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THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,920,255 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($341,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $10M
What The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Inc does
Mission
The foundation was organized to honor the great players and coaches in the history of college football and to inspire our nation's youth to compete on the athletic fields and in the classroom and to assume leadership roles on high school and college campuses. The organization partly accomplishes this by awarding scholarships to high school and college football players based upon academic excellence, athletic ability, and leadership qualities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
22 college football hall of famers selected and honored. 16 national scholar athletes selected and honored. Hall of fame on-campus salutes. National scholar-athlete programs and initiatives where nff currently distributes more than $1.3 million each year in scholarships, including $300,000 at the national level and more than $1 million through its chapter network at the grassroots level. Nff chapter network which includes 120 outpost in 47 states and encourages leadership, sportsmanship and academic excellence among america's young football players. More than 12,000 members host over 300 events each year, reaching more than 600,000 football players at 6,000 high schools. Nff high school showcases; hampshire honor society, honoring college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative gpa of 3.2 or better throughout their college careers. 2,016 players from 343 schools qualified for membership.
$3,718,654 spentof which $171,274 as grants$638,106 earned by the program96% of program spendingCross-platform mixed media campaign to celebrate the positive impact the game has made on millions of players, administrators, volunteers and fans alike. Highlights leagues and players around the country, the many ways to be involved in the game on and off the field. The campaign has produced over 1,500 original content pieces with more than 10 million minutes of video viewed.
$117,406 spent$128,070 earned by the program3% of program spendingCosts associated with supporting the hall of fame of the national football foundation and college hall of fame, inc.
$23,426 spent$259,556 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,859,486.
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.
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 $20M to $14M (−29%).
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 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Steven J Hatchell
President & CEO
Board chair
Archie Manning
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $198k → $349k.
14 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $219k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Collegiate Athletic Association). These are real filings, and they are not money THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 30 funders by total. 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
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
93% 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 THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 29% · 2019 37% · 2020 22% · 2021 31% · 2022 22% · 2023 43% — 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
32% of THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
65% of THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME 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 $681k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC?
- THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,920,255 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($341,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,920,255 in grants to THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $341,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 30 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