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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Massachusetts, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Fidelity Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.

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

$124M reached 558 recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts, from 844 funders. 53% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.

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 · Massachusetts · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Massachusetts

$124M reached 558 recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts, from 844 funders, with no single one dominating.

$124M

granted

558

organizations

53%

from in-state

The short version

844 funders gave $124M to 558 recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
53% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Massachusetts is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $22M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is America East Conference, at $20M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Massachusetts

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$22M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$14M 3Fidelity Foundation$5M 4Greenway Business Improvement District$3M 5Mary A Cunningham Trust$3M 6Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc$3M 7Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc$3M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 9The Bromley Charitable Trust$3M 10Special Olympics Inc$3M

Recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

548 other recreation and sports organizations$51M

America East Conference$20M Tenacity Inc$10M Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$9M Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc$7M West End House Inc$6M Hale Education Inc$5M Innercity Weightlifting Inc$5M Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway$4M Crossroads for Kids Inc$4M Cunningham Foundation$3M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Massachusetts

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Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Massachusetts are National Collegiate Athletic Association, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Fidelity 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
47% of recreation and sports money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Massachusetts, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Fidelity Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Massachusetts?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Massachusetts?: $124M reached 558 recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts, from 844 funders. 53% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.
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.