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Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality

RISE is a nonprofit organization founded in 2015 that uses the power of sports to improve race relations and promote social progress.

$174k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$313kRecreation & Sports$176kHealth$50kCommunity Improvement$45kHuman Services$40kCivil Rights$16kPublic Benefit$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $150,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $173,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,500 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.
$15,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Project Blue$15,000
Philadelphia PAL$15,000
YMCA of Greater Cleveland$15,000
Like Nother$15,000
Boys and Girls Club of Broward County$15,000
Atlanta Police Athletic LeagueInc$15,000
United African Basketball League$15,000
NYC National Sports Zone Foundation$15,000
Boys and Girls Club of Boston$15,000
Phyllis Wheatley$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%Phyllis Wheatley: $15k → 11%NYC National Sports Zone Foundation: $15k → 28%YMCA of Greater Cleveland: $15k → 13%Phyllis Wheatley: $15k → 11%YMCA of Greater Cleveland: $15k → 13%Phyllis Wheatley Community Center: $15k → 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
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
NC
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$413k · 11 repeat orgs$240k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
15

Total granted

$413k
$165k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+7%

Still filing today

64%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • WS
    Womens Sports Foundation
    5× · 2018–2023 · $65k · revenue +297%
  • AP
    ATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUEINC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $53k · revenue +10%
  • LT
    LOVE THY NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & OPPORTUNITY CORP
    3× · 2020–2022 · $45k · revenue +214%

Funded once

  • DE
    DON'T EVER GIVE UP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +145%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • PY
    PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -25%
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
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens

Youth Development
2
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc

The mission of the boys & girls club of palm beach county is to inspire and assist all young people, especially those who need them most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
3
Boys & Girls Club of Harlem Inc

The mission of the Boys & Girls Club of Harlem is to provide access and opportunities for youth to reach their full potential as responsible members of the community.

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4
Police Athletic League Inc

Police athletic league, together with nypd and the law enforcement community, supports and inspires new york city youth to realize their full individual potential as productive members of society.

Youth Development
5
King Hoops United

Empower the youth of new york city through basketball, providing them with academic enrichment, career development, and a strong sense of community to unlock their full potential

Youth Development
6
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami Inc

To provide services and programs for children.

Youth Development
7
Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc

To provide youth with sports, educational and civic direction helping them build the character and self-esteem they need to reach their full potential and value in society.

Youth Development
8
Prime Youth Program
Unclassified
9
The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those most in need of our services, to realize and develop their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens in a global society.

—
10
Police Athletic League of Philadelphia
Youth Development
11
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities

To enable young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. for more information visit www.boysandgirls.org.

Youth Development
12
Team Tyus

Provide a competitive and supportive environment for youth athletes to develop as basketball players and learn important life lessons along the way.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Clubs of St Thomas St John Inc. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED AFRICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE INC: $52,500 · OtherUNITED AFRICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE INCBoys and Girls Club: $37,500 · OtherBoys and Girls ClubProject Blue: $30,638 · OtherProject BlueIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLove Thy Neighbor: $15,000 · OtherLove Thy NeighborIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSafe At Home: $10,000 · OtherHARLEM JUNIOR TENNIS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · OtherNYC National Sports Zone Foundation: $7,500 · OtherYMCA: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · Other+4 more: $14,500 · Other+4 moreATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUEINC: $52,500 · Youth DevelopmentATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEA…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTO…PROJECT BLUE CORPS: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT BLUE CORPSLikeNOther Foundation: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentLikeNOther FoundationPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentPolice Athletic League Of P…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWA…UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ST THOMAS ST JOHN INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentPhyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc: $45,000 · Human ServicesPhyllis Wheatle…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRI…SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSPORTS FOUNDATI…Womens Sports Foundation: $65,000 · Recreation & SportsWomens Sports…PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsPHILADELPHIA …DON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $50,000 · HealthLOVE THY NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & OPPORTUNITY CORP: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterNYC Together Inc: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$222,638Youth Development$160,000Human Services$90,000Recreation & Sports$80,000Health$50,000Housing & Shelter$45,000Crime & Legal$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWomens Sports Foundation: $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUEINC: $52,500 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPhyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLOVE THY NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & OPPORTUNITY CORP: $45,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPROJECT BLUE CORPS: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM JUNIOR TENNIS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ST THOMAS ST JOHN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 3.9% 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.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH7.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 31 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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