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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Pennsylvania, currently American Athletic Conference, 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 Pennsylvania from out of state.

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

$505M reached 1,840 recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,224 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Pennsylvania.

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 · Pennsylvania · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Pennsylvania

Funders are thin on the ground: 1,840 recreation and sports organizations share only 2,224 funders between them.

$505M

granted

1,840

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

2,224 funders gave $505M to 1,840 recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Pennsylvania is American Athletic Conference, at $65M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education, at $65M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Pennsylvania

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

1American Athletic Conference$65M 2Big East Conference Inc$49M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$33M 4United States Tennis Association Incorporated$21M 5The William Penn Foundation$16M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$13M 7Special Olympics Inc$12M 8Richard King Mellon Foundation$12M 9National Philanthropic Trust$8M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$7M

Recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

1,830 other recreation and sports organizations$245M

Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$65M Villanova University$50M The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation$29M Fairmount Park Conservancy$21M United States Tennis Association- Middle States Section$20M Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$20M Camp Camino Inc$14M Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy$13M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Pennsylvania are American Athletic Conference, 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
60% of recreation and sports money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Pennsylvania, currently American Athletic Conference, 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 Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Pennsylvania?: American Athletic Conference gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania, $65M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Pennsylvania?: $505M reached 1,840 recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,224 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Pennsylvania.
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.