Grants for soccer leagues

Name: Top 25 grants made to soccer clubs and leagues
Creator: Cause IQ
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391 soccer clubs and leagues received at least $480,693 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 272 grants made from 186 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 186 foundations, 87% made just a single grant to soccer leagues, and 3% made grants to four or more soccer leagues. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$480,693

Total grant dollars given to soccer leagues

272

Number of grants made annually to soccer leagues

186

Number of grantmakers funding soccer leagues

$1,000

Median grant size to soccer leagues

Foundations that support soccer clubs and leagues

Out of all grants made to soccer leagues, 70% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 24% of the dollar-value of grants to soccer leagues. Foundations funding soccer leagues also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, religious organizations, food banks, boys and girls clubs, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	130
Medium	23
Large	32

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	8
Private	135
Corporate	23
Other	20

Grants made

Grants made to soccer leagues	Number of grantmakers
1	162
2-3	17
4-10	4
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting soccer clubs and leagues

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to soccer leagues	Number of grants made to soccer leagues	Median grant size
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.3%	25	$960
California State Soccer Association South	CA	Metro	7.9%	11	$3,000
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	11	$50
Sempra Energy Foundation	CA	State	0.3%	10	$500
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	6	$541
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.0%	4	$50
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	3	$2,000
Colorado Soccer Association	CO	State	13.8%	3	$697
Eqt Foundation	PA	Metro	0.0%	3	$300

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Soccer clubs and leagues grantees

Soccer leagues with more than $5 million in total revenues received 16% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 15% of all soccer leagues.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	272
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$662
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	78
Pennsylvania	14
Ohio	12
Wisconsin	11
Other	157

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Los Angeles	38
San Jose	18
New York City	15
Seattle	10
Other	164

Top 25 grants made to soccer leagues

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Roanoke Valley Youth Soccer Club	$5,000	Soccer Field Lights	Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia
Lincoln F C	$5,000	Youth Football	The Woods Foundation
Hawaiian Gardens Eagles Soccer Club	$5,000	Funding for Uniforms, Soccer Balls, Soccer Goals, Soccer Nets for Leage and Tournaments.	Irving I Moskowitz Foundation
Soccer In the Streets	$5,000	Soccer in the Streets: Station Soccer	Georgia Power
Florida Kraze Krush	$5,000	To Suppport the Organization's Pursuits As "one Club, One Family, One Goal" As A Leader in Youth Soccer.	The Ferdinand and Anna Duda Foundation
Coombs Outdoors	$5,000	Donation To Foundation for Poverty Children To Ski.	The John R and Georgene M Tozzi Foundation
Grassroot Soccer	$5,000	Disaster Relief	Goldman Sachs Gives
Basin United Soccer Club	$5,000	Walking Program	Sky Lakes Medical Center
Final Third Foundation	$5,000	Urban Affairs	The Columbus Foundation
Colonial FC	$5,000	Sports Team Travel	Greater Williamsburg Chamber and Tourism Alliance
Fugees Family	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Hoffman-Brouse Foundation
Dakota Alliance Soccer Club	$5,000	Specializes in Providing Quality Soccer Experiences for Youth 3-19	Beacom Family Foundation
Big Sky Futbol	$5,000	Equipment, Coaches and Referee/coach Certification.	Moonlight Community Foundation
Charlotte Soccer Academy (CSA)	$5,000	Youth Development	Barton Malow Company Foundation
South Bronx United	$5,000	General Operating Support	JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Positive Coaching Alliance	$5,000	General Support	Harman Family Foundation
Pateadores Soccer Club	$5,000	Donation To Club Expenses for 2017-2018	Sterling Foundation Management
Greater GF Soccer Club	$5,000	Event Funding	Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau (GGFCVB)
Anahuak Youth Sports Association	$5,000	General Assistance	California Cable and Telecommunications Association
Atlanta Youth Soccer Foundation	$5,000	To Support the Youth Soccer Program Where Disadvantaged Youth Can Find A Safe, Supportive and Caring Environment To Not Only Learn the Game of Soccer, But Build Life Skills That Will Help Them Become Successful Throughout Their Lives	Brian and Sheila Jellison Family Foundation
Southampton Soccer Club	$5,000	Purchase of New Goal Posts at the Local Fields	Jaf Foundation
Beyond Soccer	$5,000	Charity	Josephine G Russell Trust
Nazareth Soccer Club	$5,000	To Assist in the Development of Their Soccer Club.	Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association
Positive Coaching Alliance	$5,000	Youth Development	Minnesota Timberwolves Fastbreak Foundation
A3 Soccer	$5,000	Unrestricted	Davidsonville Ruritan 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 "Soccer leagues" category for this page is determined by the "N64: Soccer Clubs, Leagues" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.