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 3 of 4

51. Central Florida Rising Stars
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$49K
52. Community Foundation of South Lake County Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $142K · through 2023 · 6.5% of their giving
$150K
58. Pledgeling Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $440K · through 2024
$874K
59. The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc
58 grants to 26 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024
$1.3M
62. Naples Children Foundation Inc
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $128K · through 2024
$858K
64. Community Foundation of Broward Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $240K · through 2024
$679K
65. Orange County Community Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024
$1.6M
67. Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc
39 grants to 15 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024
$991K
71. Wayne County Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$355K
72. Monterey Peninsula Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$550K
77. Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024
$350K
78. Major League Baseball Charities Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$372K
86. Fanatics All in Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$349K
98. Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $343K · through 2023
$523K
105. Indian River Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $88K · through 2024
$336K
111. National Collegiate Athletic Association
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $387K · through 2023
$1.9M
116. Columbus Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.1M
117. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $424K · through 2024
$444K
120. Childnet Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $144K · through 2024
$510K
123. The Miami Foundation Inc
25 grants to 18 organizations · largest $101K · through 2024
$552K
124. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
13 grants to 11 organizations · largest $354K · through 2024
$1.1M
125. Big Bend Community Based Care Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $337K · through 2022
$749K
161. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $301K · through 2025
$732K
163. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
52 grants to 41 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024
$632K
164. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$412K

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.

Other Causes Funded in Florida

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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