Maryland · Nonprofit
ATHLETES FOR HOPE
ATHLETES FOR HOPE (Maryland) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,539,853 to it, the largest being GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION ($1,123,543). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Athletes for Hope does
Mission
Afh unites and empowers the athletic community to make a difference in their communities, through their time, passion and sustained effort.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Afh university:afh created the afh university program in 2013, bringing our unique causeway education and empowerment program to colleges and universities across the country. The afh u programs helps college athletes explore themes such as leadership, life skill development, their role in the community, and how to discover their philantropic passions through a series of facilitated workshops. The afh staff then works closely with each team to provide opportunities to engage in meaningful, impactful community service with underserved schools and community organizations that align with the teams passions.
$420,759 spent33% of program spendingAfh champs:this program was created to address the critical issue of childhood obesity by connecting our powerful network of college, professional, olympic and paralympic athletes to schools, after-school programs, and running clubs to empower them to become more physically active. Inspired by our iconic founder muhammad ali, we designed c.h.a.m.p.s leadership curriculum for athletes, coaches, and teachers interested in sport-based character development and learning. Rooted in research and 21st century skill-building, our six core pillars are designed to promote social and emotional intelligence while inspiring youth to lead in sport, in the classroom and in their communities.
$287,369 spent22% of program spendingWhole being athlete: given the well-documented need for increased mental health resources and advocacy, and the growing demand from athletes who want to engage in this space, afh launched the whole being athlete program (wbap) in 2021. Wbap empowers athletes of all levels to share their stories in an effort to raise awareness, access and acceptance of mental health resources. The core pillars of the program focus upon health education and resources, storytelling, convening, and advocacy.
$249,976 spent19% of program spendingAthletes for arizona: delivered physical activity programming, education on healthy living, mental health education, and increased sports participation in elementary and middle schools across arizona.
$3,707 spent0% of program spendingHospital heroes: brings professional, olympic, paralympic, and college athletes to childrens hospitals across the u.s. To bring patients joy through fun, interactive visits.
$133,154 spent10% of program spendingCovid 19: in partnership with hhs, Athletes for Hope and its network of athletes share education and raise awareness around covid-19 vaccinations.
$136,524 spent11% of program spendingMlk day:this is a special volunteer event that brought together people from several organizations to gather and package food servicing the people of washington dc. Included were student athletes from georgetown, howard and american university. Our volunteers from howard and georgetown were able to contribute to approximately 1200 meals being packed. Our volunteers from american and georgetown made a collective 450 sandwiches and then distributed them to the harriet tubman womens shelter and the shepherds table.
$55,785 spent4% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,287,274.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $2.4M (+34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 24% · 2022 19% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of ATHLETES FOR HOPE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jason Belinkie
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $49k → $779k.
9 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ATHLETES FOR HOPE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ATHLETES FOR HOPE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
28% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ATHLETES FOR HOPE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 74% · 2019 57% · 2020 77% · 2021 27% · 2022 29% · 2023 26% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
42% of ATHLETES FOR HOPE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ATHLETES FOR HOPE draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $678k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ATHLETES FOR HOPE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ATHLETES FOR HOPE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ATHLETES FOR HOPE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ATHLETES FOR HOPE?
- ATHLETES FOR HOPE (Maryland) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,539,853 to it, the largest being GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION ($1,123,543). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ATHLETES FOR HOPE have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $4,539,853 in grants to ATHLETES FOR HOPE, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ATHLETES FOR HOPE?
- GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,123,543 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ATHLETES FOR HOPE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 48 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing