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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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Youth Development$1.6MRecreation & Sports$328kCommunity Improvement$318kArts & Culture$100kHealth$100kEducation$75kHuman Services$25kReligion$9k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $203k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.7M
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TSOF SUPPORT CORP$1,676,191
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO ATLANTA$102,997
RAIDERS FOUNDATION NV$100,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF NEVADA$40,000
WEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHEAST$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHERN$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF NEVADA: $40k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF NEVADA: $28k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF NEVADA: $13k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF NEVADA: $13k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF NEVADA: $13k → 13%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

WA
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
AZ
NM
SC
LA
MS
GA
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 5 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
30

Total granted

$1.6M
$908k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+38%

Still filing today

100%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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
Youth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $260k · revenue +12%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
    4× · 2022–2025 · $111k · revenue +26%
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $105k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2023 · $229k · revenue -72%
  • BI
    BELIEVE IN NEWARK FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $118k
  • OY
    OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $90k · revenue +76%
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 & 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.

—
2
Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley

To inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potential as caring, productive, and responsible citizens.

Youth Development
3
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
4
Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc

The boys & girls clubs of the greater chippewa valley's mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, caring citizens.

Youth Development
5
Boys & Girls Clubs of Bandera County

Enable young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances to realize their full potential as productive, responsible & caring citizens.

Recreation & Sports
6
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chaves & Lincoln Counties

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens of good character.

Youth Development
7
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada Foundation Inc

Fundraising to support the boys & girls clubs of southern nevada.

Youth Development
8
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake

To inspire and empower youth, families, and communities to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

—
9
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
10
Boys & Girls Club of San Fernando Valley

Boys and girls clubs provide a safe place for youth to develop character, leadership, education, career guidance, health, art, sports and fitness while becoming responsible and caring citizens.

—
11
Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Colo

The mission of the clubs is to enable and inspire the youth of our area to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. the clubs offers core programs designed to engage youth with peers and caring adults to…

Youth Development
12
Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside

To enable all young people, especially those who need it the most to reach their full potential as productive and responsible citizens. the organization achieves its mission through educational programs, enrichment activities and organized…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Tyrone Baldy Davis Foundation 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 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TSOF SUPPORT CORP: $1,676,191 · Youth DevelopmentTSOF SUPPORT CORPBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $990,588 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta IncBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $260,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICABOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $228,550 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES+3 more: $211,281 · Youth Development+3 moreCLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $39,700 · OtherTYRONE BALDY DAVIS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20,000 · OtherHOPI JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherWOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $19,700 · OtherPHINEAS BANNING HIGH SCHOOL: $18,000 · OtherJOHN D O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMAT: $13,200 · OtherLOWER LAKE HIGH SCHOOL: $12,200 · OtherOAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $12,200 · OtherBAY DISTRICT SCHOOLS: $12,200 · OtherHenry County Board of Education: $12,200 · OtherGALENA HIGH SCHOOL: $12,200 · OtherBONANZA HIGH SCHOOL: $11,800 · OtherDOUGHERTY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $11,150 · Other+7 more: $56,962 · OtherBELIEVE IN NEWARK FOUNDATION INC: $118,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $217,150 · PhilanthropyWEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $125,000 · HealthRAIDERS FOUNDATION NV: $100,000 · Community ImprovementATLANTA PARTNERSHIP OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION INC: $25,000 · EducationOdessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund Inc: $20,000 · EducationWARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC DBA WARREN EASTON CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationIXS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationPIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Arts & Culture
Youth Development$3,366,610Other$316,512Human Services$223,000Philanthropy$217,150Health$125,000Community Improvement$100,000Education$80,000Arts & Culture$75,000

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 budgetTSOF SUPPORT CORP: $1,676,191 over 1y, 100% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $990,588 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $260,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $228,550 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $217,150 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $111,281 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $105,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRAIDERS FOUNDATION NV: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $90,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetATLANTA PARTNERSHIP OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOdessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetWARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC DBA WARREN EASTON CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIXS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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.

  • Who funds TSOF SUPPORT CORP ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BELIEVE IN NEWARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC ↗
  • Who funds RAIDERS FOUNDATION NV ↗
  • Who funds OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA PARTNERSHIP OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds WARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC DBA WARREN EASTON CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds IXS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHEAST TX INC ↗

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.

For Inspiration and R…Round It Up America I…GenYOUTH IncorporatedDick's Sporting Goods…Share Our StrengthProject Lead the Way …Vegas Golden Knights …Project Lead the Way …Good Sports IncTides FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)NH18.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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