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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Maine, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Edward C Johnson 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 Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Maine?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Maine, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$82M reached 271 recreation and sports organizations in Maine, from 786 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Maine.

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 · Maine · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Maine

Most of it comes from outside Maine: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$82M

granted

271

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

786 funders gave $82M to 271 recreation and sports organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Maine is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $12M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Camp Beech Cliff, at $15M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Maine

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$12M 2Edward C Johnson Fund$7M 3Fidelity Foundation$5M 4Maine Community Foundation Inc$5M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 6Special Olympics Inc$3M 7The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation$1M 8The Orokawa Foundation Inc$1M 9The Campership Fund$1M 10Elmina B Sewall Foundation$940k

Recreation and sports organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

261 other recreation and sports organizations$36M

Camp Beech Cliff$15M Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc$8M Portland Community Squash$6M Camp Newfound Owatonna Corporation$5M Carrabassett Valley Academy$2M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Maine

1
Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Maine are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Edward C Johnson 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
78% of recreation and sports money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Maine, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Edward C Johnson 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 Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Maine?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Maine, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Maine?: $82M reached 271 recreation and sports organizations in Maine, from 786 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Maine.
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 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

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.