About Fanatics Charitable Foundation
Founded in 2022, the mission of Fanatics Foundation™, a 501(c)(3) organization, is to create positive and lasting change across the global communities in which we all live, work, and play, through a commitment of time and strategic philanthropic engagements.
Focus Areas
Youth sports accessMake-A-Wish / wish grantingDisaster reliefHunger reliefMerchandise donations / in-kind supportSocial justice / equitySustainability
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizationscommunity-based organizationsevent organizers/hosts
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating support
About Fanatics Charitable Foundation
Fanatics Charitable Foundation’s largest recent grant was $9,640,901 to Make a Wish America for general support, setting the tone for a portfolio that pairs large unrestricted gifts with event sponsorships and community-based support. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs organizations working in wish granting, criminal justice reform, youth development, health, disaster response, and hunger relief. It also supports public-facing events and partner-led fundraising, which appears alongside direct general support in the same period. The foundation gave three $3,000,000 grants in consecutive years to Criminal Justice Reform Foundation, Reform Alliance, and Criminal Justice Reform Alliance, showing repeated interest in criminal justice-related work. Other large grants include $960,113 to Edward Charles Fdn (rocket Foundation) and $700,000 to Shawn Carter Foundation, both in 2024. The pattern suggests a grantmaker comfortable making seven-figure commitments while also funding a wider set of nonprofits at lower levels. Its recent portfolio includes both national organizations and place-based groups, with recipients spanning major cities such as New York, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Boston.
What Fanatics Charitable Foundation Funds
Youth sports access is one named focus area, and the recent grants show the foundation also supports youth and family-serving nonprofits through multiple channels. For example, it gave $250,000 to Best Buddies for event sponsorship and $150,000 to Baby2baby for general support, both in 2024. Health and wellbeing appear in several grants. In 2025, the foundation gave $100,000 to Project Healthy Minds for general support and $100,000 to Weill Cornell Medicine for general support; it also gave another $100,000 to Weill Cornell Medicine in 2024. Community relief is another visible thread: Aid Coalition received $100,000 in 2025 for general support, while The Giving Back Fund (from the Depths) received $100,000 in 2025 for general support. These grants show a mix of nonprofit operating support and event-linked philanthropy.
How Fanatics Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster around six figures: the 25th percentile is $20,000, the median is $30,851, and the 75th percentile is $100,000. The recent record also includes several much larger awards, including multiple seven-figure grants. Fanatics Charitable Foundation is a public charity and a regular funder, not a DAF. The same organizations can appear in multiple years, including Make a Wish America, Criminal Justice Reform Foundation / Alliance, Baby2baby, Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, LeBron James Foundation, and Weill Cornell Medicine, which points to repeat support rather than one-off only giving. Grant types in the recent list include general support and event sponsor awards.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.8M
Total Assets
$9.4M
Total Revenue
$9M
Total Expenses
$7.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $100K, with a median of $31K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$31K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
National23 states funded
About 6% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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