporation: $1,380,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetInroads Inc: $1,350,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetThe Marcus Graham Project: $1,325,000 over 4y, 76% of budgetYouthprise: $1,300,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetSocial Justice Learning Institute: $1,250,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetCommunity Options Inc: $1,250,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBlack Girl Ventures Foundation: $1,250,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBlack Girls Code Inc: $1,250,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetAll Star Code Inc: $1,200,000 over 3y, 22% of budget10000 Degrees: $1,200,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetInstitute for Educational Leadership: $1,150,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetElmcor Youth & Adult Activities Inc: $1,150,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetImprove Your Tomorrow Inc: $1,150,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCenter for Leadership Development Inc: $1,125,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetRunning Rebels Community Organization Inc: $1,100,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetImentor Inc: $1,095,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetReconcile New Orleans Inc: $1,080,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetHidden Genius Project: $1,050,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $1,050,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetRoad2hire: $1,050,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetSome Inc: $1,025,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Anti-Recidivism Coalition: $1,020,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMobilizegreen Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Urban Alliance Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetManagement Leadership for Tomorrow: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $950,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetEast Oakland Youth Development Center: $950,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $910,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Atlanta Inc: $900,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Bottom Line Inc: $900,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetNational Black Mba Association Inc: $900,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetNew Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc: $850,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetYouth Empowerment Project: $850,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetSummit Academy Oic: $850,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetThunder Community Foundation: $850,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetCollege Summit Inc: $850,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetExalt Youth: $850,000 over 3y, 9.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Universal Music All Together Now Foundation IncCA35.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Universal Music All Together Now Foundation Inc · Pwc Foundation Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Stand Together Foundation · Ally Charitable Foundation · Deloitte Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · JD Finish Line Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Silicon Valley Community 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.

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About National Basketball Association Foundation

How much does National Basketball Association Foundation give?
National Basketball Association Foundation reported 113 itemized grants totaling $18,960,000, out of $20,110,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 156 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does National Basketball Association Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Youth Development (21%), Education (11%).
Who are National Basketball Association Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Children's Defense Fund ($5.0M), National Urban League Inc ($2.5M), City Year Inc ($2.3M).
Does National Basketball Association Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Basketball Association Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Universal Music All Together Now Foundation Inc, Pwc Foundation Inc, Pinkerton Foundation.
Where is National Basketball Association Foundation based?
National Basketball Association Foundation is based in NY.

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 307 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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