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.

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

$332M reached 983 recreation and sports organizations in Virginia, from 1,393 funders. 23% 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 23% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. One funder dominates the giving, National Collegiate Athletic Association, at 31% of the total.

$332M

granted

983

organizations

23%

from in-state

The short version

1,393 funders gave $332M to 983 recreation and sports organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
23% 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 $103M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Coastal Athletic Association, at $56M.

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$103M 2United States Tennis Association Incorporated$22M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$17M 4Freedom Together Foundation$15M 5The Community Foundation Inc$12M 6Special Olympics Inc$8M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 8The Rimora Foundation$5M 9Wal-Mart Foundation$5M 10American Online Giving Foundation Inc$4M

Recreation and sports organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

973 other recreation and sports organizations$110M

Coastal Athletic Association$56M Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference$45M Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc$37M National Recreation and Park Association$26M USTAMid-Atlantic Foundation$23M

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
77% 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, $103M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Virginia?: $332M reached 983 recreation and sports organizations in Virginia, from 1,393 funders. 23% 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.

More from the funding graph

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 endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.