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, Boston Foundation Inc. 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?

$397M reached 1,388 recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts, from 2,167 funders. 54% 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

Recreation and sports funding in Massachusetts is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though America East Conference leads, and the money reaches 1,388 groups.

$397M

granted

1,388

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

2,167 funders gave $397M to 1,388 recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% 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 $54M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is America East Conference, at $47M.

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$54M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$49M 3Boston Foundation Inc$13M 4Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation$11M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$9M 6Special Olympics Inc$9M 7Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc$8M 8The Beveridge Family Foundation$7M 9Mary A Cunningham Trust$7M 10Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc$7M

Recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

1,378 other recreation and sports organizations$225M

America East Conference$47M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Massachusetts

1
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, Boston Foundation 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
46% 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, Boston Foundation Inc. 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, $54M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Massachusetts?: $397M reached 1,388 recreation and sports organizations in Massachusetts, from 2,167 funders. 54% 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 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 endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.