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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Oklahoma, currently American Athletic Conference, Tulsa Community Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oklahoma from out of state.

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

$201M reached 273 recreation and sports organizations in Oklahoma, from 472 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Oklahoma.

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 · Oklahoma · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Oklahoma

One funder dominates the giving, American Athletic Conference, at 31% of the total.

$201M

granted

273

organizations

55%

from in-state

The short version

472 funders gave $201M to 273 recreation and sports organizations in Oklahoma across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
55% of that came from funders also based in Oklahoma; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Oklahoma is American Athletic Conference, at $62M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is The University of Tulsa, at $62M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Oklahoma

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

1American Athletic Conference$62M 2Tulsa Community Foundation$44M 3George Kaiser Family Foundation$16M 4O R U Golden Eagle Club Inc$8M 5River Parks Foundation$6M 6Dornick Hills Historical Foundation$4M 7Special Olympics Inc$4M 8Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc$3M 9United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee$3M 10McLaughlin Family Foundation$3M

Recreation and sports organizations in Oklahoma that draw the most

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

The University of Tulsa$62M

263 other recreation and sports organizations$43M

George Kaiser Family Foundation$32M River Parks Foundation$12M Tulsa Community Foundation$11M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Oklahoma

1
Start with the funders already active in Oklahoma
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Oklahoma are American Athletic Conference, Tulsa Community Foundation, George Kaiser Family 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
45% of recreation and sports money in Oklahoma comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oklahoma.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Oklahoma?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Oklahoma, currently American Athletic Conference, Tulsa Community Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oklahoma from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Oklahoma?: American Athletic Conference gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Oklahoma, $62M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Oklahoma?: $201M reached 273 recreation and sports organizations in Oklahoma, from 472 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Oklahoma.
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.