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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Ohio, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big East Conference Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Ohio?

National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Ohio, $74M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$484M reached 1,728 recreation and sports organizations in Ohio, from 1,851 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Ohio.

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 · Ohio · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Ohio

Funders are thin on the ground: 1,728 recreation and sports organizations share only 1,851 funders between them.

$484M

granted

1,728

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

1,851 funders gave $484M to 1,728 recreation and sports organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Ohio is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $74M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Mid-American Athletic Conference Inc, at $71M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Ohio

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$74M 2Big East Conference Inc$41M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$13M 4The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati$12M 5The Chicago Community Trust$10M 6Metroparks Toledo Foundation$9M 7Special Olympics Inc$8M 8Jewish Federation of Cincinnati$8M 9Columbus Foundation$8M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$8M

Recreation and sports organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

1,718 other recreation and sports organizations$261M

Mid-American Athletic Conference Inc$71M Xavier University$41M Fugees Family Inc$20M Jewish Community Center Of Cincinnati$20M Flying Horse Farms$18M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Ohio

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Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Ohio are National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big East Conference Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
51% of recreation and sports money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Ohio, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big East Conference Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Ohio?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Ohio, $74M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Ohio?: $484M reached 1,728 recreation and sports organizations in Ohio, from 1,851 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Ohio.
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.