Grants for tennis leagues

Name: Top 25 grants made to tennis leagues and racquet clubs
Creator: Cause IQ
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230 tennis leagues and racquet clubs received at least $403,270 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 189 grants made from 158 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 158 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to tennis leagues, and 2% made grants to four or more tennis leagues. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$403,270

Total grant dollars given to tennis leagues

189

Number of grants made annually to tennis leagues

158

Number of grantmakers funding tennis leagues

$1,500

Median grant size to tennis leagues

Foundations that support tennis leagues and racquet clubs

Out of all grants made to tennis leagues, 71% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 19% of the dollar-value of grants to tennis leagues. Foundations funding tennis leagues also made grants to food banks, universities, animal shelters, theaters, and youth development programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	113
Medium	17
Large	28

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	5
Private	123
Corporate	16
Other	14

Grants made

Grants made to tennis leagues	Number of grantmakers
1	142
2-3	12
4-10	4
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting tennis leagues and racquet clubs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to tennis leagues	Number of grants made to tennis leagues	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	10	$1,250
Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region	NY	Metro	0.4%	4	$5,000
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	4	$312
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	4	$150
Gage Family Foundation	MN	Metro	2.6%	3	$1,000
United States Tennis Association Southern	GA	National	0.1%	2	$5,000
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation	NY	Metro	0.1%	2	$3,750
Speramus Foundation	CA	State	3.2%	2	$2,000
A Glimmer of Hope Austin	TX	Metro	0.4%	2	$1,950
Tapper Charitable Foundation	MA	Regional	1.6%	2	$1,500

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Tennis leagues and racquet clubs grantees

Tennis leagues with more than $5 million in total revenues received 0% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 1% of all tennis leagues.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	189
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$2,500
$500k-$1M	$2,250
$1M-$5M	$1,375
>$5M	$1,450

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	35
Tennessee	21
California	19
Connecticut	18
Other	96

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	26
Nashville	16
New Haven	11
Minneapolis	9
Other	122

Top 25 grants made to tennis leagues

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program	$5,000	General Fund	Arnhold Foundation
100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee	$5,000	Program Funding Request	Hca Healthcare Foundation
Junior Orange Bowl Committee	$5,000	General Purpose	The Kirk Foundation
City Squash	$5,000	2017 BX Connects Service Grant	The Blackstone Charitable Foundation
Buddy Up Tennis	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Kings County Tennis League	$5,000	General Operating Support	J M Kaplan Fund
The Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center	$5,000	Youth Development	The Boston Foundation (TBF)
Cleveland Platform Tennis Foundation	$5,000	General Fund	Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation
First Serve Bridgeport	$5,000	Educational Opportunities for Children	The Near and Far Aid Association
Central Savannah River Area Tennis Association	$5,000	2019 Play It Forward - Year 1 Funding	United States Tennis Association Southern
Logan Martin Tennis Association	$5,000	2019 Build It Forward - Tpa - 1635 (Pell City TC)	United States Tennis Association Southern
Tenants and Workers United	$5,000	To Support Covid-19 Response Work in Northern Virginia	The Schott Foundation for Public Education
Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program	$5,000	Community Tennis Grant	Southern California Tennis Association
Kids on the Ball	$5,000	General	The Waterwheel Foundation
Junior Orange Bowl Committee	$5,000	General Operating	Ruth Anderson Foundation
Portland Tennis & Education	$5,000	Education/job Training & Counseling	Windermere Foundation
East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring	$5,000	Unrestricted Donation	Mirnahill Foundation
Pearson Automotive Tennis Club	$5,000	Sponsorship	Central Indiana Health Association
Squash Haven	$5,000	Exempt Purpose	Landry Family Foundation
First Serve Miami	$5,000	General Operations	Joseph and Sherrie Garfield Charitable Foundation
Zina Garrison Academy	$5,000	Generalsupportgrant	Ask Charitable Foundation
Youth Tennis San Diego	$5,000	Promote the Educational, Physical and Social Development of All Youth Through Tennis.	The Wilson Sexton Foundation
Milwaukee Tennis and Education Foundation	$5,000	Program Support	Harley-Davidson Foundation
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research	$5,000	Support for A Statewide Study on the Employer and Workforce Impact of the Childcare Crisis.	The Frist Foundation
Squash Haven	$5,000	For the General Purposes Or Other Charitable Purposes of the Organization.	Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

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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 "Tennis leagues" category for this page is determined by the "N66: Tennis, Racquet Sports Clubs, Leagues" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.