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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Colorado, currently International Olympic Committee, United States Olympic and Paralympic, United States Olympic and Paralympic. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

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

$789M reached 472 recreation and sports organizations in Colorado, from 1,178 funders. 38% came from funders also based in Colorado.

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 · Colorado · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Colorado

Funding is concentrated: United States Olympic and Paralympic alone draws 60% of every recreation and sports grant dollar in Colorado. One funder dominates the giving, International Olympic Committee, at 44% of the total.

$789M

granted

472

organizations

38%

from in-state

The short version

1,178 funders gave $789M to 472 recreation and sports organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
38% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Colorado is International Olympic Committee, at $347M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is United States Olympic and Paralympic, at $473M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Colorado

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

1International Olympic Committee$347M 2United States Olympic and Paralympic$97M 3United States Olympic and Paralympic$96M 4National Collegiate Athletic Association$35M 5USA Hockey Foundation$28M 6The United States Olympic and Paralympic Endowment$24M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$12M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$10M 9Tenacre Foundation$8M 10Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$5M

Recreation and sports organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

United States Olympic and Paralympic$473M

462 other recreation and sports organizations$131M

United States Olympic and Paralympic$57M Mountain West Conference$35M USA Hockey Inc$33M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Colorado are International Olympic Committee, United States Olympic and Paralympic, United States Olympic and Paralympic. 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
62% of recreation and sports money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Colorado, currently International Olympic Committee, United States Olympic and Paralympic, United States Olympic and Paralympic. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Colorado?: International Olympic Committee gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Colorado, $347M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Colorado?: $789M reached 472 recreation and sports organizations in Colorado, from 1,178 funders. 38% came from funders also based in Colorado.
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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.