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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Rhode Island, currently United States Sailing Foundation, United States Olympic and Paralympic, Manitou Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.

How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Rhode Island?

$29M reached 64 recreation and sports organizations in Rhode Island, from 215 funders. 27% came from funders also based in Rhode Island.

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 · Rhode Island · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Rhode Island

Most of it comes from outside Rhode Island: only 27% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$29M

granted

organizations

27%

from in-state

The short version

215 funders gave $29M to 64 recreation and sports organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
27% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Rhode Island is United States Sailing Foundation, at $4M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is United States Sailing Association Inc, at $7M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Rhode Island

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

1United States Sailing Foundation$4M 2United States Olympic and Paralympic$3M 3Manitou Fund$2M 4The Rhode Island Community Foundation$2M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 6James M Schoonmaker II Foundation$2M 7Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust$2M 8National Philanthropic Trust$1M 9Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc$1M 10Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation$500k

Recreation and sports organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

United States Sailing Association Inc$7M International Tennis Hall of Fame$7M Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated$4M United States Sailing Foundation$3M

54 other recreation and sports organizations$2M

Sail Newport$2M Share Winter Foundation$1M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Rhode Island

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Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Rhode Island are United States Sailing Foundation, United States Olympic and Paralympic, Manitou 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
73% of recreation and sports money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Rhode Island, currently United States Sailing Foundation, United States Olympic and Paralympic, Manitou Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Rhode Island?: United States Sailing Foundation gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Rhode Island, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Rhode Island?: $29M reached 64 recreation and sports organizations in Rhode Island, from 215 funders. 27% came from funders also based in Rhode Island.
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.

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The regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

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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.