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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in South Carolina, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Richard L Duchossois Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.

How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in South Carolina?

$174M reached 448 recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina, from 678 funders. 18% came from funders also based in South Carolina.

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 · South Carolina · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in South Carolina

Most of it comes from outside South Carolina: only 18% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. One funder dominates the giving, National Collegiate Athletic Association, at 31% of the total.

$174M

granted

448

organizations

18%

from in-state

The short version

678 funders gave $174M to 448 recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
18% of that came from funders also based in South Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in South Carolina is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $54M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is The Southern Conference, at $47M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in South Carolina

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$54M 2Community Foundation of New Jersey$14M 3Richard L Duchossois Foundation$10M 4South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families$8M 5Southern Tennis Association Inc$8M 6Special Olympics Inc$7M 7Clemson University Foundation$6M 8National Philanthropic Trust$5M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 10Foundation for the Carolinas$3M

Recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina that draw the most

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

438 other recreation and sports organizations$54M

The Southern Conference$47M Gbsc Foundation$14M Aiken Horse Park Foundation$12M

How to find recreation and sports funders in South Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in South Carolina are National Collegiate Athletic Association, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Richard L Duchossois 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
82% of recreation and sports money in South Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in South Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in South Carolina, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Richard L Duchossois Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in South Carolina?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina, $54M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in South Carolina?: $174M reached 448 recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina, from 678 funders. 18% came from funders also based in South Carolina.
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.