North Carolina · Public charity
Durham Sports Commission
The DURHAM SPORTS COMMISSION's mission is to create economic and social impact by leading the community's efforts to attract, support, and promote youth, amateur, collegiate, and professional sporting and recreational events.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $409k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Durham Sports Commission funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $104k | 65% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $70k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $75k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $95k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $67k | 89% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $175k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Bulls Baseball Club | $81,755 | 2 | n/a |
| Ron N Shoot Sports | $53,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Durham Striders Youth Association Inc | $53,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Bull City Express Track Club | $50,600 | 6 | 18% |
| FS Series | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| North Carolina Amateur Sports Inc | $31,648 | 2 | 1% |
| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North Carolina High School Athletic Association Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Carolina Bowl | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Shaw University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Bulls Baseball Club | $81,755 | 2 | n/a |
| Ron N Shoot Sports | $53,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Durham Striders Youth Association Inc | $53,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Bull City Express Track Club | $50,600 | 6 | 18% |
| FS Series | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| North Carolina Amateur Sports Inc | $31,648 | 2 | 1% |
| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North Carolina High School Athletic Association Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Carolina Bowl | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Shaw University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau | $18,806 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Valley Country Club | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Legit Ballazz 7v7 Football Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Durham Public Schools | $8,500 | 2 | n/a |
| American Junior Golf Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Croasdaile Country Club Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fishers of Men Ministries Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Triangle Flying Disc Association | $6,470 | 1 | 1% |
| Triangle Champions Track Club | $6,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Duke University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mbp Helping Hands | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Senior Games Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forge Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 1st and Goal 365 LLC | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Warbirds Lacrosse Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Durham | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Elevate Sports | $1,680 | 1 | n/a |
| American Youth Football Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Swingpals Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Susan G Komen for the Cure Nc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke Homestead Education and History Corporation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Durhamcares Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bull City Athletic Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greatestfan LLC | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bull City Silverbacks | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Durham Parks Foundation | $750 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Durham Sports Commission supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Duke University · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke University Health System Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Durham Sports Commission
- How much does Durham Sports Commission give?
- Durham Sports Commission reported 26 grants totaling $105,120 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Durham Sports Commission fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (92%), Education (1%), Religion (1%).
- Who are Durham Sports Commission's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Durham Bulls Baseball Club ($82k), Ron N Shoot Sports ($53k), Durham Striders Youth Association Inc ($53k).
- Does Durham Sports Commission fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Durham Sports Commission?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke University, Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Duke University Health System Inc.
- Where is Durham Sports Commission based?
- Durham Sports Commission is based in NC.
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