Florida · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Florida

Imperigo has identified 479 funders that made 2,884 grants totaling $581.0M to 537 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 $581.0M
Funders 479
Grants 2,884
Organizations funded 537

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc
49 grants to 10 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.7M
52. Gainesville Quarterback Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024 · 50.1% of their giving
$53K
53. Children's Healthcare Charity Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $224K · through 2022 · 2.1% of their giving
$492K
54. Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2022 · 8.4% of their giving
$124K
61. Pledgeling Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $440K · through 2024
$874K
62. The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc
59 grants to 27 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024
$1.3M
64. Naples Children Foundation Inc
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $128K · through 2024
$858K
66. Community Foundation of Broward Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $240K · through 2024
$679K
67. Orange County Community Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024
$1.6M
69. Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc
39 grants to 15 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024
$991K
73. Wayne County Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$355K
74. Monterey Peninsula Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$550K
79. Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024
$350K
80. Major League Baseball Charities Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$372K
89. Fanatics All in Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$349K
100. Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $343K · through 2023
$523K
105. National Collegiate Athletic Association
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $404K · through 2024
$2.4M
109. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
23 grants to 15 organizations · largest $392K · through 2025
$1.7M
119. Columbus Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.1M
120. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $424K · through 2024
$444K
123. Childnet Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $144K · through 2024
$510K
126. The Miami Foundation Inc
29 grants to 20 organizations · largest $101K · through 2025
$681K
127. Big Bend Community Based Care Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $337K · through 2022
$749K
144. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
22 grants to 12 organizations · largest $52K · through 2024
$376K
163. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $301K · through 2025
$732K

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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