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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Kansas, currently United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Special Olympics Inc, The Sunderland Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Kansas?

United States Tennis Association Incorporated gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Kansas, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$61M reached 330 recreation and sports organizations in Kansas, from 383 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Kansas.

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 · Kansas · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Kansas

Funders are thin on the ground: 330 recreation and sports organizations share only 383 funders between them.

$61M

granted

330

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

383 funders gave $61M to 330 recreation and sports organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% of that came from funders also based in Kansas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Kansas is United States Tennis Association Incorporated, at $17M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is United States Tennis Association Missouri Valley Section, at $17M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Kansas

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

1United States Tennis Association Incorporated$17M 2Special Olympics Inc$4M 3The Sunderland Foundation$2M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 5Greater Salina Community Foundation$2M 6Greater Kansas City Community Foundation$1M 7Topeka Lodging Association$1M 8Thomas S Watson Supporting Foundation$1M 9Greater Manhattan Community Foundation$1M 10Kendrick B Melrose Family Foundation$1M

Recreation and sports organizations in Kansas that draw the most

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

320 other recreation and sports organizations$24M

United States Tennis Association Missouri Valley Section$17M Special Olympics Kansas Inc$7M League 42 Foundation$3M Gcsaa Foundation$2M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Kansas

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Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Kansas are United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Special Olympics Inc, The Sunderland Foundation. 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
60% of recreation and sports money in Kansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Kansas?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Kansas, currently United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Special Olympics Inc, The Sunderland Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Kansas?: United States Tennis Association Incorporated gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Kansas, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Kansas?: $61M reached 330 recreation and sports organizations in Kansas, from 383 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Kansas.
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.

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The regranting layer

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The camps

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State money flows

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Giving abroad

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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.