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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in North Carolina, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Charlotte Sports Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.

How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in North Carolina?

$800M reached 918 recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina, from 1,317 funders. 20% came from funders also based in North Carolina.

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 · North Carolina · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in North Carolina

Funding is concentrated: Atlantic Coast Conference alone draws 62% of every recreation and sports grant dollar in North Carolina. One funder dominates the giving, National Collegiate Athletic Association, at 62% of the total.

$800M

granted

918

organizations

20%

from in-state

The short version

1,317 funders gave $800M to 918 recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
20% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in North Carolina is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $494M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Atlantic Coast Conference, at $495M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in North Carolina

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$494M 2Charlotte Sports Foundation$28M 3Foundation for the Carolinas$25M 4North Carolina High School Athletic Association Inc$22M 5Gator Bowl Sports Inc$17M 6North Carolina Community Foundation$15M 7Loomis Foundation Inc$14M 8Southern Tennis Association Inc$11M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 10Special Olympics Inc$10M

Recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

Atlantic Coast Conference$495M

908 other recreation and sports organizations$147M

The Big South Conference Inc$44M Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy$25M

How to find recreation and sports funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in North Carolina are National Collegiate Athletic Association, Charlotte Sports Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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
80% of recreation and sports money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in North Carolina, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Charlotte Sports Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in North Carolina?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina, $494M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in North Carolina?: $800M reached 918 recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina, from 1,317 funders. 20% came from funders also based in North Carolina.
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.