Grants for baseball leagues

Name: Top 25 grants made to baseball and softball leagues
Creator: Cause IQ
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697 baseball and softball leagues received at least $878,232 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 537 grants made from 321 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 321 foundations, 83% made just a single grant to baseball leagues, and 5% made grants to four or more baseball leagues. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$878,232

Total grant dollars given to baseball leagues

537

Number of grants made annually to baseball leagues

321

Number of grantmakers funding baseball leagues

$1,000

Median grant size to baseball leagues

Foundations that support baseball and softball leagues

Out of all grants made to baseball leagues, 74% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 18% of the dollar-value of grants to baseball leagues. Foundations funding baseball leagues also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, scholarship organizations, food banks, youth development programs, and cancer organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	238
Medium	38
Large	44

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	17
Private	227
Corporate	44
Other	33

Grants made

Grants made to baseball leagues	Number of grantmakers
1	267
2-3	36
4-10	13
11+	5

Top 10 foundations supporting baseball and softball leagues

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to baseball leagues	Number of grants made to baseball leagues	Median grant size
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.7%	45	$1,000
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.2%	27	$85
Sempra Energy Foundation	CA	State	0.7%	15	$500
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.2%	14	$400
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.2%	11	$500
Fairmount Santrol Foundation	OH	National	0.5%	9	$750
Celanese Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	9	$270
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.1%	7	$1,000
Baxter	IL	National	0.1%	7	$500
Home Savings Charitable Foundation	OH	State	0.6%	7	$375

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Baseball and softball leagues grantees

Baseball leagues with more than $5 million in total revenues received 2% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 1% of all baseball leagues.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	537
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$500
$100k-$500k	$875
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,484
>$5M	$3,113

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	64
Virginia	44
Texas	37
Pennsylvania	33
Other	359

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Richmond	31
New York City	25
Los Angeles	24
Houston	18
Other	375

Top 25 grants made to baseball leagues

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Little League Baseball - 4053805 Hawaiian Gardens LL	$5,000	Providing Funds for Children Team Uniforms, Equipment and Supplies.	Irving I Moskowitz Foundation
New England Baseball Club	$5,000	To Provide Scholarship Support To the Student Athletes of the New England Baseball Club.	John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Miracle League of the Triangle	$5,000	Charitable	DLJH Charitable Foundation
Straighten Up and Fly Right	$5,000	Community Engagement Grant	Obici Healthcare Foundation
Lakeville Baseball Association	$5,000	Youth Baseball	Metro Baseball League
Miracle League of Chattanooga	$5,000	General Program Support	T-Mobile USA Foundation
Little League Baseball - 4471008 Federal Way National LL	$5,000	General Program Support	T-Mobile USA Foundation
Lincoln Little League	$5,000	General Program Support	T-Mobile USA Foundation
Helping Kids Round First	$5,000	General Support	Jerstad Family Foundation
Miracle League of Louisville	$5,000	Baseball Field	Republic Bank Foundation
Helping Kids Round First	$5,000	Softball Equipment & Medical Access for Women in Nicaragua	Beacom Family Foundation
Little League Baseball	$5,000	Fields for Kids	Pirates Charities
Greater Baldwin Whitehall Athletic Association	$5,000	Fields for Kids	Pirates Charities
Little League Baseball - 2380205 Hermitage LL	$5,000	Fields for Kids	Pirates Charities
Bridger Baseball Association	$5,000	Fields for Kids	Pirates Charities
Avonworth Athletic Association	$5,000	Fields for Kids	Pirates Charities
Junior Athletics of the Midwest	$5,000	Donation	Canvas Credit Union (PSCU)
South Dekalb Sports Association	$5,000	Unresticted	Atlanta Braves Foundation
Klamath Youth Baseball	$5,000	Children's Programs	Sky Lakes Medical Center
Pony Express Baseball	$5,000	Sponsorship	Mosaic Life Care
The First Base Foundation	$5,000	Contribution	The Fruth Family Foundation
Florida Tri-County Challenged Athletes Association	$5,000	Local Charity Support	Spring Run Charitable Foundation
Buddy Baseball	$5,000	Genl Oper Support	The Brink Foundation
South Park Baseball Association	$5,000	General Support	Eqt Foundation
Johnsonburg Knothole Association	$5,000	Field Maintenance	Community Foundation of the Northern Alleghenies

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Baseball leagues" category for this page is determined by the "N63: Baseball, Softball" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.