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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Indiana, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Olympic and Paralympic, Lilly Endowment Inc. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Indiana?

National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Indiana, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$114M reached 352 recreation and sports organizations in Indiana, from 406 funders. 64% came from funders also based in Indiana.

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 · Indiana · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Indiana

Funders are thin on the ground: 352 recreation and sports organizations share only 406 funders between them.

$114M

granted

352

organizations

64%

from in-state

The short version

406 funders gave $114M to 352 recreation and sports organizations in Indiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
64% of that came from funders also based in Indiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Indiana is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $22M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Horizon League Inc, at $21M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Indiana

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$22M 2United States Olympic and Paralympic$17M 3Lilly Endowment Inc$15M 4Blue Sky Foundation Inc$6M 5Go Rving Inc$4M 6Special Olympics Inc$2M 7Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$2M 8Prime Foundation Inc$2M 9Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau$2M 10Ball Brothers Foundation$1M

Recreation and sports organizations in Indiana that draw the most

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

342 other recreation and sports organizations$39M

Horizon League Inc$21M Indiana Sports Corporation$12M USA Track & Field Inc$10M River Heritage Conservancy Inc$9M USA Gymnastics$9M Recreation Vehicle Technical Institute$4M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Indiana

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Start with the funders already active in Indiana
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Indiana are National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Olympic and Paralympic, Lilly Endowment Inc. 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
36% of recreation and sports money in Indiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Indiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Indiana?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Indiana, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Olympic and Paralympic, Lilly Endowment Inc. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Indiana from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Indiana?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Indiana, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Indiana?: $114M reached 352 recreation and sports organizations in Indiana, from 406 funders. 64% came from funders also based in Indiana.
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.