Major League Baseball Charities

About Major League Baseball Charities

A $2,000,000 general operating grant to the National Baseball Hall of Fame is the clearest signal of Major League Baseball Charities Inc’s grantmaking identity: baseball heritage sits alongside health, emergency response, and community support. The foundation consistently backs organizations connected to the sport’s history and its players, including the Jackie Robinson Foundation and player-led charities tied to safety, youth development, and civic work. Its larger grants also reach beyond baseball-specific institutions to groups working on cancer research and awareness, veterans and military support, and crisis response. The recurring pattern is not limited to one cause area. Recent awards include multi-million-dollar support for national organizations such as Stand Up To Cancer and Boys and Girls Clubs of America, as well as substantial general operating grants to the American National Red Cross. Alongside those national commitments, the foundation funds smaller, targeted awards to organizations like Latino Sports, Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, and MLB Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA), showing a mix of broad institutional support and grants linked to the baseball community. Most awards in the recent list are general operating support, which suggests flexibility in how recipients use the funds.

What Major League Baseball Charities Funds

Baseball heritage is a central thread in the foundation’s portfolio. It gave $2,000,000 to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for general operating support and $1,125,026 to the Jackie Robinson Foundation for the same purpose in 2023, followed by $1,108,716 in 2024 and $714,933 in 2025. Youth development appears through sports-centered community groups. The foundation awarded $1,346,759 to Boys and Girls Clubs of America in 2024 and $1,075,000 in 2023, both for general operating support, and also gave $158,000 to Latino Sports. Health and cancer-related giving is another visible line. Recent grants include $1,479,070 to Stand Up To Cancer in 2025, $531,922 to Prostate Cancer Foundation in 2024, and $748,361 to Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Found in 2023. Emergency response and safety are present as well, including $1,250,000 to American National Red Cross in 2025 and $190,000 to Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society in 2025.

How Major League Baseball Charities Gives