New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,395 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($21,395). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $40M
What National Basketball Players Association Foundation does
Mission
The nbpa foundation provides strategic funding and support while also communicating the players' endeavors to the world in order to accelerate and maximize the impact. (continued on schedule o)in alignment with our players' collective charitable investments, the foundation has built an impressive portfolio of work impacting communities globally. Our portfolio features a wide range of work including youth programs, disaster relief efforts, social entrepreneurship, court refurbishments and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The nbpa foundation operates a targeted grantmaking program designed to amplify nba players' community impact through three core pillars: education, health & wellness, and civic engagement & social justice. All funded grantee organizations are u.s.-based 501(c)(3) public charity in good irs standing (or an international organization supported through a fiscal intermediary); confirmed to have received financial support from a nbpa player within the past 12 months; and, in operation for at least one year, unless fiscally sponsored.in addition, the foundation matches player-directed giftsup to $25,000 per player per seasonto eligible nonprofits chosen by the player. National nba players (active or retired) provide the initial funding, and the foundation amplifies impact through matching grants
$4,555,061 spentof which $2,474,431 as grants92% of program spendingThe foundation supports various programs and activities in the areas of basketball court renovations, civic education, player philanthropy support, and similar programs
$363,671 spentof which $165,000 as grants7% of program spendingThe foundation supports charitable events and activities to promote youth sports, including basketball related programs, educational workshops, and community engagement efforts, often in collaboration with nba players, community organizations, and other nonprofit partners. These events are intended to increase access to sports and educational opportunities, foster teamwork and life skills, and encourage academic achievement and personal growth among youth participants.
$40,752 spentof which $1,492,429 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,959,484.
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 2023 to 2024, from $33M to $43M (+28%).
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.
49% of NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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
Erika Swilley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION 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
NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 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
68% of NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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.
Against its field
NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
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
- National Basketball Players Association · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,395 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($21,395). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $31,395 in grants to NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $21,395 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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