Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National Football League Players Association
The purposes of the nflpa are to promote and advance all nfl players and the sport of professional football, and to improve the economic and other working conditions of players as the union and exclusive collective bargaining representative of players in the national football league.
- $170k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $122k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations National Football League Players Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $122k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $177k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $296k | 77% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $145k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $136k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $113k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $114k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $183k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithsonian Institution | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc | $80,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Active Minds Inc | $60,200 | 3 | 1% |
| Working America | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Play Like a Girl | $53,217 | 3 | 7% |
| The Conscious Kid | $50,167 | 3 | 4% |
| American Diabetes Association | $50,100 | 1 | 0% |
| National College Players Association | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $43,500 | 3 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget National Football League Players Association supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Nfl Foundation Inc · The Rockefeller Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Sempra Foundation · Tides Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About National Football League Players Association
- How much does National Football League Players Association give?
- National Football League Players Association reported 8 itemized grants totaling $122,125, out of $170,114 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Football League Players Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are National Football League Players Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Smithsonian Institution ($125k), American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc ($80k), Fisher House Foundation Inc ($80k).
- Does National Football League Players Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Football League Players Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nfl Foundation Inc, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is National Football League Players Association based?
- National Football League Players Association is based in DC.
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