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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Virginia, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Virginia?

National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Virginia, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$70M reached 445 recreation and sports organizations in Virginia, from 539 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Virginia.

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 · Virginia · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Virginia

Most of it comes from outside Virginia: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funders are thin on the ground: 445 recreation and sports organizations share only 539 funders between them.

$70M

granted

445

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

539 funders gave $70M to 445 recreation and sports organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Virginia is National Collegiate Athletic Association, at $25M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Coastal Athletic Association, at $25M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Virginia

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

1National Collegiate Athletic Association$25M 2United States Tennis Association Incorporated$9M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 5Special Olympics Inc$2M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$1M 7The Community Foundation Inc$1M 8United States Olympic and Paralympic$970k 9Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation$918k 10Sentara Health$872k

Recreation and sports organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

Coastal Athletic Association$25M

435 other recreation and sports organizations$21M

USTAMid-Atlantic Foundation$9M Special Olympics Virginia Inc$4M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Virginia are National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
78% of recreation and sports money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Virginia, currently National Collegiate Athletic Association, United States Tennis Association Incorporated, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Virginia?: National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Virginia, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Virginia?: $70M reached 445 recreation and sports organizations in Virginia, from 539 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Virginia.
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 regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

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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.