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

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Wisconsin, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Greater Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin from out of state.

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

$48M reached 521 recreation and sports organizations in Wisconsin, from 538 funders. 48% came from funders also based in Wisconsin.

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 · Wisconsin · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Wisconsin

Recreation and sports funding in Wisconsin is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Next Door Foundation Inc leads, and the money reaches 521 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 521 recreation and sports organizations share only 538 funders between them.

$48M

granted

521

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

538 funders gave $48M to 521 recreation and sports organizations in Wisconsin across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% of that came from funders also based in Wisconsin; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Wisconsin is Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, at $5M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Next Door Foundation Inc, at $4M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Wisconsin

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

1Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 2Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc$5M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 4Camp Nebagamon Foundation$2M 5Sailing Education Association Of$2M 6American Endowment Foundation$1M 7United Way of Greater Milwaukee &$1M 8Craig C Culver Family Foundation Inc$1M 9Violet M Johnson Family Foundation$1M 10Buffett Early Childhood Fund$975k

Recreation and sports organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

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

511 other recreation and sports organizations$25M

Next Door Foundation Inc$4M Camp Nebagamon$4M Seas Foundation Ltd$4M Riverbend Stadium Authority Inc$2M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Wisconsin

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Start with the funders already active in Wisconsin
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Wisconsin are Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Greater Milwaukee 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
52% of recreation and sports money in Wisconsin comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Wisconsin?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Wisconsin, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Greater Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Wisconsin?: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Wisconsin, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Wisconsin?: $48M reached 521 recreation and sports organizations in Wisconsin, from 538 funders. 48% came from funders also based in Wisconsin.
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.