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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Utah, currently United States Olympic and Paralympic, National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Ski Association. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Utah from out of state.

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

$111M reached 120 recreation and sports organizations in Utah, from 305 funders. 26% came from funders also based in Utah.

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 · Utah · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Utah

Most of it comes from outside Utah: only 26% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$111M

granted

120

organizations

26%

from in-state

The short version

305 funders gave $111M to 120 recreation and sports organizations in Utah across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
26% of that came from funders also based in Utah; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Utah is United States Olympic and Paralympic, at $32M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is United States Ski Association, at $33M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Utah

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

1United States Olympic and Paralympic$32M 2National Collegiate Athletic Association$19M 3United States Ski Association$12M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$9M 5USSA Investment Fund$7M 6The McGrath Family Foundation$2M 7Center of Excellence Properties Fund$2M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$1M 9Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$1M 10United States Ski Team Foundation$1M

Recreation and sports organizations in Utah that draw the most

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

United States Ski Association$33M United States Ski Team Foundation$26M Big Sky Conference$19M National Ability Center$9M

110 other recreation and sports organizations$8M

US Speedskating$7M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Utah

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Start with the funders already active in Utah
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Utah are United States Olympic and Paralympic, National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Ski Association. 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
74% of recreation and sports money in Utah comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Utah.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Utah?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Utah, currently United States Olympic and Paralympic, National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Ski Association. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Utah from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Utah?: United States Olympic and Paralympic gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Utah, $32M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Utah?: $111M reached 120 recreation and sports organizations in Utah, from 305 funders. 26% came from funders also based in Utah.
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.