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Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Georgia

Imperigo has identified 298 funders that made 1,814 grants totaling $142.0M to 258 recreation & sports organizations in Georgia, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Georgia

Total granted $142.0M
Funders 298
Grants 1,814
Organizations funded 258

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association
20 grants to 4 organizations · largest $7.8M · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$34.0M
2. Atlanta Concorde Fire Soccer Association Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $915K · through 2023 · 98.2% of their giving
$1.4M
3. Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2023 · 5.8% of their giving
$3.0M
4. Northeast Georgia Health System Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $606K · through 2021 · 10.4% of their giving
$1.2M
5. THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$4.7M
6. Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2022 · 4.7% of their giving
$1.6M
7. The Waterfall Foundation Inc
18 grants to 11 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$1.7M
8. Atlanta Classic Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $225K · through 2020 · 21.9% of their giving
$350K
9. Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc
36 grants to 15 organizations · largest $486K · through 2023 · 2.6% of their giving
$2.6M
10. The Players Alliance Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $187K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$529K
11. The Resurgens Charitable Foundation Inc
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $75K · through 2025 · 26.6% of their giving
$318K
12. Soga Support Organization Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$290K
13. Buckhead Rotary Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 21.1% of their giving
$173K
14. Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$172K
15. East Lake Foundationinc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $254K · through 2023 · 5.7% of their giving
$418K
16. Carlsbad Convention & Visitors Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 76.9% of their giving
$100K
17. Georgia Hunter Jumper Association
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $33K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$98K
18. Candler Park Neighborhood Organization Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$80K
19. Pga Tour Inc
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $415K · through 2024
$1.6M
20. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
86 grants to 34 organizations · largest $213K · through 2024
$3.4M
21. Talor Gooch Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024 · 15.9% of their giving
$93K
22. Lake Lanier Sailing Club Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$71K
23. Kevin Harvick Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$100K
24. The Savannah Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $244K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$501K
25. The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $435K · through 2020 · 2.2% of their giving
$435K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports work in Georgia, 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. 11 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 Georgia. 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 Georgia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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