Washington, D.C. · Public charity
United States Soccer Foundation Inc
The mission of the u.s. Soccer foundation is to provide underserved communities access to innovative play spaces and evidence-based soccer programs that instill hope, foster well-being, and help youth achieve their fullest potential.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,851
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $152,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 66
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $63M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations United States Soccer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $324k 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 | 29 | $1.2M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $1.1M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $955k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $416k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $831k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $5.8M | 48% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $3.8M | 41% |
| FY2017 | 50 | $5.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Park District | $2,389,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City | $1,200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Illinois Youth Soccer Association | $696,318 | 4 | 15% |
| Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated | $601,561 | 3 | 8% |
| Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc | $587,356 | 7 | 1% |
| City of Houston | $535,009 | 4 | n/a |
| DC Scores | $494,100 | 5 | 7% |
| Malcolm X Shabazz High School | $479,900 | 7 | n/a |
| America Scores New England DBA Boston Scores | $440,626 | 5 | 18% |
| Ac Portland | $427,361 | 7 | 11% |
Show all 87 grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United States Soccer Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 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: Good Sports Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Womens Sports Foundation · National Recreation and Park Association · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Tickets for Kids Foundation · Pwc Foundation Inc · La84 Foundation · The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Olympic Club Foundation · Save the Music Foundation · Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA
How this is measured
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About United States Soccer Foundation Inc
- How much does United States Soccer Foundation Inc give?
- United States Soccer Foundation Inc reported 29 itemized grants totaling $1,230,899, out of $1,365,951 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does United States Soccer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (49%), Youth Development (17%), Education (10%).
- Who are United States Soccer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Park District ($2.4M), The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City ($1.2M), Illinois Youth Soccer Association ($696k).
- Does United States Soccer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United States Soccer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Good Sports Inc, Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation, Womens Sports Foundation.
- Where is United States Soccer Foundation Inc based?
- United States Soccer Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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