Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,000 to it, the largest being Crennel Family Foundation ($11,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $847k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $614k
What Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation does
Mission
The Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing equity and inclusion across the nfl and the broader sports industry. Guided by its core pillars, education, access, and advocacy, the foundation promotes job (used as a continuation of programs and activities description statement.) opportunities, prepares candidates for leadership roles, and fosters awareness through strategic stakeholder engagement. Signature programs include: the career development interview series, equipping coaching and executive candidates for advancement within professional football, the fpa nfl draft academy, providing high school students with exposure to nfl careers and mentorship from nfl team personnel, and the johnnie l. Cochran, jr. Salute to excellence awards, honoring champions of equity and inclusion in sports.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation career development interview series:as part of the nfl's broader commitment to inclusive leadership pipelines, the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation conducts a specialized career development interview series designed to prepare coaching and executive candidates for advancement within professional football. This immersive training initiative simulates high-stakes nfl interviews using former head coaches and general managers as evaluators and mentors. Candidates engage in mock interviews, receive real-time feedback, and gain insights into the expectations, dynamics, and decision-making processes that shape hiring outcomes at the highest levels of the sport.
$45,234 spent$55,234 earned by the program12% of program spendingThe Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation nfl draft academy:the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation nfl draft academy, held in detroit, mi in april of 2024, was a landmark youth empowerment event that launched the junior academy and honored equity and inclusion champions in sports. Nfl commissioner roger goodell was on hand to "draft" 14 ninth-grade student-athletes from the detroit metro area, recognized for academic excellence, community service, and athletic achievement. These students became junior academy ambassadors of the detroit lions, gaining exposure to sports careers and mentorship throughout the season.
$44,936 spent$92,500 earned by the program12% of program spendingThe johnnie l. Cochran, jr. Salute to excellence awards:the johnnie l. Cochran, jr. Salute to excellence awards, hosted annually by the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation (fpa), recognizes individuals and organizations whose efforts advance equity and inclusion across professional football and the broader sports industry. More than a celebration, the awards reflect the foundation's enduring commitment to three pillars of impact: career development, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. Named in honor of civil rights attorney johnnie l. Cochran, jr., cofounder of the fpa, the awards honor those whose work embodies his legacy of justice, excellence, and transformative leadership.
$287,195 spentof which $2,950 as grants$193,535 earned by the program76% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $377,365.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2018 to 2019, from $236k to $1.4M (+494%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Roderick L Graves
Executive director
Board chair
Michele Meyer-Shipp
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $16k.
From the IRS filings of FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION’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
FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 50% · 2019 63% · 2020 45% · 2021 60% · 2022 100% · 2023 63% — growing more concentrated.
“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
FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Fritz Pollard Alliance · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,000 to it, the largest being Crennel Family Foundation ($11,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $41,000 in grants to FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- Crennel Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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