Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC
MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $206,794 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ($70,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $201k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $207k
- Net assets
- $255k
What Marcus Smart's Youngamechanger Foundation Inc does
Mission
To serve as a source of guidance, motivation, encouragement and empowerment for inner-city student-athletes to be gamechangers on and off the court or field. To create opportunities through education, sports and mentorships with a special emphasis on steam (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) experiences. To provide inspiration and life-changing experiences to pediatric cancer patients and their families.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Both educational and entertainment opportunities are provided to patients and their families through access to notebook computers, portable dvd players, tablet devices and other electronics
$48,702 spent$12,725 earned by the program35% of program spendingTo create opportunities through education, sports and mentorships with a special emphasis on steam (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) experiences.
Donation to matt weatherbee fund to provide financial assistance for specialized spinal cord injury. Donation to dana farber fund and lebonheur children's hospital
$24,653 spentof which $24,653 as grants18% of program spendingOther expenses directly related to the mission of the organization
$66,433 spent$3,834 earned by the program48% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $139,788.
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 2021 to 2022, from $134k to $240k (+79%).
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.
64% of MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $25k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC’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
MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 79% · 2022 55% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
56% of MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC'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 $91k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,457 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,457 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC: 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 MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC?
- MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $206,794 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ($70,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $206,794 in grants to MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC?
- NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARCUS SMART'S YOUNGAMECHANGER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 6 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