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Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Indiana

Imperigo has identified 255 funders that made 1,352 grants totaling $185.3M to 284 recreation & sports organizations in Indiana, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Indiana

Total granted $185.3M
Funders 255
Grants 1,352
Organizations funded 284

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Nfl Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $45.5M · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$46.2M
2. USA Gymnastics Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.4M · through 2024 · 99.7% of their giving
$7.1M
3. Indy Championships Fund Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 34.1% of their giving
$5.3M
4. Go Rving Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 50.2% of their giving
$4.0M
5. Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2021 · 88.5% of their giving
$2.7M
6. National Collegiate Athletic Association
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $7.0M · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$33.2M
7. The Indiana Section of the Pga of America Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $280K · through 2025 · 94.8% of their giving
$673K
8. Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $427K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$1.9M
9. Hendricks County Community Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $750K · through 2022 · 11.6% of their giving
$803K
10. Harrison County Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $216K · through 2024 · 15.6% of their giving
$578K
11. Raymond C Rude Supporting Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $222K · through 2022 · 48.5% of their giving
$425K
12. Community Foundation of Northern Nevada
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $660K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$2.1M
13. Evansville Vanderburgh County Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $292K · through 2024 · 8.2% of their giving
$810K
14. Greater Lafayette Community Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $143K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$821K
15. Pacers Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024 · 19.5% of their giving
$264K
16. Ripley County Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 27.8% of their giving
$251K
17. Henry County Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $267K · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$464K
18. Theta Kappa Inc Lambda Chi Alpha
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$224K
19. The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County Inc
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $204K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$826K
20. The Riviera Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$193K
21. Sylvan Lake Improvement Assoc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $152K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$177K
22. Camp Sertoma Foundation C/O Safecare
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2024 · 22.2% of their giving
$164K
23. Indianapolis Gastroenterology Research Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2022 · 62.7% of their giving
$135K
24. National Federation Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 23.8% of their giving
$125K
25. Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc
35 grants to 14 organizations · largest $618K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$1.8M

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

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