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National Basketball Players Association Foundation

The nbpa foundation provides strategic funding and support while also communicating the players' endeavors to the world in order to accelerate and maximize the impact. (continued on schedule o)in alignment with our players' collective charitable investments, the foundation has built an impressive portfolio of work impacting communities…

$3.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
132
Itemized grants FY2025
101
Organizations funded FY2024
47%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
68 to 140
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
31
Total assets, FY2025
$44M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 47% of the organizations National Basketball Players Association Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $815k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHealthOther
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 arriving119$2.8M48%
FY2024101$2.0M47%
FY2023106$2.1M38%
FY202268$2.2M37%
FY202193$2.2M53%
FY2020140$3.6M59%
FY2019116$2.9M54%
FY2018104$3.4M75%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$16MYouth Development$2.8MArts & Culture$1.6MEducation$1.2MInternational$1.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$958kHuman Services$806kPhilanthropy$713kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 505 grantees
All grantees of National Basketball Players Association Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame$1,260,00065%
World Central Kitchen Inc$418,33340%
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference$408,712313%
Learn Fresh Education Co$350,00075%
Wesleyan University$350,00030%
Edward Charles Foundation$300,00041%
New Heights Youth Inc$235,00053%
American Friends of Georgia Inc$222,000815%
United States Fund for Unicef$217,52950%
Peaceplayers International$193,00051%
Atlanta Childrens Foundation Inc$175,000528%
Pat Connaughton Foundation$175,000619%
Juglife Foundation Inc$174,214625%
Gasol Foundation$170,000518%
The Lebron James Family Foundation$170,00061%
Operation Graduation$162,40087%
Core Programs Inc$150,00026%
Project Life Inc$150,000624%
The Crim Fitness Foundation Inc$150,00041%
La84 Foundation$150,00011%
Trae Young Family Foundation$149,000618%
Eat Learn Play Foundation$146,39551%
Hour Generation Foundation$145,000515%
Athletes vs Crohns & Colitis Inc$145,000631%
Christ School Inc$140,00040%
Team Takeover Inc$136,000413%
Robins House Foundation Inc$135,000662%
The St Bernard Project Inc$133,33310%
Drive Nation Foundation$132,300475%
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City$130,13830%
Young for Youth Foundation$125,000516%
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation$125,00011%
The Dreamchasers United Inc$125,000512%
Be a Light Inc$125,000515%
Gofundmeorg$120,00021%
Cameron Payne Foundation$120,000556%
Durant Family Charitable Foundation$110,00051%
The Carmelo Anthony Foundation Inc$110,00034%
Dreambuilders Foundation Inc$107,50061%
The Dinwiddie Family Foundation Inc$107,500452%
Morristown Neighborhood House Association Inc$103,0003n/a
Arizona Next Level Basketball Found$102,500224%
Steve Nash Foundation$100,000616%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$100,00010%
Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport$100,00033%
Jeremy Lin Foundation$100,00062%
The 7uice Foundation Inc$100,000413%
Foundation for Puerto Rico Inc$100,00012%
Nassir S Little Youth Foundation$100,000467%
Aminu Good Works Foundation Inc$100,000546%
Fathers and Men of Professional Basketball Players$100,0004n/a
Helping Hand Rescue Mission$100,00058%
Next Door Foundation Inc$100,00030%
Gordon Family Giving Foundation$100,000338%
The Lillard Foundation$100,000447%
Operation Warm Inc$99,45050%
Tony Bradley Elite$98,830443%
Serge Ibaka Foundation Inc$95,000233%
Matter$95,00040%
Bismack Biyombo Foundation Inc$95,000384%
Playworks Education Energized$91,54430%
Joe Harris Basketball$86,9904n/a
Fox Whole Family Foundation$85,000448%
Chris Dudley Foundation$85,000425%
John Lucas Foundation$80,000415%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$80,00020%
Chris Long Foundation$78,00023%
Friends of Berston$77,50035%
Paul Millsap Foundation Corporation$75,000315%
Student-Athletes Organized to Under$75,000314%
Every Kid Sports$75,00032%
Len-D a Hand Foundation Inc$75,0002n/a
United Way of Greater Houston$75,00010%
Donorschooseorg$75,00020%
Amar'e Stoudemire Foundation$75,000359%
Edrice Adebayo Foundation$75,0003n/a
Make Me Aprodigy$75,0003n/a
Jason Terry Foundation Inc$75,000299%
Mothers of Professional Basketball Players Inc$75,000319%
WV Thunder$75,000327%
Givedirectly Inc$75,00010%
Feeding America$75,00010%
Diallo Charitable Foundation Inc$71,0002n/a
National Basketball Wives Association Inc$70,250415%
The Anthony Davis Foundation Inc$70,00039%
Taking Back the Future$70,000416%
Russell Westbrook Why Not Foundation Inc$70,00036%
Marcus Smart's Youngamechanger Foundation Inc$70,000312%
The Buddy Hield Foundation Inc$70,0001n/a
Nnaji Family Foundation$70,00034%
Beyond the Game Inc$70,0006n/a
Half Hollow Hills Central School District$68,4004n/a
Atf a Robert Covington Foundation Inc$66,5003n/a
Second Round Foundation Inc$66,0002n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$65,00020%
Humanitarian Organization Divac Corporation$65,00026%
Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation$65,00021%
Skyhook Foundation$65,000319%
Team Brandan Wright$65,0003n/a
James Jones Legacy Foundation Inc$65,000287%
Fashion Scholarship Fund$62,50021%
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation$60,24211%
New Era Colorado Foundation$60,00041%
Young Mens Christian Association of Northern Middlesex County Inc$60,00040%
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers$60,00021%
The Morningstar Foundation Inc$57,500312%
Anthony Morrow Charities$57,5004n/a
The Andrew Weishar Foundation$55,11322%
Prime Youth Program$55,000353%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$55,00030%
Porter-Gaud Foundation$53,00041%
Battier Take Charge Foundation$53,00024%
Youth Athletic Foundation$52,50036%
The Montrezl Harrell Youth Foundation Inc$52,500313%
Heartland Hoops Inc$52,50036%
Chicago Votes$50,00024%
Maurice Lucas Foundation$50,00037%
Covenant House$50,00010%
Urban Justice Center$50,00010%
Mamba on Three$50,0001n/a
Mo Bamba Foundation$50,0002100%
Team Tyus$50,000226%
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana$50,00020%
Centro Unido Latino Americano$50,00012%
Share Our Strength$50,00010%
Dream Keepers Inc$50,000214%
Al Otro Lado$50,00021%
The Preemptive Love Coalition$50,00010%
Asylum Access$50,00020%
Ball Hall Corp$50,0001n/a
United States African Development Foundation$50,0002n/a
Beyond the Game Athletes for Change$50,0003n/a
YMCA of Central Stark County$50,00040%
City Harvest Inc$50,00010%
Foe Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Happy Tooth Dental Foundation$50,0003n/a
Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab$50,00012%
East Harris County Empowerment Council$50,00012%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$50,00010%
City of New Orleans - Nopd$50,0001n/a
Offnight Elite Company$49,0002n/a
Atypical Sports and Learning Foundation Inc$47,5002n/a
The Brian Grant Foundation$46,50024%
Students Athletes Values Education Inc$45,0002n/a
Reggie Jacksons Determined to Assist Foundation Inc$45,000214%
Shiloh Summer Camp Inc$45,00031%
McW Starz Elite$45,000210%
Powerhouse Basketball Inc$45,000338%
The Arms Foundation Inc$45,000262%
DMF Internationl Inc$45,00021%
Worldserve International$45,0002n/a
Border Kindness$45,00025%
Self Enhancement Inc$45,00020%
The Jyd Project Inc$42,500241%
Uptown Reinvestment Corporation$41,66820%
Do Goodr$41,5001n/a
E'Twaun D Moore Foundation Inc$41,2003n/a
Young Men's Christian Association$40,0003n/a
The Ray of Hope Foundation Inc$40,000217%
Tj Ford Foundation$40,000229%
Harlem Tech Fund Inc$40,0001n/a
James R Jordan Foundation$40,00022%
Team Griffin Foundation$40,000211%
Young Athletes Inc$40,00023%
New Jersey Scholars Elite$40,00032%
Driving Force Group Inc$40,00022%
One Arizona$40,00020%
South Carolina Aim High Foundation Carolina Basketball Camp$40,000214%
Like A Child Foundation$40,000321%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$40,00020%
Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc$40,00030%
Galloway Foundation Inc$40,0002n/a
San Antonio Food Bank$40,00030%
Museum of the City of New York$40,00010%
Mack Calvin Youth Empowerment Foundation$39,000251%
Jordan Nwora Foundation$37,500231%
Kyle Kuzma Foundation Inc$37,500236%
Elfrid Payton Foundation Inc$37,500224%
Ab Elite$36,50029%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$35,00010%
Growing Kings Inc$35,00026%
Hoop Bus Inc$35,00024%
McW Starz$35,0002n/a
Jump N for the Future - the Robert Pack Organization$35,0002n/a
Team Thrill Youth Sports Organizati$34,3152n/a
Quiet Storm Foundation$32,350435%
The Houston Food Bank$32,02620%
Ricky Davis Legacy Foundation$31,5002n/a
Education Foundation of Brown Deer Inc$31,0005n/a
SEEDS - Sports for Education and Ecomonic Development in Senegal$30,60027%
Children's Cancer Association$30,0002n/a
Civic Nation$30,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana Inc$30,00011%
The Children's Place at Home Safe Inc$30,00020%
Eclectic Soul Voices Corporation$30,00021%
Feed the Children Inc$30,00010%
Freedom Righteous Organizing Collaborative$30,00015%
Texas Youth Academy-Houston$30,0002n/a
Global Student Athlete Foundation Ltd$30,0002n/a
Tolliver Family Foundation$30,0001n/a
Torrey Craig Foundation Inc$27,5002n/a
Hidden Genius Project$27,50020%
Atlanta Celtics Inc$27,50026%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$25,50030%
Youth Empowerment Project$25,50011%
Project Anonymous Foundation$25,00015%
Atlanta's Young Misses Inc$25,0001n/a
Lindy Waters III Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Race to Erase Ms$25,00012%
The Well Resource Center$25,00011%
Foundation for East Baton Rouge School System$25,00014%
Riley Children's Foundation$25,0001n/a
Team CP 25 Inc$25,000147%
Gideons Promise Inc$25,0001n/a
Communities United$25,0001n/a
The Empowerment Plan$25,00011%
The Middleton Family Foundation$25,00013%
Community in Unity Inc$25,0002n/a
Chicago Cred Inc$25,00010%
Community Partners$25,00010%
Lucky Duck Foundation$25,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County Inc$25,00010%
Hendricks Family Foundation$25,000261%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Bluff City Legends Elite$25,0001n/a
Sunrise Christian Hoops Foundation Inc$25,00024%
City of Mobile$25,0001n/a
Okogie Family Foundation$25,0001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$25,00010%
Elleby Foundation$25,0001n/a
Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative Inc$25,0001n/a
Hurley Foundation$25,00011%
Legacy Advancement$25,00014%
Local First Arizona Foundation$25,00010%
Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Ccf Community Initiatives Fund$25,0001n/a
All About Your Wellness and Sports Inc$25,0001n/a
Jalen Green Foundation$25,000250%
Srd Foundation$25,00010%
Gold Level Sporting Events Inc$25,0001n/a
Full of Grace Foundation Inc$25,000124%
John Wall Family Foundation Inc$25,00019%
Mack Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Yabia Omer$25,000118%
Lakeshow Basketball Corporation$25,00012%
IDEA Public Schools$25,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$25,0001n/a
Forward Impact$25,00011%
Don'T Follow the Wave Inc$25,0001n/a
Faith in Action Network$25,00010%
Wades World Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Chuck Hayes Basketball$25,000147%
The Barack Obama Foundation$25,00010%
YMCA of Greater Flint$25,00011%
Go Ministries Inc$25,0001n/a
Rudys Kids Inc$25,000114%
Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School$25,00010%
Heart of America Foundation$25,0001n/a
Brooklyn Defender Services$25,00010%
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$25,00010%
Dallas Isd$25,0001n/a
FACE Africa International Inc$25,00014%
United States Catholic Conference$25,0003n/a
Center for the Innovative Training of Youth Inc$25,00011%
The Ujiri Foundation Inc$25,00016%
Hoop for All Foundation$25,000127%
The Kevin Huerter Foundation Inc$25,000146%
The Gift of Learning Foundation Inc$25,00013%
The Bronx Defenders$25,00010%
Be Rose International Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Ziaire Zealous World Inc$25,0001n/a
St Louis Eagles Basketball Club$25,0001n/a
Alize Johnson Foundation Incorporated$25,0001n/a
The Luol Deng Foundation$25,0001n/a
Georgia Stars Basketball Inc$25,000110%
Coaching Corps$25,00011%
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation$25,00012%
University Settlement Inc$25,00011%
Voteorg$25,0001n/a
Wish for Our Heroes Inc$25,00013%
Cincinnati Recreation Foundation$25,00017%
Ian Mahinmi I Am Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Terrance Mann Complete Player Foundation$25,0001n/a
Ut Southwestern Health Systems$25,00011%
Kings County Tennis League$25,00022%
The Play Equity Fund$25,00012%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County Inc$25,00010%
Mitchell Robinson III Youth Foundation$25,0001n/a
3 the Harden Way Inc$25,00014%
Community Partnership School$23,01620%
AROSE Foundation$23,000125%
Gigi's Playhouse Inc$22,50011%
Dcenter Inc$22,50013%
2-6 Project Limited$22,44725%
Isaiah Whitehead Foundation Inc$21,0002n/a
Landmarks for Families Inc$21,00020%
Elevate New Orleans Inc$21,000111%
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound$20,00010%
The Arbor School of Central Florida$20,00011%
Family Promise Inc$20,00020%
Wesley Matthews' Driven2greatn3ss Foundation$20,0001n/a
Planet Hoops$20,0001n/a
Norfolk State University Foundation Inc and Subsidiary$20,00010%
St Johns Preparatory School Inc$20,0001n/a
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States Inc$20,0001n/a
City Center Outreach Inc$20,0001n/a
Smithsonian Institution$20,00010%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc$20,0001n/a
The Brudas Inc$20,0001n/a
Charity Bounce$20,0001n/a
Park City School District$20,0001n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco$20,00010%
Planet Hoops$20,0001n/a
Future Leaders of Tomorrow Inc$20,000112%
Peace Youth Foundation$20,0001n/a
Westchester Parks Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Wellspring Living Inc$20,00020%
A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation$20,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of North Louisiana Inc$20,00020%
The Food Foundation$20,00013%
Play Right Sports Academy Inc$20,0002n/a
Joseph Toles Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Kris Humpries Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Choose Love Inc$20,0001n/a
New Orleans Mission Inc$20,00010%
Mourning Family Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Noahs Arc Foundation$20,000120%
Black Physicians of Utah$20,0002n/a
Project Backboard$20,0001n/a
Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief US$20,00010%
First Book$20,00020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area$20,00010%
National High School Basketball Association Inc$20,0002n/a
Ap World Inc$20,0001n/a
The Ellington Fund$18,00021%
Onondaga Historical Association$18,00021%
Man Up Teacher Fellows Inc$16,66812%
Michigan Basketball Association$16,500312%
Central California Food Bank$15,2871n/a
Building Blocks Inc$15,000129%
National College Players Association$15,0001n/a
Tony Delk$15,0001n/a
Flight Nine Academy$15,00016%
Leveling the Playing Field Inc$15,00010%
Lutheran Central School Association$15,0001n/a
Athletes Services Network America$15,0001n/a
Milkyway Education Center Inc Pioneer Academy$15,00010%
Tony Delk 00 Basketball Academy Ltd$15,00015%
Latino Behavioral Health Services$15,00011%
Brandon Bass Reachback Foundation$15,0001n/a
Ajayi Elebire Elite$15,0001n/a
CHELAN TEEN CENTER Thrive Chelan Valley$15,0001n/a
Bella Vista Foundation Inc$15,00011%
DC Public Education Fund$15,00010%
The Lucstrong Foundation$15,0001n/a
Stevenson High School Community Foundation$15,00012%
Inner City Education Foundation$15,00010%
Invisible Book Bag Inc$15,000113%
Chara Community Development Corporation$15,0001n/a
The Jason Kidd Foundation$15,0001n/a
Team Stuck$15,00026%
Atlanta Dream Academy Inc$15,00010%
The Jason Thompson Foundation a New Jers Ey Nonprofit Corporation$15,0001n/a
Mbenga Foundation$15,000110%
Best Friends Animal Society$15,00010%
Terrence Ferguson Elite Dba Team USA Oklahoma$15,0001n/a
Mike Williams Assist 4 Life Foundation$15,000155%
Friends of Hoop Seattle$15,00013%
Boys and Girls Club of the Grand Strand Inc$15,00012%
Marian High School$14,0521n/a
The Not Impossible Foundation Inc$14,00013%
Udonis Haslem Childrens Foundation Inc$13,25315%
Mb5 Pro Academy$13,0001n/a
St Louis Area Diaper Bank$12,50011%
Holland Group Foundation$12,5001n/a
Room to Grow National Inc$12,5001n/a
Okc Prodigy Basketball D/B/A Gta Basketball$12,5001n/a
Montgomery County Collaboration Council$12,50010%
Breaking Chains Inc$12,5001n/a
Back to the Basics Academy Inc$12,5001n/a
Candid$12,50010%
Gods Visions Ministries$12,5001n/a
Open Arms Inc Bryans House$12,50011%
Moses West Foundation$12,5001n/a
Keep Youth Dream Alive Inc$12,5001n/a
Our Mothers Inc$12,5001n/a
The Wesley Legacy Foundation Incorporated$12,50015%
KultureCity$12,50010%
1 Family Hoops Inc$12,5001n/a
Vanvleet Family Foundation$12,5001n/a
SEGA Foundation Inc$12,50016%
Science Exploration for Kids$12,5001n/a
Providence Day School Inc$12,50010%
University of Detroit Mercy$12,50010%
Reddish Family Foundation$12,5001n/a
Greater Lansing Food Bank$12,36010%
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$12,00010%
Jacarrie Kicks for Kids Inc$11,50013%
Embassy of Hope Foundation Inc$11,0921n/a
Up2us Inc$11,0001n/a
Dress for Success Hampton Roads$10,550120%
The Jayson Tatum Foundation$10,40816%
Youth Service Inc$10,00010%
Opportunity Knocks Incorporated$10,00011%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc$10,00010%
Bishop Ireton High School$10,0001n/a
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA$10,00010%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$10,00010%
Krewe of Red Beans$10,00011%
The Point Programs Inc$10,0001n/a
Florida Rising Together Inc$10,00010%
Common Cause Education Fund$10,00010%
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$10,00010%
Founders First Community Development Corporation Inc$10,00010%
St Benedict's Preparatory School$10,0001n/a
Hope Atlanta Inc$10,00010%
Shoes That Fit$10,00010%
Wisdom Inc$10,00011%
Jayson Williams Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
The Women's Center$10,00010%
Array Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Our Savior New American School$10,0001n/a
Lutheran High School Association of Nassau and Suffolk Counties$10,0001n/a
Citizendetroit Action Group$10,0001n/a
World Youth Clubs Inc$10,00010%
Johnson STEM Activity Center Inc$10,000111%
Boys 2 Gentlemen Leadership Inc$10,0001n/a
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp$10,00010%
Wisconsin Voices Inc$10,00016%
Ctr for Race Rel Econ Democracy$10,0001n/a
Urban Juncture Foundation$10,00011%
Selfless Hands Foundation$10,0001n/a
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Tony Snell Foundation$10,0001n/a
New Orleans College Preparatory Academie$10,00010%
House of Charity$10,00010%
Lets Share Foundation$10,000110%
Weems World Inc$10,0001n/a
SchoolSeed Foundation$10,00010%
Albie Aware Inc$10,00014%
Langston University Foundation$10,00011%
George Gervin Youth Center Inc$10,00010%
Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc$10,00010%
Medshare International Inc$10,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Lansing$10,00011%
Bing Youth Institute$10,0001n/a
Pickerington Athletic Booster Club$10,0001n/a
Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services$10,00010%
One Voice$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Kershaw County$10,00011%
Family Equality$10,00020%
Pennsylvania Voice$10,00010%
Team Slo Mo$10,0001n/a
Eden Centers$9,75012%
The Lovett School Inc$9,30010%
Kids in Need Foundation$8,5142n/a
Empowering the Masses$8,33414%
Let's Innovate Through Education Dba Lit$8,3331n/a
Girls Incorporated of Memphis$8,33310%
Dwell With Dignity Inc$8,33311%
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum$8,33314%
Harlem School of the Arts Inc$8,33310%
Douglas County School Systm$8,0001n/a
St Vincent - St Mary High School$7,9831n/a
Good Hearts Foundation$7,7001n/a
Growing Home Inc$7,50010%
Good Kids Inc$7,5001n/a
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$7,5001n/a
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission$7,50010%
Peachtree Ridge High School 6th Man Booster Club Inc$7,5001n/a
Project Home$7,50010%
Seal Legacy Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation$7,00012%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio$6,96910%
One Love Community Inc$6,4301n/a
Tr3ssi Foundation Inc$6,2501n/a
Youth Fx Inc$6,00011%
The James Anderson Foundation Inc$6,0001n/a
Food Bank of South Jersey Inc$6,00010%
Holiday Donations to Icahn House$5,9011n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$5,84110%
Nonstop Ventures$5,5001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas Inc$5,30010%
Cleveland High School Booster Club$5,10914%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc$5,0001n/a
Yeadon Education-Athletic Association$5,0001n/a
The Elephant in the Room Inc$5,0001n/a
Rising Stars Inc$5,00010%
Dropping Dimes Foundation Inc$5,000110%
Harris-Stowe Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Wright Legacy Foundation$5,0001n/a
The Firm Inc$5,0001n/a
Warren Easton High School Foundation Inc Dba Warren Easton Charter School$5,00010%
Cypress Lakes Athletic Booster Club$5,0001n/a
Michigan State University$5,0001n/a
Pinky Swear Foundation$5,00010%
Fort Bend ISD$5,0001n/a
Phoenix Union High School District$5,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Sports Humanitarian Group Inc$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc$5,00010%
Rock Chalk Roundball Classic$2,50011%
United Way of Sumner County$2,50010%
New Haven Schools Foundation$2,00011%
Las Vegas Bulldogs$2,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

National Basketball Players Association Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 39 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: $1,260,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $418,333 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: $408,712 over 3y, 13% of budgetLearn Fresh Education Co: $350,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetWesleyan University: $350,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $300,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNew Heights Youth Inc: $235,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Georgia Inc: $222,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $217,529 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPeaceplayers International: $193,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAtlanta Childrens Foundation Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetPat Connaughton Foundation: $175,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetJuglife Foundation Inc: $174,214 over 6y, 25% of budgetGasol Foundation: $170,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetThe Lebron James Family Foundation: $170,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOperation Graduation: $162,400 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetCore Programs Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetProject Life Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetThe Crim Fitness Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLa84 Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTrae Young Family Foundation: $149,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetEat Learn Play Foundation: $146,395 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHour Generation Foundation: $145,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetAthletes vs Crohns & Colitis Inc: $145,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetChrist School Inc: $140,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTeam Takeover Inc: $136,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetRobins House Foundation Inc: $135,000 over 6y, 62% of budgetThe St Bernard Project Inc: $133,333 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDrive Nation Foundation: $132,300 over 4y, 75% of budgetThe Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City: $130,138 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYoung for Youth Foundation: $125,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetLorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Dreamchasers United Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetBe a Light Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetGofundmeorg: $120,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCameron Payne Foundation: $120,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetDurant Family Charitable Foundation: $110,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetThe Carmelo Anthony Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetDreambuilders Foundation Inc: $107,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetThe Dinwiddie Family Foundation Inc: $107,500 over 4y, 52% of budgetArizona Next Level Basketball Found: $102,500 over 2y, 24% of budgetSteve Nash Foundation: $100,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Healing and Justice Through Sport: $100,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetJeremy Lin Foundation: $100,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetThe 7uice Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetFoundation for Puerto Rico Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNassir S Little Youth Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 67% 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.

Edward Charles FoundationCA26.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward Charles Foundation · Wasserman Foundation · National Basketball Association Foundation · Mirnahill Foundation · Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA · Giving Grousbeck Fazzalari Dated April 20 2011 · La Clippers Foundation · Nfl Foundation Inc · Players Philanthropy Fund Inc · The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Durant Family Charitable Foundation · JD Finish Line Foundation Inc

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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Find your warmest path to National Basketball Players Association 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.

About National Basketball Players Association Foundation

How much does National Basketball Players Association Foundation give?
National Basketball Players Association Foundation reported 132 itemized grants totaling $3,181,614, out of $3,889,111 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 140 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does National Basketball Players Association Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (60%), Youth Development (11%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are National Basketball Players Association Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ($1.3M), World Central Kitchen Inc ($418k), Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ($409k).
Does National Basketball Players Association Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Basketball Players Association Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward Charles Foundation, Wasserman Foundation, National Basketball Association Foundation.
Where is National Basketball Players Association Foundation based?
National Basketball Players 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 540 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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