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Nike Foundation at a glance

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Nike Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$9.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

54% of Nike Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to American Online Giving Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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16
’22
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’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$65MYouth Development$46MPublic Safety & Disaster$6.4MPublic Benefit$5.0MInternational$3.5MRecreation & Sports$1.1MFood & Nutrition$1.0MEducation$300kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
  • $250k+10 grants · $17M
$500,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION$8,975,651
GIRL EFFECT$4,500,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$750,000
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION$500,000
GIRL EFFECT$500,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$500,000
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY$250,000
FEEDING AMERICA$250,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$250,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$250,000
CANADIAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION$13,976
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 62% of grant dollars ($79M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 38% that went abroad ($50M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%THE MAMBA AND MAMBACITA SPORTS FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 10%EXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS: $25k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $750k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $125k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
MD
DE
TN
DC
GA
FL

Beyond the US: 38% of all-years giving ($50M)

5 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$46M · 10 grants
Switzerland$2.0M · 4 grants
Belgium$1.1M · 1 grant
Canada$116k · 6 grants
Australia$38k · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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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 77% of Nike Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Nike Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 40% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 7 repeat orgs$24M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
25

Total granted

$40M
$23M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+7%

Still filing today

57%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +38%
  • Feeding America
    4× · 2022–2025 · $750k · revenue +17%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $750k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $11M
  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5.0M · revenue +22%
  • KB
    KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $1.1M
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.

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Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
3
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
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The One Campaign

The ONE Campaign ("ONE") continued its work to educate and raise awareness among the public, media and policymakers around the world about the importance of official development assistance and international programs that (Continued on…

Unclassified
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Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
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International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
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World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
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World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
9
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
10
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
11
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
12
Unicef Usa Impact Fund for Children Inc

The unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly scalable, long-term impact will only be accomplished when we…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Online Giving Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Poetry Museum. 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

27 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. 27 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $62,382,081 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC+5 more: $2,875,000 · PhilanthropyGIRL EFFECT: $35,600,000 · OtherGIRL EFFECTIndividual grant recipient: $10,705,381 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+14 more: $3,676,035 · Other+14 moreTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $75,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $750,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $350,000 · International+1 more: $100,000 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,225,000 · Human ServicesMAMBA & MAMBACITA SPORTS FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Human Services+1 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $750,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFeeding America: $750,000 · Food & NutritionMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK: $250,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$65,257,081Other$49,981,416Arts & Culture$5,075,000International$4,200,000Human Services$2,250,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,250,000Food & Nutrition$1,000,000

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 budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $62,382,081 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,225,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAMBA & MAMBACITA SPORTS FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetFeeding America: $750,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $750,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $125,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE BOUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetBLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAMERICAN POETRY MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetEXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWords Beats and Life Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $12,500 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.

Greater Washington Co…AbbVie FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Nike Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nike Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: 25% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Nike Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Nike 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.

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 38 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-PF 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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