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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in California, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

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

$2.0B reached 4,550 recreation and sports organizations in California, from 5,136 funders. 48% came from funders also based in California.

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 · California · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in California

Funders are thin on the ground: 4,550 recreation and sports organizations share only 5,136 funders between them.

$2.0B

granted

4,550

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

5,136 funders gave $2.0B to 4,550 recreation and sports organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in California is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $338M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Pac-12 Conference, at $430M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in California

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$338M 2Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association$321M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$62M 4United States Tennis Association Incorporated$55M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$43M 6The Bulldog Foundation$38M 7United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$36M 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$34M 9San Antonio Bowl Association$32M 10Esb Charitable Foundation$25M

Recreation and sports organizations in California that draw the most

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

4,540 other recreation and sports organizations$974M

Pac-12 Conference$430M Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association$121M West Coast Conference$89M Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028$66M

How to find recreation and sports funders in California

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Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in California are National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
52% of recreation and sports money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in California, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in California?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in California, $338M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in California?: $2.0B reached 4,550 recreation and sports organizations in California, from 5,136 funders. 48% came from funders also based in California.
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 camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

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.