How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Arizona?

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Arizona, currently The Thunderbirds, Arizona Community Foundation, United States Tennis Association Incorporated. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.

How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Arizona?

$142M reached 610 recreation and sports organizations in Arizona, from 815 funders. 56% came from funders also based in Arizona.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Arizona · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Arizona

Recreation and sports funding in Arizona is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Special Olympics Arizona Inc leads, and the money reaches 610 groups.

$142M

granted

610

organizations

56%

from in-state

The short version

815 funders gave $142M to 610 recreation and sports organizations in Arizona across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
56% of that came from funders also based in Arizona; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Arizona is The Thunderbirds, at $17M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Special Olympics Arizona Inc, at $16M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Arizona

The funders giving the most to recreation and sports organizations in Arizona, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Thunderbirds$17M 2Arizona Community Foundation$15M 3United States Tennis Association Incorporated$12M 4Special Olympics Inc$7M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 6Arizona Major Events Host Committee$4M 7Thunderbirds Charities$3M 8Mesa Sports Association Inc$3M 9Fiesta Events Inc$2M 10Tucson Conquistadores Inc$2M

Recreation and sports organizations in Arizona that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

600 other recreation and sports organizations$69M

Special Olympics Arizona Inc$16M Arizona Golf Community Foundation$11M United States Tennis Association Southwest Section Inc$11M Thunderbirds Charities$9M Sun Angel Foundation$6M Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Comm$5M Arizona Golf and Life Skills Inc Dba First Tee - Phoenix$4M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Arizona

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Start with the funders already active in Arizona
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Arizona are The Thunderbirds, Arizona Community Foundation, United States Tennis Association Incorporated. A funder already writing recreation and sports checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
44% of recreation and sports money in Arizona comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arizona.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Arizona?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Arizona, currently The Thunderbirds, Arizona Community Foundation, United States Tennis Association Incorporated. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Arizona?: The Thunderbirds gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Arizona, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Arizona?: $142M reached 610 recreation and sports organizations in Arizona, from 815 funders. 56% came from funders also based in Arizona.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.