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

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

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

$258M reached 1,279 recreation and sports organizations in Minnesota, from 1,178 funders. 54% came from funders also based in Minnesota.

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 · Minnesota · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Minnesota

Recreation and sports funding in Minnesota is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Minneapolis Parks Foundation leads, and the money reaches 1,279 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 1,279 recreation and sports organizations share only 1,178 funders between them.

$258M

granted

1,279

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

1,178 funders gave $258M to 1,279 recreation and sports organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Minnesota is The Minneapolis Foundation, at $17M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Minneapolis Parks Foundation, at $27M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Minnesota

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

1The Minneapolis Foundation$17M 2Wem Foundation$13M 3United States Tennis Association Incorporated$12M 4Herzl Camp Foundation$11M 5United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee$10M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 7Special Olympics Inc$9M 8James M Schoonmaker II Foundation$8M 9True Friends Foundation$7M 10Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$7M

Recreation and sports organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

1,269 other recreation and sports organizations$127M

Minneapolis Parks Foundation$27M True Friends$17M Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$15M Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association$14M Herzl Camp Association Inc$13M USTA Northern$12M V3 Sports Inc$11M United States Curling Association$11M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Minnesota

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Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Minnesota are The Minneapolis Foundation, Wem Foundation, United States Tennis Association Incorporated. 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 Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Minnesota, currently The Minneapolis Foundation, Wem Foundation, United States Tennis Association Incorporated. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Minnesota?: The Minneapolis Foundation gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Minnesota, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Minnesota?: $258M reached 1,279 recreation and sports organizations in Minnesota, from 1,178 funders. 54% came from funders also based in Minnesota.
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.