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 Ed Snider Youth Hockey Supporting, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. 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?

$125M reached 758 recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania, from 988 funders. 58% 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

$125M reached 758 recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania, from 988 funders, with no single one dominating.

$125M

granted

758

organizations

58%

from in-state

The short version

988 funders gave $125M to 758 recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
58% 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 Ed Snider Youth Hockey Supporting, at $13M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education, at $16M.

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.

1Ed Snider Youth Hockey Supporting$13M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 4Jewish Federation of Greater$7M 5The William Penn Foundation$6M 6Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$3M 7Richard King Mellon Foundation$3M 8National Philanthropic Trust$3M 9Smilow Foundation$3M 10The Endowment Fund of Maccabi USA$2M

Recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

748 other recreation and sports organizations$58M

Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education$16M The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community$15M Maccabi USA Inc$10M Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc$7M Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy$5M

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 Ed Snider Youth Hockey Supporting, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. 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
42% 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 Ed Snider Youth Hockey Supporting, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. 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?: Ed Snider Youth Hockey Supporting gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania, $13M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Pennsylvania?: $125M reached 758 recreation and sports organizations in Pennsylvania, from 988 funders. 58% 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 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.