The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
No public data foundThe return states a posture but gives no instructions.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2023 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 7 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2023).
Recreation and sports
50 grants on file · $653K · FY2017–2024
IRS 990 · FY2024
On its FY2023 Form 990-PF return this foundation listed grants to 16 named recipients.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Grants paid
$174K
FY2024 · grants and similar amounts paid
Total assets
$4.4M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$5.7M
FY2024
Expenses
$6.1M
FY2024
Grants paid by year
Total assets by year
Where the money went · FY2024
Program services83%
Management and general13%
Fundraising5%
Form 990 splits expenses into program services, management and fundraising. The split is self-reported, and a grantmaker, a research institute and a direct-service nonprofit book the same work differently. A line the return does not carry reads "not available"; it is never counted as zero.
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Grants paid
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990
$5,656,027
$6,053,441
$173,500
$4,360,523
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Youth development$138K · 10
Human services$60K · 4
Recreation and sports$15K · 1
Where recipients are
NY$113K · 11
FL$72.5K · 6
VA$60K · 4
GA$52.5K · 3
MD$52.5K · 3
NC$50K · 1
CA$45.6K · 3
MN$45K · 3
Based on the 30% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$15,000
2024
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Paul Tagliabue
Co-Chairman
0.3
$0
Peter Bevacqua
Co-Chairman
0.3
$0
Stephen M Ross
Chairman
0.3
$0
Adam Silver
Director
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$15,000
2024
Union League Boys & Girls ClubMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Chicago, IL
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$10,000
2023
Women's Sports FoundationNew York, NY
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$10,000
2023
Women's Sports FoundationNew York, NY
Annual Sponsorship to Women in Sports Sponsorship
$10,000
2021
Safe At HomeNew York, NY
20th Anniversary Gala
$10,000
2022
Love Thy Neighbor Commmunity Development and Opportunity CorporationPurcellville, VA
Vincent Country Save Zone Activity Day
$10,000
2020
Boys & Girls Clubs of BostonMatched to this organization because 18 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Boston, MA
RISE to Action Program
$7,500
2022
The National SportWest Palm Beach, FL
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$7,500
2023
NYC National Sports Zone FoundationBronx, NY
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$7,500
2023
Boys and Girls Club of BostonMatched to this organization because 8 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Boston, MA
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$7,500
2023
The National SportWest Palm Beach, FL
Building Bridges Through Basketball Program
$7,500
2022
Boys and Girls Club St Thomas St John IncSt Thomas, VI
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$7,500
2023
YMCAAvon, OH
Building Bridges Through Basketball Program
$7,500
2022
Philadelphia PALPhiladelphia, PA
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program
$7,500
2023
Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program IncNew York, NY
Inaugural Golf & Tennis Event
$5,000
2022
Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program IncNew York, NY
Inaugural Golf & Tennis Event
$5,000
2021
NYC TogetherStaten Island, NY
Annual Community Give Back Sponsorship
$5,000
2022
Bowling for ParkviewMiami, FL
Fundraiser contribution
$5,000
2020
Pro Football Hall of FameCanton, OH
Salute to Greatness Chicago
$3,500
2018
HBCU Battle of the BrainsAustin, TX
Scholarship pledge for the NFL Votes Voter Regisration Town Hall Event
$3,000
2020
Athletes in ActionXenia, OH
Support Building Bridges Through Basketball Youth Multi-Week program