About Mark Cuban Foundation
The Mark Cuban Foundation makes relatively large, targeted grants across a mix of civic, health, education and cultural causes, often using celebrity-driven and high-profile vehicles. Funding is concentrated in multi-hundred-thousand-dollar gifts to a mix of nonprofit partners — sports development (especially rugby), K–12 charter education, medical research (Parkinson’s, ALS), Jewish/Israel-related organizations and civic/digital-rights groups. The foundation shows a preference for a small number of sizable commitments and repeat support for flagship initiatives and events that raise visibility. Grantees range from national research institutions to community-based service providers and branded celebrity fundraising platforms.
Focus Areas
Celebrity-driven fundraising events and athletic philanthropy (e.g., Celebrity Games, USA Rugby)K–12 charter school support in Texas (notably KIPP Texas public schools)Neurological disease research and patient advocacy (Parkinson’s research, ALS funding)Jewish community and Israel engagement programs (Birthright Israel, Jewish youth organizations, JCC)Civic and digital-rights advocacy and democracy strengthening (Electronic Frontier Foundation, National Women’s Law Center, Center for Competitive Democracy)
Who They Fund
About Mark Cuban Foundation
A defining feature of the Mark Cuban Foundation’s recent giving is its use of large, targeted grants across a small set of recurring priorities. The foundation gave $1,000,000 to KIPP Texas Public Schools in 2023 and supported Celebrity Games for Charity with multiple six-figure gifts, including $860,000 in 2025 and $566,270 in 2024. That pattern sits alongside support for medical research, Jewish and Israel-related organizations, civic and digital-rights groups, and sports development. The foundation also funds individuals and runs its own AI education programs, including student bootcamps, teacher bootcamps, and a teacher fellowship. Recent grants show a preference for general-purpose support rather than narrowly restricted project funding. The portfolio includes major gifts to University of California San Francisco Foundation, Family Place Inc, and USA Rugby, along with repeat support for some grantees over multiple years. The scale is material: annual grants total $14,159,715, and the typical gift size is in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The result is a grantmaker that combines high-dollar institutional support with program activity in artificial intelligence education for high school students and educators.
What Mark Cuban Foundation Funds
In education, the foundation backed Kipp Texas Public Schools with $1,000,000 for general purposes, and it also supports its own AI Bootcamp programs for students and teachers. The student bootcamp is free and open to high school students in the United States, while the teacher bootcamp is a 10-session virtual series for educators in all 50 states. In health and medical research, the foundation gave $250,000 to The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research in 2025 and $250,000 to Als Association in 2024, both as general-purpose grants. It also gave $800,000 to University of California San Francisco Foundation in 2023. In civic and digital-rights work, it supported Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc with $250,000 in 2024 and National Women's Law Center with $250,000 in 2023. The foundation also gave $250,000 to Center for Competitive Democracy in Washington, DC.
How Mark Cuban Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster at a relatively high dollar level: the 25th percentile is $20,000, the median is $61,666, and the 75th percentile is $250,000. The recent record includes repeated support for several recipients across multiple years, including Celebrity Games for Charity, USA Rugby, Birthright Israel Foundation, America’s Frontier Fund, and The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it makes grants nationally. It also funds individuals, and it operates program-based AI education offerings that accept unsolicited participation.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.5M
Total Assets
$15.8M
Total Revenue
$11.1M
Total Expenses
$3.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $250K, with a median of $62K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$62K
75th Percentile
$250K
Geographic Reach
National16 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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