Funding search · EIN 203904871 · Concord, MA

Play Ball Foundation

Name: Play Ball Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

17
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $66,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 17 reported grants, largest first.

$172,800
Lawrence Public Schools · Lawrence, MA · 2023
Grant to allow the school to significantly expand opportunities offered to students with its middle school athletic programs.
$156,505
Lawrence Public Schools · Lawrence, MA · 2024
The purpose of the grant is to enable the middle school to significantly expand the athletic opportunities available to students through its middle school sports programs.
$113,824
Boston Public Schools · Boston, MA · 2024
The purpose of the grant is to enable the middle school to significantly expand the athletic opportunities available to students through its middle school sports programs.
$100,000
Lawrence Public Schools · Lawrence, MA · 2022
Grant to allow the school to significant expand opportunities offered to students within its middle school athletics programs.
$90,451
Methuen Public Schools · Methuen, MA · 2024
The purpose of the grant is to enable the middle school to significantly expand the athletic opportunities available to students through its middle school sports programs.
$84,363
Lawrence Public Schools · Lawrence, MA · 2021
Assistance to fund team sport opportunities
$75,644
Lynn Public Schools · Lynn, MA · 2023
Grant to allow the school to significantly expand opportunities offered to students with its middle school athletic programs.
$74,719
Boston Public Schools · Boston, MA · 2023
Grant to allow the school to significantly expand opportunities offered to students with its middle school athletic programs.
$66,250
New Bedford Public Schools · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Grant to allow the school to significantly expand opportunities offered to students with its middle school athletic programs.
$51,260
Lynn Public Schools · Lynn, MA · 2024
The purpose of the grant is to enable the middle school to significantly expand the athletic opportunities available to students through its middle school sports programs.
$50,000
Holyoke Pubic Schools · Holyoke, MA · 2024
The purpose of the grant is to enable the middle school to significantly expand the athletic opportunities available to students through its middle school sports programs.
$41,996
Salem Public Schools · Salem, MA · 2024
The purpose of the grant is to enable the middle school to significantly expand the athletic opportunities available to students through its middle school sports programs.
$39,625
New Bedford Public Schools · New Bedford, MA · 2024
The purpose of the grant is to enable the middle school to significantly expand the athletic opportunities available to students through its middle school sports programs.
$39,166
Methuen Public Schools · Methuen, MA · 2023
Grant to allow the school to significantly expand opportunities offered to students with its middle school athletic programs.
$28,628
Salem Public Schools · Salem, MA · 2023
Grant to allow the school to significantly expand opportunities offered to students with its middle school athletic programs.
$20,876
Holyoke Public Schools · Holyoke, MA · 2021
Assistance to fund team sports opportunities
$16,500
New Bedford Public Schools · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Grant to allow the school to significant expand opportunities offered to students within its middle school athletics programs.

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.