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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Maryland, currently National Philanthropic Trust, American Athletic Conference, American Online Giving 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 Maryland from out of state.

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

$92M reached 285 recreation and sports organizations in Maryland, from 524 funders. 13% came from funders also based in Maryland.

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 · Maryland · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Maryland

Most of it comes from outside Maryland: only 13% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$92M

granted

285

organizations

13%

from in-state

The short version

524 funders gave $92M to 285 recreation and sports organizations in Maryland across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
13% of that came from funders also based in Maryland; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Maryland is National Philanthropic Trust, at $15M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Kaboom Inc, at $29M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Maryland

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

1National Philanthropic Trust$15M 2American Athletic Conference$13M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$6M 4Eat Learn Play Foundation$3M 5Hartford Foundation for Public Giving$3M 6The William Penn Foundation$3M 7Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc$2M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 9Lowes Foundation$2M 10Tides Foundation$2M

Recreation and sports organizations in Maryland that draw the most

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

Kaboom Inc$29M

275 other recreation and sports organizations$17M

Naval Academy Athletic Association$15M Goodwill Industries International Inc$10M Move United$7M Special Olympics Maryland Inc$3M Soccer Without Borders$3M The Camp Airy & Camp Louise$2M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Maryland

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Start with the funders already active in Maryland
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Maryland are National Philanthropic Trust, American Athletic Conference, American Online Giving 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
87% of recreation and sports money in Maryland comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maryland.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Maryland?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Maryland, currently National Philanthropic Trust, American Athletic Conference, American Online Giving 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 Maryland from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Maryland?: National Philanthropic Trust gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Maryland, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Maryland?: $92M reached 285 recreation and sports organizations in Maryland, from 524 funders. 13% came from funders also based in Maryland.
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.