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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Washington, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, 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 Washington from out of state.

Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Washington?

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Washington, $54M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$353M reached 1,167 recreation and sports organizations in Washington, from 1,214 funders. 36% came from funders also based in Washington.

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 · Washington · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Washington

Funders are thin on the ground: 1,167 recreation and sports organizations share only 1,214 funders between them.

$353M

granted

1,167

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

1,214 funders gave $353M to 1,167 recreation and sports organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Washington is Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, at $54M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Friends of Seattle Waterfront, at $85M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Washington

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

1Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$54M 2American Online Giving Foundation Inc$32M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$21M 4Seattle Foundation$21M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$19M 6West Coast Conference$18M 7Gates Foundation$15M 8The Norcliffe Foundation$9M 9Special Olympics Inc$8M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$7M

Recreation and sports organizations in Washington that draw the most

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

1,157 other recreation and sports organizations$149M

Friends of Seattle Waterfront$85M La Clippers Foundation$34M Corporation of Gonzaga University$19M Washington Trails Association$12M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Washington

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Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Washington are Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, 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
64% of recreation and sports money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Washington?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Washington, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, 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 Washington from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Washington?: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Washington, $54M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Washington?: $353M reached 1,167 recreation and sports organizations in Washington, from 1,214 funders. 36% came from funders also based in Washington.
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 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.