The NYNJ Super Bowl Host Company predominantly funds interscholastic sports and athletics infrastructure in New Jersey and neighboring New York, with a clear emphasis on high school football and regional athletic conferences. Grants include several large multi‑thousand dollar awards to conference/section organizations and numerous smaller, program‑level gifts to local public school districts to support school sports programs. The foundation’s giving is regionally concentrated and sport‑specific rather than broadly educational or community‑development focused.
Nynj Super Bowl Host Company Inc. centers its giving on interscholastic sports, especially high school football and the organizations that run it in New Jersey and nearby New York. The largest recent grant in the data was $118,500 to N Jersey Super Football Conference Inc in West Caldwell, NJ for sports programs, followed by $112,000 to Section Xi Nysphsaa Inc in Smithtown, NY and $100,000 to Section VIII Nysphsaa Inc in Garden City, NY, both for sports programs. Those awards show a pattern of supporting the administrative and competitive infrastructure behind school athletics, not just individual teams. The foundation also backs regional athletic conferences such as North Jersey Interscholastic Conference and Big Central Football Conference, indicating that league operations are a core part of its grantmaking. Alongside larger conference-level awards, it makes repeated program-level gifts to public school districts and boards of education for school sports and related activities. The overall profile is one of geographically concentrated, sport-specific philanthropy tied to school-based athletics governance and programming.
A central theme in the foundation’s grantmaking is conference and section support. It gave $80,000 to North Jersey Interscholastic Conference in Emerson, NJ for sports programs, showing direct backing for regional athletics administration. It also funded the Big Central Football Conference with $80,000 in Bridgewater, NJ for the same purpose, reinforcing the importance of league operations in its portfolio. School-district support is another recurring strand. The foundation awarded $10,000 to Hempstead Union Free School District in Hempstead, NY for various school programs, and it made a series of $8,000 grants to New Jersey boards of education and public schools, including Town of Harrison Board of Education in Harrison, NJ and Wayne Township Public Schools in Wayne, NJ. Its recent grants also extend to section-level athletic governance, such as Section Ix Athletic Council in Goshen, NY, which received $42,500 for sports programs.
Typical grants are clustered around a median of $8,000, with a lower quartile of $8,000 and an upper quartile of $51,875. That spread reflects a mix of steady school-level gifts and much larger conference or section awards. The 2023 and 2024 grants show a repeated emphasis on the same sport-related institutions rather than one-off thematic experiments. The foundation appears to operate as a private grantmaker tied to a local, program-specific sports agenda. All of the recent grants listed were made to organizations in the United States, and the pattern is direct institutional support rather than individual giving.
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Most grants fall between $8K and $52K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$52K
About 80% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
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A mixed pattern: a handful of large, concentrated grants to regional athletic conferences and section organizations, complemented by many smaller, distributed grants (~$8,000) to individual public school districts for school sports/program support. Funding is geographically concentrated in New Jersey and nearby New York.
Notable grantees: N Jersey Super Football Conference Inc, Section XI NYSPHSAA Inc, Section VIII NYSPHSAA Inc, North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, Big Central Football Conference
Grantmaking is heavily concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 80% of grants in the HQ state and is also the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities include West Caldwell, Emerson, Bridgewater, Harrison, South Amboy, and Wayne in New Jersey, plus Smithtown, Garden City, Goshen, and Hempstead in New York. The distribution is regional and local rather than national, with all recent grants staying within the United States. New Jersey recipients dominate the list, while New York receives a smaller but still notable share through section and school-district awards.
It primarily supports interscholastic sports organizations, especially high school football conferences, section-level athletics bodies, and public school districts. Recent grants include sports-program funding for N Jersey Super Football Conference Inc, Section Xi Nysphsaa Inc, and North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, along with school-program support for boards of education and public school systems.
The grant-size data shows a p25 of $8,000, a median of $8,000, and a p75 of $51,875. That means many awards cluster at $8,000, while a smaller set of conference or section grants are much larger.
New Jersey is the top state by grant count, and 80% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state of New Jersey. Recent New Jersey recipients include organizations in West Caldwell, Emerson, Bridgewater, Harrison, South Amboy, and Wayne.
The recent record shows repeated support for the same kinds of recipients across years: football conferences, NYSPHSAA sections, and school districts. The 2023 and 2024 grants both include conference-level awards and multiple $8,000 school-program grants, pointing to a stable program rather than isolated gifts.
The grantmaking is local and stays within the United States. In the recent list, recipients are located in New Jersey and New York only, with New Jersey accounting for most awards and New York receiving grants through section athletic councils and school districts.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE | EMERSON, NJ | $80,000 | 2024 | SPORTS PROGRAMS |
| N JERSEY SUPER FOOTBALL CONFERENCE INC | WEST CALDWELL, NJ | $118,500 | 2023 | SPORTS PROGRAMS |
| SECTION XI NYSPHSAA INC | SMITHTOWN, NY | $112,000 | 2023 | SPORTS PROGRAMS |
| SECTION VIII NYSPHSAA INC | GARDEN CITY, NY | $100,000 | 2023 | SPORTS PROGRAMS |
| BIG CENTRAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | BRIDGEWATER, NJ | $80,000 | 2023 | SPORTS PROGRAMS |
| SECTION IX ATHLETIC COUNCIL | GOSHEN, NY | $42,500 | 2023 | SPORTS PROGRAMS |
| HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | HEMPSTEAD, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| TOWN OF HAWTHORNE BOARD OF EDUCATION | HAWTHORNE, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| TOWN OF HARRISON BOARD OF EDUCATION | HARRISON, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| HILLSIDE BOARD OF EDUCATION | HILLSIDE, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| SOUTH HUNTERDON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | LAMBERTVILLE, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| MONROE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION | MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS | WAYNE, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | RIDEWOOD, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| LYNDHURST BOE | LYNDHURST, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| POMPTON LAKES BOARD OF EDUCATION | POMPTON LAKES, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| METUCHEN BOARD OF EDUCATION | METUCHEN, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| UNION CITY BOE | UNION CITY, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| SAYREVILLE BOE | SOUTH AMBOY, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| NEW MILFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION | NEW MILFORD, NJ | $8,000 | 2023 | VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
NORTH JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE
$80,000SPORTS PROGRAMS
N JERSEY SUPER FOOTBALL CONFERENCE INC
$118,500SPORTS PROGRAMS
SECTION XI NYSPHSAA INC
$112,000SPORTS PROGRAMS
SECTION VIII NYSPHSAA INC
$100,000SPORTS PROGRAMS
BIG CENTRAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
$80,000SPORTS PROGRAMS
SECTION IX ATHLETIC COUNCIL
$42,500SPORTS PROGRAMS
HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
$10,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
TOWN OF HAWTHORNE BOARD OF EDUCATION
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
TOWN OF HARRISON BOARD OF EDUCATION
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
HILLSIDE BOARD OF EDUCATION
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SOUTH HUNTERDON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
MONROE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
LYNDHURST BOE
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
POMPTON LAKES BOARD OF EDUCATION
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
METUCHEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
UNION CITY BOE
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SAYREVILLE BOE
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
NEW MILFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION
$8,000VARIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAMS