California · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in California

Imperigo has identified 826 funders that made 8,181 grants totaling $797.9M to 1,392 recreation & sports organizations in California, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in California

Total granted $797.9M
Funders 826
Grants 8,181
Organizations funded 1,392

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Alameda County Electr Labor Mgmt Coop Committee
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2024 · 35.0% of their giving
$112K
52. Cow Camp Caridades
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2023 · 14.8% of their giving
$140K
53. Del Mar Water Polo Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $97K · through 2023 · 76.3% of their giving
$97K
54. California Foundation for Stronger Communities
14 grants to 9 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$724K
55. Marin Community Foundation
73 grants to 29 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$4.7M
56. Pebble Beach Company Foundation
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $86K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$362K
63. Orange County Community Foundation
66 grants to 24 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024
$2.6M
65. Give Back Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $363K · through 2025
$1.8M
67. Eat Learn Play Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $288K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$625K
72. California Community Foundation
109 grants to 47 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$4.4M
74. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma
56 grants to 25 organizations · largest $224K · through 2024
$2.3M
75. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
140 grants to 65 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2024
$11.0M
77. North Valley Community Foundation
18 grants to 6 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$786K
83. The San Francisco Foundation
89 grants to 40 organizations · largest $316K · through 2024
$2.9M
88. Santa Barbara Foundation
30 grants to 15 organizations · largest $126K · through 2024
$898K
90. Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $87K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$525K
95. Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
16 grants to 9 organizations · largest $179K · through 2024
$743K
97. American Gift Fund
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$1.1M
99. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
201 grants to 140 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$3.1M
104. Sonoma County Community Foundation
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $163K · through 2024
$701K
105. Pasadena Community Foundation
22 grants to 10 organizations · largest $80K · through 2025
$564K
106. Charities Aid Foundation America
173 grants to 92 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024
$2.9M
107. Tipping Point Community
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $280K · through 2024
$922K
128. Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $490K · through 2024
$691K
132. Sacramento Region Community Foundation
19 grants to 12 organizations · largest $144K · through 2020
$533K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports work in California, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 16 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering recreation & sports work, with an address in California. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable recreation & sports funding in California, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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