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National Football League Alumni Inc

Nfl alumni had a traditional mission and purpose of caring for kids, caring for their communities, and caring for their own across the country.

$326k
Granted FY2023
19
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$85k
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, FY2017 to 2022.

Youth Development$419kCrime & Legal$416kHealth$322kHuman Services$176kRecreation & Sports$146kPhilanthropy$110kEducation$47kPublic Benefit$17kOther$0
02FY2023 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $312,625, the rows itemized in this filing. The $325,652 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $13,027 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $199k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORGAN'S INCLUSION INITIATIVE$85,125
MERITER FOUNDATION$40,000
HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NY$24,000
UMBRELLA CLUB$20,000
JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$15,000
BROWARD'S CHILDREN'S CENTER$10,000
NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL BSA$10,000
FELLOWSHIP FOR CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$10,000
NEWBORN FOUNDATION$10,000
BOLDER OPTIONS$10,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC$10,000
YMCA CAMP MENOGYN$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SOUPER BOWL OF CARING INC$10,000
MINNESOTA TEEN CHALLENGE INC$10,000
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 (FY17–23, $219k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NY: $24k → 20%MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $13k → 10%MORGAN'S INCLUSION INITIATIVE: $85k → 16%Prevail Inc: $7k → 5%WENDY'S CHARITY: $8k → 11%CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $14k → 20%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $15k → 20%The Shelter for Abused Women & Children: $15k → 10%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $10k → 20%YMCA CAMP MENOGYN: $10k → 11%YMCA CAMP MENOGYN: $10k → 11%YMCA CAMP MENOGYN: $10k → 11%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
MO
KY
KS
TN
SC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 25 repeat orgs$679k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
33

Total granted

$1.3M
$551k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+21%

Still filing today

80%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $395k · revenue +54%
  • TU
    THE UMBRELLA CLUB INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $97k · revenue +133%
  • MF
    MERITER FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $67k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $111k · revenue +29%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
  • GF
    GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $39k · revenue +63%
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
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
4
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
5
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
6
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions Inc

To strengthen youth and families while enhancing systems and communities.

Human Services
7
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
8
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

Health
9
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
10
Uncompahgre Combined Clinics

To provide quality, cost-effective, accessible, and affordable healthcare to the community.

Health
11
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
12
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Opus Foundation. 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

53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 64 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/53
Grantees still filing
37/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE: $111,052 · OtherBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF M…NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL: $50,000 · OtherNORTHERN STAR COUNCILUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AUTHORITY: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN MINNESOTA: $38,500 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION…EXCHANGE CLUB OF POMPANO BEACH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $36,500 · OtherEXCHANGE CLUB OF POMPANO BEACH CH…ST VINCENT CHARITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherST VINCENT CHARITY DEVELOPMENT FO…BROWN COUNTY WINEW ZOO: $30,000 · OtherRAWHIDE INC: $30,000 · Other+20 more: $221,291 · Other+20 moreCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $395,115 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTIONTHE UMBRELLA CLUB INC: $97,000 · Crime & LegalTHE UMBRELLA CLUB INCMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $50,000 · HealthMinnesota Tee…GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $38,822 · HealthGATEWAY FOR C…KVC HEALTH SYSTEMS INC: $25,469 · HealthKVC HEALTH SY…SUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION OF COLLIER COUNTY: $20,000 · HealthSUBSTANCE ABU…NEWBORN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthNEWBORN FOUND…BROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $18,000 · HealthBROWARD CHILD…St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc: $17,500 · HealthSt Elizabeth …JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthJOE DIMAGGIO …HEALTHY START COALITION OF PINELLAS INC: $10,355 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $9,500 · Health+1 more: $6,000 · HealthMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $85,125 · Human ServicesMorgan's Inc…HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $48,500 · Human ServicesHEARTSHARE H…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS C…THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHELTER …CASA OF FRANKLIN & HAMILTON COUNTIES: $14,250 · Human ServicesCASA OF FRAN…MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesMARBRIDGE FO…WENDY'S CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC INC: $7,500 · Human Services+1 more: $6,500 · Human ServicesMERITER FOUNDATION INC: $67,020 · PhilanthropyMERITER FOU…CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $47,308 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S …JAWS YOUTH FUND INC: $23,750 · PhilanthropyJAWS YOUTH …UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …FIFTH QUARTER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyFIFTH QUART…GIVE THE KIDS HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyGIVE THE KI…THE UNITED WAY OF YOUNGSTOWN AND THE MAHONING VALLEY: $12,375 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED …Opus Foundation: $7,500 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $61,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $50,750 · Youth DevelopmentMADISON4KIDSINC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBolder Options: $50,000 · EducationMACALESTER COLLEGE: $30,000 · Education
Other$592,343Crime & Legal$492,115Health$240,646Human Services$219,375Philanthropy$205,453Youth Development$151,750Education$80,000

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 budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $395,115 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE: $111,052 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTHE UMBRELLA CLUB INC: $97,000 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $85,125 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMERITER FOUNDATION INC: $67,020 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $61,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $50,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBolder Options: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHERN STAR COUNCIL: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $48,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $47,308 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $38,822 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN MINNESOTA: $38,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetEXCHANGE CLUB OF POMPANO BEACH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $36,500 over 2y, 28% of budgetST VINCENT CHARITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMADISON4KIDSINC: $30,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetMACALESTER COLLEGE: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAWHIDE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKVC HEALTH SYSTEMS INC: $25,469 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJAWS YOUTH FUND INC: $23,750 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION OF COLLIER COUNTY: $20,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNEWBORN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSt Elizabeth Medical Center Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFIFTH QUARTER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF FRANKLIN & HAMILTON COUNTIES: $14,250 over 1y, 15% of budgetMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF YOUNGSTOWN AND THE MAHONING VALLEY: $12,375 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDarien Athletic Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SOUPER BOWL OF CARING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $9,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITY COLLEGE 21ST CENTURY FOUNDATION INC: $9,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREVAIL INC OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $6,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Dollar General Litera…The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Football League Alumni Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Football League Alumni Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Broward Childrens Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 64 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home