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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Texas, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Texas?

National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Texas, $81M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$316M reached 806 recreation and sports organizations in Texas, from 1,113 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Texas.

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 · Texas · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Texas

$316M reached 806 recreation and sports organizations in Texas, from 1,113 funders, with no single one dominating.

$316M

granted

806

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

1,113 funders gave $316M to 806 recreation and sports organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Texas is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $81M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, at $40M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Texas

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$81M 2Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc$40M 3Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$13M 4Waterstone Support Foundation Inc$13M 5Scharbauer Foundation Inc$9M 6Permian Basin Area Foundation$8M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$8M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 10Communities Foundation of Texas Inc$5M

Recreation and sports organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

796 other recreation and sports organizations$137M

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo$40M Southland Conference$32M Conference USA$30M Western Athletic Conference$20M Permian Basin Quality of Place$9M Spark$8M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Texas are National Collegiate Athletic Association, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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
51% of recreation and sports money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Texas, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Texas?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Texas, $81M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Texas?: $316M reached 806 recreation and sports organizations in Texas, from 1,113 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Texas.
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.