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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Tennessee, currently American Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

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

$326M reached 573 recreation and sports organizations in Tennessee, from 786 funders. 41% came from funders also based in Tennessee.

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 · Tennessee · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Tennessee

$326M reached 573 recreation and sports organizations in Tennessee, from 786 funders, with no single one dominating.

$326M

granted

573

organizations

41%

from in-state

The short version

786 funders gave $326M to 573 recreation and sports organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
41% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Tennessee is American Athletic Conference, at $72M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is University of Memphis Foundation, at $72M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Tennessee

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

1American Athletic Conference$72M 2National Collegiate Athletic Association$51M 3The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc$27M 4Pga Tour Inc$11M 5Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc$10M 6The Frist Foundation$7M 7Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau$7M 8The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc$7M 9Hollingsworth Foundation Inc$6M 10Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation$6M

Recreation and sports organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

563 other recreation and sports organizations$97M

University of Memphis Foundation$72M Ohio Valley Conference Inc$51M Lakeshore Park Conservancy$41M Friends of the Warner Parks Inc$13M Memphis River Parks Partnership Inc$12M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Tennessee

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Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Tennessee are American Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Haslam 3 Foundation 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
59% of recreation and sports money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Tennessee, currently American Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Tennessee?: American Athletic Conference gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Tennessee, $72M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Tennessee?: $326M reached 573 recreation and sports organizations in Tennessee, from 786 funders. 41% came from funders also based in Tennessee.
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 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.