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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Illinois, currently Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, The Big Ten Conference Inc, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.

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

$721M reached 506 recreation and sports organizations in Illinois, from 1,407 funders. 59% came from funders also based in Illinois.

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 · Illinois · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Illinois

Funding is concentrated: Northwestern University alone draws 90% of every recreation and sports grant dollar in Illinois.

$721M

granted

506

organizations

59%

from in-state

The short version

1,407 funders gave $721M to 506 recreation and sports organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
59% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Illinois is Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, at $126M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Northwestern University, at $648M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Illinois

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

1Northwestern Memorial HealthCare$126M 2The Big Ten Conference Inc$119M 3Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group$51M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$33M 5The Chicago Community Trust$26M 6Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$11M 7Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$11M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$10M 9The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation$10M 10The Michael J Fox Foundation$10M

Recreation and sports organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

Northwestern University$648M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Illinois

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Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Illinois are Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, The Big Ten Conference Inc, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group. 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
41% of recreation and sports money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Illinois, currently Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, The Big Ten Conference Inc, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Illinois?: Northwestern Memorial HealthCare gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Illinois, $126M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Illinois?: $721M reached 506 recreation and sports organizations in Illinois, from 1,407 funders. 59% came from funders also based in Illinois.
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.