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DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS

DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,800 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$286k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$30k
Net assets
$13k
0/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Dont Shoot Guns Shoot Hoops does

Mission

Don t Shoot Guns, Shoot Hoops (DSGSH) is a nonprofit organization focused on putting an end to gun violence by connecting and positively impacting community members of all ages through the game of basketball.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Boys to Men Basketball and Leadership Program: DSGSH has designed and implemented a transformational program for high school juniors and seniors, which allows us to focus on the growth and development of our young men before they go into adulthood.

    $39,883 spentof which $134,814 as grants
    87% of program spending
  2. Violence Prevention November Madness Tournament: Basketball program for adult community members to attend with their families, showcase talent and receive resources related to mental health and violence prevention.

    $5,925 spentof which $39,996 as grants
    13% of program spending
  3. Community Sessions: DSGSH provides numerous opportunities for youth and young adults to participate in violence prevention events, healing sessions and leadership sessions.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $45,808.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($132k) Expenses 100 ($122k) Net assets 100 ($12k)2024 Revenue 217 ($286k) Expenses 234 ($285k) Net assets 112 ($13k)
20232024
Revenue (217)Expenses (234)Net assets (112)Peer revenue range

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 $13k to $15k (+13%).

$13k
$15k
20232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$10k
’23
$1k
’24
0.5
months of
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

Tommy Mcbrayer Jr

Founder & CEO

Board chair

Julia Johnson

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

84% 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 DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS.

50%
largest funder
97%
top three
~3
effective funders

“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.

Where its funders are

50% of DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)117% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

17% of spending goes to programs.

Program 17%Management 83%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS?
DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,800 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $29,800 in grants to DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS.
Who is the largest funder of DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS?
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 4 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