Causes · Recreation and sports · grassroots
Who funds grassroots recreation and sports organizations
The funders that back grassroots recreation and sports organizations are specialists, not generalists: Young Men's Christian Association of South Palm Beach County Inc gives them 229.5× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here. These are the small organizations the big-institution funders usually miss, so the funders that show up here are the ones worth a small recreation and sports nonprofit's time.
The short version
- 8,130 funders gave $694M to 9,097 grassroots recreation and sports organizations (grassroots (under $1M)) across recent IRS filings.
- The most focused funder is Young Men's Christian Association of South Palm Beach County Inc, giving 229.5× the national rate to grassroots recreation and sports organizations.
- The largest non-DAF funder is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $10M.
- The grassroots recreation and sports organization drawing the most is 4 Ranges Community Recreation, at $6M.
Funders most focused on grassroots recreation and sports organizations
Not the biggest checks, the most committed: each gives this size and cause an outsized share of its budget against the national rate, shrunk toward that rate so a small specialist needs real volume to rank.
Largest funders by dollars
Real grantmakers giving the most to grassroots recreation and sports organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).
Grassroots recreation and sports organizations that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a grassroots recreation and sports nonprofit?
- Start with the funders most focused on grassroots recreation and sports organizations, currently Young Men's Christian Association of South Palm Beach County Inc, Realtors Relief Foundation, Sailing Education Association Of. Donor-advised funds and mega-funds are excluded, so these are funders that genuinely back organizations your size, not pass-through accounts.
- What counts as a grassroots organization here?
- Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: grassroots (under $1M). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.
- How much grant money goes to grassroots recreation and sports organizations?
- $694M reached 9,097 grassroots recreation and sports organizations from 8,130 funders. Money parked in the regranting layer is netted out.
- How recent is this data?
- It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings across recent fiscal years. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.
More from the funding graph
Size is median total revenue; cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File. Read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML across recent fiscal years, among (c)(3) funders and recipients resolved by EIN, with the regranting layer netted out. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.