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Players Philanthropy Fund Inc

Players philanthropy fund provides professional athletes, celebrities and other philanthropists with a vehicle for collecting and distributing charitable assets in support of qualified causes through a simple, responsible and cost-effective platform.

$32M
Granted FY2024still arriving
268
Grants FY2024still arriving
43
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Religion$13MEducation$7.5MPhilanthropy$7.4MHealth$4.3MRecreation & Sports$3.6MInternational$2.1MArts & Culture$1.9MScience & Tech$1.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 268 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 268 grants below total $29,505,238, the rows itemized in this filing. The $31,622,686 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,117,448 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $214k
  • $10k–50k135 grants · $2.9M
  • $50k–250k79 grants · $7.6M
  • $250k+28 grants · $19M
$30,000
Median grant
43
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTERN OUTREACH CENTER AKA COWBOY CHURCH OF THE VALLEY$1,953,492
PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND$1,716,949
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,708,800
DONORSCHOOSEORG$1,629,700
CATCH THE FIRE DFW MINISTRIES DBA CONSUMED CHURCH$1,015,382
FIESTA EVENTS INC$750,000
CATCH THE FIRE BOULDER$669,897
HOME CHURCH ROSWELL$659,576
GRIDIRON FOUNDATION$600,000
HELPS INC$549,784
PRISON JOURNALISM PROJECT INC$536,707
TORONTO AIRPORT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP USA INC$523,165
WINTER FOUNDATION INC$520,000
OUR GOD REIGNS MISSION INC$489,542
FAR AI INC$486,933
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 (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITIES UNITED: $7k → 8%GOLDEN STATE YMCA: $6k → 18%NEEMA VILLAGE TANZANIA INC: $76k → 14%Carson Parke: $5k → 16%JT TOWNSEND FOUNDATION INC: $24k → 6%HIGH SOCKS FOR HOPE: $20k → 17%YAIPAK OUTREACH: $20k → 11%JOSEPH'S STOREHOUSE: $30k → 13%THE CHILDREN'S HOMES OF IREDELL COUNTY: $60k → 9%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%SEASON OF JUSTICE CORPORATION: $10k → 5%SPA INC: $30k → 13%AKICHITA YOUTH ATHLETIC ACADEMY: $25k → 33%HOPES CLOSET: $5k → 4%The People Concern: $7k → 14%CARE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $28k → 8%MOMCOLOGY: $15k → 6%HIGH SOCKS FOR HOPE: $15k → 17%SHADOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION: $18k → 5%JOSEPH'S STOREHOUSE: $15k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOMES OF IREDELL COUNTY: $57k → 9%BLUES FOR KIDS: $80k → 21%JOSEPH'S STOREHOUSE: $10k → 13%MAKE-A-WISH MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S HOMES OF IREDELL COUNTY: $40k → 9%FAMILIES BEHIND THE BADGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $78k → 7%MAGNOLIA IMPACT SOLUTIONS: $15k → 22%JOURNEY TO LIFE: $20k → 10%CHAMBER OF MOTHERS: $90k → 20%HORSEPLAY THERAPY CENTER: $20k → 6%JOSEPH'S STOREHOUSE: $9k → 13%EARLY MATTERS INC: $177k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%CHAMBER OF MOTHERS: $13k → 20%PHOENIX SUNS CHARITIES INC: $10k → 11%SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY HOUSTON: $65k → 16%SKYLINE HS BOYS FOOTBALL: $9k → 16%USHERS NEW LOOK INC: $10k → 13%WILLIAMS CHICKEN PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: $5k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $40k → 17%DISTRICT 5890 CHARITIES INC: $100k → 16%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION - V: $100k → 14%MOMS OF BLACK BOYS UNITED INC: $5k → 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

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 76 repeat orgs$29M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 44 since wound down; 229 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
209

Total granted

$16M
$7.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+27%

Still filing today

84%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FA
    FAR AI INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $787k · revenue ×16
  • MU
    Marquette University
    2× · 2022–2024 · $417k · revenue +14%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $294k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • SF
    SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $648k · revenue +2% · 100% of their budget
  • MO
    Mercury One Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $577k · revenue +33%
  • UR
    UC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $291k · revenue +54%
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
7
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
8
Team Impact Inc

Team impact is the only u.s. nonprofit that tackles the emotional trauma and social isolation experienced by children facing serious and chronic illnesses by matching them with a college athletic team. because no child should be sidelined…

Philanthropy
9
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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10
The Miami Foundation Inc

The miami foundation is building a greater miami where everyone can thrive. since 1967, the foundation has invested over $905m to strengthen our community in partnership with more than 1,000 fundholders and over 60,000 donors. by…

Philanthropy
11
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
12
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Third Ward Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. 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

365 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. 365 of the 532 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.

28
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
70
Early backer (in before they grew)
350/365
Grantees still filing
214/365
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTERN OUTREACH CENTER AKA COWBOY CHURCH OF THE VALLEY: $4,223,397 · OtherWESTERN OUTREACH CENTER AKA COWBOY CHURCH OF THE VALLEYMIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,708,800 · OtherMIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSWINTER FOUNDATION INC: $1,345,582 · OtherWINTER FOUNDATION INC+134 more: $17,913,401 · Other+134 morePLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $3,274,548 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANT…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $648,420 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILAN…ILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · PhilanthropyILLUMINATIONS F…THE JUSTIN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC: $226,395 · PhilanthropySTEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $225,000 · Philanthropy+12 more: $1,247,782 · Philanthropy+12 moreDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,629,700 · EducationDONORSCHOOSE…Marquette University: $416,667 · EducationMarquette Un…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $294,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…UC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $290,775 · EducationUC RIVERSIDE…THE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN GEORGIA INC: $230,000 · EducationUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $225,047 · EducationSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $222,033 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $215,000 · EducationBroward Education Foundation Inc: $204,000 · Education+15 more: $1,052,334 · Education+15 moreCatch The Fire-DFW Ministries Corp: $1,015,382 · ReligionTORONTO AIRPORT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP USA INC: $523,165 · ReligionOur God Reigns Mission Inc: $489,542 · ReligionInternational Missions Project Inc: $486,490 · ReligionPro Athletes Outreach: $147,950 · ReligionBernie Moore Ministries International In: $124,844 · Religion+2 more: $95,698 · ReligionFIESTA EVENTS INC: $750,000 · Recreation & SportsSUN BELT CONFERENCE: $375,000 · Recreation & SportsCONFERENCE USA: $375,000 · Recreation & SportsPPF BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $257,268 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsYouth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle: $90,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsPRISON JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $1,356,707 · Arts & CultureCREATIVETS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTogether In Hope Project: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFAR AI INC: $786,933 · Science & TechSCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC: $648,000 · Science & Tech
Other$25,191,180Philanthropy$6,022,145Education$4,779,556Religion$2,883,071Recreation & Sports$2,007,268Arts & Culture$1,616,707Science & Tech$1,434,933

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $3,274,548 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,629,700 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPRISON JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $1,356,707 over 3y, 41% of budgetCatch The Fire-DFW Ministries Corp: $1,015,382 over 1y, 74% of budgetFAR AI INC: $786,933 over 2y, 20% of budgetFIESTA EVENTS INC: $750,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $648,420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC: $648,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetMI VECINOS: $613,500 over 3y, 91% of budgetMercury One Inc: $577,274 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetHELPS Inc: $549,784 over 1y, 83% of budgetPROJECT BEACON: $531,270 over 2y, 64% of budgetTORONTO AIRPORT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP USA INC: $523,165 over 1y, 100% of budgetOur God Reigns Mission Inc: $489,542 over 1y, 64% of budgetInternational Missions Project Inc: $486,490 over 1y, 86% of budgetDUKE SCHOOL: $481,612 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMarquette University: $416,667 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSUN BELT CONFERENCE: $375,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCONFERENCE USA: $375,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $294,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBeat The Streets Inc: $291,047 over 1y, 36% of budgetUC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $290,775 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $282,500 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetPPF BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $257,268 over 2y, 68% of budgetTHE JUSTIN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC: $226,395 over 1y, 20% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $225,047 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $222,033 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $215,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBroward Education Foundation Inc: $204,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLUNGEVITY FOUNDATION INC: $195,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $193,250 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetAmericas Big Sister Organization: $185,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetEarly Matters Inc: $176,744 over 1y, 72% of budgetANIMAL ADVOCACY CAREERS: $173,209 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $166,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOMES OF IREDELL COUNTY INC: $157,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $155,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Athletes Outreach: $147,950 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $145,566 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $141,073 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGICAL BUILDERS: $138,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetSTOKED MENTORING INC: $130,708 over 1y, 23% of budgetFirst Break Academy: $129,377 over 4y, 21% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBernie Moore Ministries International In: $124,844 over 1y, 7.2% 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.

Nfl Foundation IncEffective Ventures Fo…Edward Charles Founda…National Basketball P…Good Ventures Foundat…Universal Music All T…Insurance Industry Ch…The Dallas FoundationHfsf Grants Managemen…Founders Pledge IncMajor League Baseball…The Eric and Wendy Sc…
Nfl Foundation IncNY17.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nfl Foundation Inc · Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc · Edward Charles Foundation · National Basketball Players Association Foundation · Good Ventures Foundation · Universal Music All Together Now Foundation Inc · Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Hfsf Grants Management Inc · Founders Pledge Inc · Major League Baseball Players Trust · The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation

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 Players Philanthropy Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Players Philanthropy Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • V for Victory of Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to Players Philanthropy Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to Players Philanthropy Fund Inc 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 532 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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