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PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND

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Towson, MD   |  www.ppf.org

Mission

The Players Philanthropic Fund (PPF) is a registered 501 (C)(3) public charity created to provide a charitable vehicle, via fiscal sponsorship, in which philanthropists can safely and efficiently make charitable donations to the causes of their choice.

Ruling year info

2010

CEO

Seth McDonnell

Main address

1122 Kenilworth Dr Ste 201

Towson, MD 21204 USA

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EIN

27-6601178

NTEE code info

Other Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C. (T99)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

PPF offers clients a charitable platform, either a Fiscal Sponsorship (FS) or Donor Advised Fund (DAF), to support charitable missions of philanthropists. Daily, our organization is serving the needs of our philanthropic clients. Our second-to-none customer service, ability to refer clients to other fundraising vehicles or vendors, attention to best practices in philanthropy, focus on IRS compliance, and our own charitable purpose sets us apart from others. PPFs services allow the client to focus on the program and fundraising work product while we focus on being the fiduciary.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Philanthropic Administration

The PPF platform offers a simple, efficient and cost-effective solution for collecting and distributing charitable assets, which provides a desirable alternative to the complexity, hassle and burden of operating an independent foundation. PPF will inspire and empower your philanthropy, while ensuring full compliance with legal requirements and nonprofit best practices to protect against any unnecessary risk to your valuable reputation.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

Telly Award for video 2019

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total dollar amount of grants awarded

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

PPFs vision is to be the nation’s leader in empowering athletes, entertainers, and other individuals through sound best-practiced-based philanthropic education, facilitation, and inspiration to make a positive impact on causes and communities in need.

The PPF platform offers a simple, efficient and cost-effective solution for collecting and distributing charitable assets, which provides a desirable alternative to the complexity, hassle and burden of operating an independent foundation. PPF will inspire and empower your philanthropy, while ensuring full compliance with legal requirements and nonprofit best practices to protect against any unnecessary risk to your valuable reputation.

PPFs team has over 150 years of philanthropic & charitable experience in all facets of the industry. We actively leverage this experience on a daily basis to ensure our clients maximize their giving and community impact.

Since its inception, PPF and its clients have put over 25 million dollars back into the community. PPF​ has scaled dramatically over the past few years as the organization is becoming known as the leader in the space with exceptional service and attention to compliance details. PPF plans to continue this trajectory world wide.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.
  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND

Board of directors
as of 03/19/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Seth McDonnell

John Matthew Stover

Players Philanthropy Fund

Alan Helfer

Joe Foss

Kevin McAllister

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 3/19/2024

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 03/19/2024

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
Policies and processes
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.