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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Connecticut, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Special Olympics Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.

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

$134M reached 625 recreation and sports organizations in Connecticut, from 1,235 funders. 35% came from funders also based in Connecticut.

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 · Connecticut · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Connecticut

$134M reached 625 recreation and sports organizations in Connecticut, from 1,235 funders, with no single one dominating.

$134M

granted

625

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

1,235 funders gave $134M to 625 recreation and sports organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Connecticut is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $17M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc, at $35M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Connecticut

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$17M 2Special Olympics Inc$6M 3Hartford Foundation for Public Giving$4M 4National Philanthropic Trust$4M 5National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$3M 6Seriousfun Children's Network$3M 7Indian River Community Foundation Inc$3M 8Northeast Conference$3M 9Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$2M 10Greater Hartford Community Foundation Inc$2M

Recreation and sports organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

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

615 other recreation and sports organizations$55M

Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$35M Special Olympics Connecticut Inc$11M Mill River Collaborative Inc$9M Greater Hartford Community Foundation Inc$4M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Connecticut

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Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Connecticut are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Special Olympics Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. 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
65% of recreation and sports money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Connecticut, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Special Olympics Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Connecticut?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Connecticut, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Connecticut?: $134M reached 625 recreation and sports organizations in Connecticut, from 1,235 funders. 35% came from funders also based in Connecticut.
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.