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, South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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?

$18M reached 160 recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina, from 272 funders. 28% 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 28% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$18M

granted

160

organizations

28%

from in-state

The short version

272 funders gave $18M to 160 recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
28% 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 $3M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Midlands Fatherhood Coalition, at $3M.

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$3M 2South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families$3M 3Foundation for the Carolinas$756k 4Anmed Health$662k 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$500k 6South Carolina Christian Foundation$497k 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$462k 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$425k 9College of Charleston Foundation$405k 10Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc$402k

Recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina that draw the most

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

150 other recreation and sports organizations$6M

Midlands Fatherhood Coalition$3M Conference Carolinas$1M Kids on Point Inc$1M South Atlantic Conference$1M Playsafe$996k Wilds Christian Association Inc$923k

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, South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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
72% 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, South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, Foundation for the Carolinas. 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, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in South Carolina?: $18M reached 160 recreation and sports organizations in South Carolina, from 272 funders. 28% 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 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.