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

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

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

$176M reached 815 recreation and sports organizations in Oregon, from 846 funders. 50% came from funders also based in Oregon.

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 · Oregon · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Oregon

Recreation and sports funding in Oregon is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Usta-Pacific Northwest Section leads, and the money reaches 815 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 815 recreation and sports organizations share only 846 funders between them.

$176M

granted

815

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

846 funders gave $176M to 815 recreation and sports organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% of that came from funders also based in Oregon; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Oregon is The Oregon Community Foundation, at $26M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Usta-Pacific Northwest Section, at $16M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Oregon

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

1The Oregon Community Foundation$26M 2United States Tennis Association Incorporated$16M 3Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation$14M 4Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation$10M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$6M 8Special Olympics Inc$6M 9OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation$3M 10Oregon Jewish Community Foundation$3M

Recreation and sports organizations in Oregon that draw the most

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

805 other recreation and sports organizations$93M

Usta-Pacific Northwest Section$16M Every Kid Sports$13M Special Olympics Oregon Inc$12M Young Mens Christian Assoc Ashland$10M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Oregon

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Start with the funders already active in Oregon
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Oregon are The Oregon Community Foundation, United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Sid and Karen DeBoer 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
50% of recreation and sports money in Oregon comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oregon.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Oregon?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Oregon, currently The Oregon Community Foundation, United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Oregon?: The Oregon Community Foundation gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Oregon, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Oregon?: $176M reached 815 recreation and sports organizations in Oregon, from 846 funders. 50% came from funders also based in Oregon.
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.