Nevada · Public charity
The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation
THE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION's mission is to create pathways for underserved youth, to help them achieve their full potential. The foundation works to instill hope and bring about change in communities, collectively shaping a brighter future for our children.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,676,191
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $2.0M | 43% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $500k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $553k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $768k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $340k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsof Support Corp | $1,676,191 | 1 | 100% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc | $990,588 | 5 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $260,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles | $228,550 | 1 | 1% |
| West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation | $125,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Believe in Newark Foundation Inc | $118,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada | $111,281 | 4 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Nevada Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Raiders Foundation Nv | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Overtown Youth Center Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 36 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsof Support Corp | $1,676,191 | 1 | 100% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc | $990,588 | 5 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $260,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles | $228,550 | 1 | 1% |
| West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation | $125,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Believe in Newark Foundation Inc | $118,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada | $111,281 | 4 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Nevada Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Raiders Foundation Nv | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Overtown Youth Center Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pioneer Works Art Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clark County School District | $39,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Tyrone Baldy Davis Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The School Board of Broward County | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Warren Easton High School Foundation Inc Dba Warren Easton Charter School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Public Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hopi Junior Senior High School | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodland Hills School District | $19,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Phineas Banning High School | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ixs Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lower Lake High School | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Unified School District | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Bay District Schools | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Henry County Board of Education | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Galena High School | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Dougherty County School System | $11,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Tx Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountainair High School | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashland High School | $9,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Baptist Church of Evans Inc | $9,012 | 1 | n/a |
| Williamsburg County School District | $8,200 | 1 | n/a |
| New Haven Free Public Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pateros High School | $7,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Hancock Central High School | $5,800 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Round It Up America Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Share Our Strength · Project Lead the Way Inc · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Good Sports Inc · Tides Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation
- How much does The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation give?
- The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $1,963,188 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (62%), Recreation & Sports (13%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Tsof Support Corp ($1.7M), Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc ($991k), Boys & Girls Clubs of America ($260k).
- Does The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), Round It Up America Inc, GenYOUTH Incorporated.
- Where is The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation based?
- The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation is based in NV.
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