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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 FY2025still arriving
113
Grants FY2025still arriving
26
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 113 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 113 grants below total $18,960,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $20,110,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,150,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k76 grants · $8.9M
  • $250k+31 grants · $9.9M
$150,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY YEAR INC$600,000
10000 DEGREES$600,000
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE$500,000
PORTLAND OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER INC$450,000
SOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE$400,000
BRAVEN INC$400,000
INROADS INC$400,000
OIC OF AMERICA$350,000
NPOWER$350,000
ELSO INC$300,000
AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS$300,000
STEM NOLA$300,000
BOTTOM LINE$300,000
IMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW$300,000
ORGANIZATION OF BLACK AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS$300,000
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 (FY22–25, $17.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $200k → 8%YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS INC: $200k → 12%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $300k → 20%THUNDER FELLOWS FOUNDATION: $600k → 15%PUBLIC ALLIES INC: $400k → 17%COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC: $750k → 11%NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $200k → 8%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $150k → 20%THUNDER FELLOWS: $250k → 15%FOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC: $300k → 13%PUBLIC ALLIES INC: $200k → 17%DESTINATION TOMORROW: $600k → 13%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $400k → 16%COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC: $500k → 11%BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK: $300k → 8%UJAMAA PLACE: $330k → 14%WESTCARE TEXAS INC: $200k → 16%FOCUS HOPE: $500k → 21%AFRICAN YOUTH & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (AYCO): $300k → 12%UNITED WAY OF SALT LAKE: $250k → 8%PHYLLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $240k → 11%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH: $150k → 10%THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $200k → 8%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $400k → 16%PHYLLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $200k → 11%AFRICAN YOUTH & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (AYCO): $300k → 12%PHYLLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $175k → 11%CMB VISIONS UNLIMITED INC: $300k → 15%UJAMAA PLACE: $200k → 14%YOUTH JUSTICE NETWORK: $350k → 17%CMB VISIONS UNLIMITED INC: $200k → 15%BLACK PARENT INITIATIVE (BPI): $250k → 12%SOHARLEM: $200k → 17%YOUTHLINK: $200k → 11%SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $200k → 14%CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY: $300k → 16%OIC OF AMERICA: $350k → 22%TEXAS BLACK EXPO: $600k → 16%REAP: $200k → 12%SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $150k → 14%BOYS TOWN LOUISIANA: $300k → 23%CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY INC: $200k → 16%THE FIRST 72: $250k → 23%BOYS TOWN LOUISIANA: $200k → 23%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $1.0M → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $1.0M → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $500k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $200k → 17%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
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 48% of National Basketball Association Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 15% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 10%.

National Basketball Association Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$97M · 127 repeat orgs$36M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

127 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 84 since wound down; 68 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

127
108

Total granted

$97M
$28M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

95%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEmploymentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +37%
  • NU
    NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +4%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • EO
    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $750k · revenue -26%
  • OY
    OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $700k · revenue +9%
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Americagraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $650k · revenue +47%
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
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
2
Youth Enrichment Services Inc

Youth enrichment services, inc. was founded in 1994 for the purpose of providing at-risk teens and low-income families residing in allegheny county a comprehensive in-home peer mentoring program, juvenile alternative to detention,…

Human Services
3
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
4
The Urban Assembly Inc

To advance students' economic and social mobility by improving public education.

International
5
The Young People's Project Inc

The young people's project uses math literacy work to develop the abilities of elementary through high school students to succeed in school and in life.

Education
6
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
7
Heights Philadelphia

Heights is a new kind of organization, an economic mobility catalyst. we believe that creating pathways to educational and workforce success for low-income, black and brown, and first-generation-to-college students is the keystone of a…

Education
8
Stl Youth Jobs

Our mission is to bridge the divide between our regions youth and the growing skills gap in our workforce. we envision a city where our youth have the opportunity they need to succeed, and our businesses have the workforce they need to…

Youth Development
9
Lead Program in Business

The mission is to address higher education access and career preparation by optimizing cross-sector collaborations and global partnerships that focus on identifiying and nurturing high potential youth of diverse backgrounds by developing…

Community Improvement
10
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
11
Building Bridges Education

Building Bridges Education (BBE) is a non-profit organization at the forefront of creating transformative, high-impact programming. BBE is committed to equity-driven initiatives that empower students to embark on journeys of…

Education
12
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridge Builders Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Escape Velocity Resources 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.
05the grantee network

302 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. 302 of the 307 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
49
Early backer (in before they grew)
293/302
Grantees still filing
142/302
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YEAR UP INC: $1,800,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC: $1,475,000 · EducationThurgood Marshall College Fund: $1,448,688 · EducationINROADS INC: $1,350,000 · EducationThe Marcus Graham Project: $1,325,000 · EducationYouthprise: $1,300,000 · EducationBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $1,250,000 · Education10000 DEGREES: $1,200,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: $1,150,000 · EducationHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT: $1,050,000 · EducationROAD2HIRE: $1,050,000 · EducationMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW: $1,000,000 · Education+33 more: $14,175,000 · Education+33 moreBRAVEN INC: $1,700,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRAVEN INCTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $1,400,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BROTHERHOOD SI…All Star Code Inc: $1,200,000 · Youth DevelopmentAll Star Code IncIMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW INC: $1,150,000 · Youth DevelopmentIMPROVE YOUR TOMOR…RUNNING REBELS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC: $1,100,000 · Youth DevelopmentRUNNING REBELS COM…IMENTOR INC: $1,095,000 · Youth DevelopmentIMENTOR INCRECONCILE NEW ORLEANS INC: $1,080,000 · Youth DevelopmentRECONCILE NEW ORLE…EXALT YOUTH: $850,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $800,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEACEPLAYERS INTERNATIONAL: $720,000 · Youth DevelopmentOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $700,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTREETCODE ACADEMY: $700,000 · Youth Development+22 more: $7,705,000 · Youth Development+22 moreNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $2,500,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN…Community Options Inc: $1,250,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Opti…THUNDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $850,000 · Human ServicesTHUNDER COMMUN…Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc: $615,000 · Human ServicesDESTINATION TOMORROW INC: $600,000 · Human ServicesPUBLIC ALLIES INC: $600,000 · Human ServicesTEXAS BLACK EXPO INC: $600,000 · Human ServicesAYCO: $600,000 · Human ServicesUJAMAA PLACE: $530,000 · Human Services+21 more: $7,100,000 · Human Services+21 moreCITY YEAR INC: $2,300,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCPORTLAND OPPORTUNITIES INDUST CENTER: $1,500,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $4,950,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUNDSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $1,250,000 · Other+49 more: $26,095,000 · Other+49 moreNPOWER INC: $1,750,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK GIRL VENTURES FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 · Community ImprovementTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $900,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION INC: $900,000 · Community ImprovementBME NETWORKS INC: $800,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC: $750,000 · Community ImprovementKenwood Oakland Community Organization: $500,000 · Community ImprovementACTM CORP: $440,000 · Community Improvement+4 more: $850,000 · Community ImprovementDETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $1,380,000 · EmploymentThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $1,050,000 · EmploymentTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · EmploymentHOUSTON'S CAPITAL INVESTING IN DEVELOP- MENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS INC: $720,000 · EmploymentTHE COLLECTIVE BLUEPRINT: $665,000 · EmploymentCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $500,000 · EmploymentTECH EXPOSURE & ACCESS THROUGH MENTORING INC: $500,000 · EmploymentJUMA VENTURES INC: $400,000 · EmploymentIndianapolis Private Industry Council: $350,000 · EmploymentPRESIDENTS COUNCIL FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · EmploymentDRIVE CHANGE INC: $300,000 · Employment+1 more: $200,000 · EmploymentTHE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $700,000 · Arts & CultureGET LIT - WORDS IGNITE INC: $700,000 · Arts & CultureSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC: $690,000 · Arts & CultureMEMPHIS EQUITY THROUGH ARTS INC: $640,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR BLACK EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT: $600,000 · Arts & CultureSOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $540,000 · Arts & CultureHack the Hood Inc: $350,000 · Arts & CultureMOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT: $300,000 · Arts & CultureINSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS PROJECT: $300,000 · Arts & CultureBIG THOUGHT: $300,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND SERVICE CENTER INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ON RECORD: $250,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $400,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$29,573,688Youth Development$20,200,000Human Services$15,245,000Other$36,095,000Community Improvement$8,140,000Employment$7,365,000Arts & Culture$6,020,000

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

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
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.

Universal Music All T…Pwc Foundation IncPinkerton FoundationAnnie E Casey Foundat…Stand Together Founda…Ally Charitable Found…Deloitte FoundationThe Kresge FoundationJD Finish Line Founda…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Rockefeller Philanthr…Silicon Valley Commun…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Basketball Association Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Basketball Association 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 11%
  • Elso Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Ayco: 89% of income from government
  • Civic Works Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Reap Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Black Parent Initiative: 45% of income from government
  • Portland Opportunities Indust Center: 38% of income from government
  • Children's Services of Roxbury Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Bridges from School to Work Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Action for Boston Community Development Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • National Center for Children and Families: 2% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Community Options Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • National Center On Institutions and Alternatives Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Cmb Visions Unlimited Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
77report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.

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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