Florida · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Florida

Imperigo has identified 468 funders that made 2,769 grants totaling $572.0M to 526 recreation & sports organizations in Florida, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Florida

Total granted $572.0M
Funders 468
Grants 2,769
Organizations funded 526

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Gator Boosters Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $58.5M · through 2024 · 99.9% of their giving
$218.9M
2. Pga Tour Inc
44 grants to 15 organizations · largest $8.2M · through 2024 · 20.4% of their giving
$35.0M
3. Florida State Golf Association Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.5M
4. Florida Sports Foundation Incorporated
23 grants to 4 organizations · largest $966K · through 2024 · 30.9% of their giving
$5.2M
5. Top Jewish Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 16.8% of their giving
$5.7M
6. Healthy Start Momcare Network Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$14.2M
7. Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $854K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$4.6M
8. Givewell Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7.8M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$7.8M
9. Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2023 · 26.3% of their giving
$929K
10. Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $857K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$2.5M
11. The Professional Golfers Assoc of America
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$2.2M
12. Pensacola Care Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 11.0% of their giving
$1.1M
13. Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc
31 grants to 9 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 16.5% of their giving
$722K
14. Ladies Professional Golf Association
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 14.3% of their giving
$815K
15. Prime Time Palm Beach County Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $304K · through 2023 · 6.7% of their giving
$1.4M
16. 3M Open Fund
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $260K · through 2024 · 11.7% of their giving
$810K
17. USTA Florida Section Foundation Inc
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $68K · through 2025 · 24.2% of their giving
$387K
18. 4ROOTS Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2023 · 45.6% of their giving
$360K
19. All Sports Association Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024 · 26.3% of their giving
$286K
20. National Golf Course Owners Association
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 60.5% of their giving
$258K
21. Sunset Polo International Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $130K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$255K
22. Worknet Pinellas Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $419K · through 2023 · 12.0% of their giving
$419K
23. Florida K of C Charities Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $96K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$442K
24. Charlotte Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $497K · through 2024 · 8.8% of their giving
$503K
25. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
59 grants to 23 organizations · largest $4.1M · through 2024
$20.7M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports work in Florida, 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. 14 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 Florida. 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 Florida, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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