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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Islands Fund, The Vermont Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Vermont?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Vermont, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$65M reached 224 recreation and sports organizations in Vermont, from 648 funders. 19% came from funders also based in Vermont.

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 · Vermont · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Vermont

Most of it comes from outside Vermont: only 19% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$65M

granted

224

organizations

19%

from in-state

The short version

648 funders gave $65M to 224 recreation and sports organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
19% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Vermont is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $8M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is The Aloha Foundation Inc, at $10M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Vermont

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 2Islands Fund$6M 3The Vermont Community Foundation$4M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 5Special Olympics Inc$2M 6Manton Foundation$1M 7New Hampshire Charitable Foundation$1M 8Vt Association of Snow Travelers Inc$1M 9The Kraus Family Foundation$1M 10Pivot Points Foundation$956k

Recreation and sports organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

214 other recreation and sports organizations$29M

The Aloha Foundation Inc$10M The Keewaydin Foundation$8M Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center Inc$3M Special Olympics Vermont Inc$3M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Vermont

1
Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Vermont are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Islands Fund, The Vermont Community Foundation. 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
81% of recreation and sports money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Islands Fund, The Vermont Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Vermont?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Vermont, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Vermont?: $65M reached 224 recreation and sports organizations in Vermont, from 648 funders. 19% came from funders also based in Vermont.
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 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.