Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Special Olympics Inc
Special olympics strives to create a better world by fostering the acceptance and inclusion of people of all abilities through sports, health and education programs.
- $66M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 68
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $55M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $643,060
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,606,538
- Organizations funded a year
- 56 to 66
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 52
- Total assets, FY2024
- $164M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Special Olympics Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 66 | $55M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $47M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $43M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $43M | 2% |
| FY2020 | 61 | $32M | 15% |
| FY2019 | 64 | $36M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 66 | $32M | 18% |
| FY2017 | 57 | $28M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Olympics Illinois | $14,114,658 | 8 | 17% |
| Special Olympics of Texas Inc | $12,629,968 | 8 | 19% |
| Special Olympics Southern California Inc | $12,442,353 | 8 | 19% |
| Special Olympics New York Inc | $12,427,596 | 8 | 22% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $12,279,002 | 8 | 22% |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | $11,843,984 | 8 | 20% |
| Special Olympics Northern California Inc | $11,392,344 | 8 | 21% |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc | $10,763,898 | 8 | 13% |
| Special Olympics North Carolina Inc | $9,678,161 | 8 | 27% |
| Special Olympics Minnesota Inc | $9,133,662 | 8 | 18% |
Show all 103 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Special Olympics Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 25 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Special Olympics Inc
- How much does Special Olympics Inc give?
- Special Olympics Inc reported 68 itemized grants totaling $55,231,970, out of $66,353,246 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Special Olympics Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (98%), Education (2%), Health (1%).
- Who are Special Olympics Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Special Olympics Illinois ($14M), Special Olympics of Texas Inc ($13M), Special Olympics Southern California Inc ($12M).
- Does Special Olympics Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Special Olympics Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Global Impact, The Albertsons Companies Foundation, Carmax Foundation.
- Where is Special Olympics Inc based?
- Special Olympics Inc is based in DC.
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