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, North Carolina High School Athletic, Charlotte Sports Foundation. 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?

$286M reached 340 recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina, from 430 funders. 21% 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 74% of every recreation and sports grant dollar in North Carolina. One funder dominates the giving, National Collegiate Athletic Association, at 67% of the total.

$286M

granted

340

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

430 funders gave $286M to 340 recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% 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 $192M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Atlantic Coast Conference, at $212M.

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$192M 2North Carolina High School Athletic$18M 3Charlotte Sports Foundation$11M 4Gator Bowl Sports Inc$7M 5North Carolina Community Foundation$5M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 7United Jewish Charities of Greater$3M 8State Employees' Credit Union$3M 9Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish$3M 10Foundation for the Carolinas$2M

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$212M

330 other recreation and sports organizations$26M

Nchsaa Foundation Inc$18M

How to find recreation and sports funders in North Carolina

1
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, North Carolina High School Athletic, Charlotte Sports 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
79% 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, North Carolina High School Athletic, Charlotte Sports Foundation. 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, $192M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in North Carolina?: $286M reached 340 recreation and sports organizations in North Carolina, from 430 funders. 21% 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 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.