Arizona · Nonprofit
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC (Arizona) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $597,934 to it, the largest being Major League Baseball Charities Inc ($221,725). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $598k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Society for American Baseball Research Inc does
Mission
The purpose of sabr is to encourage the study of baseball, past and present, as a significant athletic and social institution; to encourage further research and literary efforts; to establish the accurate historical record of baseball; to help (cont. On sch o) disseminate educational, historical, and research information about baseball.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publication of periodicals and other documents. The organization publishes three journals every year. These journals along with numerous other books, documents, databases, and research materials are made available to members. Chapters across the world put on baseball programming to showcase the research of members and nonmembers alike during meetings. These services are provided to the membership as part of their dues and are available to nonmembers as well.
$153,247 spent$77,322 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe organization hosts two major conferences every year. The annual convention and an analytics conference. Members of the organization receive discounted registration rates for both events which are open to the public.
$807,611 spentof which $14,127 as grants$474,002 earned by the program79% of program spendingThe sabr baseball analytics certification program is an online, on-demand curriculum offering development and learning opportunities for those interested in elevating their skills and knowledge relating to baseball analytics. These courses strengthen the analytic skills of both baseball enthusiasts and professionals in the field of baseball analytics. The curriculum is being developed by current baseball professionals, including employees of major league baseball and its clubs. Optional course completion certifications are available for those who complete the final examination/project work to illustrate their learned proficiencies and separate themselves from others. The first of four planned modules was released in 2022. 516 people took courses this year, 257 of those took it for certification.
$49,303 spent$53,999 earned by the program5% of program spendingSabr local grants program - the sabr local grants program delivers mission-focused funding to sabr chapters, research committees, and communities of interest for projects that concentrate on one or more of sabr's four pillars: research, preservation, scholoarship, and future of the game. Six grants were given in 2025, for a total of $11,200.
$11,200 spentof which $11,200 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,021,361.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+24%).
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 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Scott Bush
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $58k → $50k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH 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
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 62% · 2019 45% · 2020 66% · 2021 52% · 2022 53% · 2023 50% — 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
60% of SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $211k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC?
- SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC (Arizona) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $597,934 to it, the largest being Major League Baseball Charities Inc ($221,725). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $597,934 in grants to SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC?
- Major League Baseball Charities Inc is the largest funder on record, with $221,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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