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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 2 of 4

26. Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $568K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.0M
27. Bluhm County Park Endowment Fund C/O Harbour Trust & Investment Mgmt Co
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$86K
28. The Athlete Assistance Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2023 · 19.6% of their giving
$85K
29. Union County Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024 · 10.4% of their giving
$136K
30. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No 481
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2025 · 10.7% of their giving
$120K
31. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 748
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 19.3% of their giving
$62K
32. Junior Volleyball Directors Assoc Inc Junior Volleyball Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 89.8% of their giving
$50K
33. Community Foundation Alliance Inc
20 grants to 10 organizations · largest $270K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$481K
34. Hamilton County Tourism Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$190K
35. Central Indiana Health Association Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$118K
36. Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $196K · through 2022 · 1.9% of their giving
$342K
37. Community Foundation of Howard County
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $156K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$281K
38. USA Swimming Inc DBA Indiana Swimming
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $5K · through 2022 · 62.5% of their giving
$26K
39. Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$898K
40. Harrison County Community Foundation Supporting Organization Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $228K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$315K
41. Aws Foundation Inc
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$404K
42. Ciba Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 59.0% of their giving
$23K
43. Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $243K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$310K
44. Greenwood Lodge No 2079 Loyal Order of Moose Incorporated
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 52.5% of their giving
$20K
45. Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc
18 grants to 5 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024
$400K
46. Mad Anthony Childrens Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 8.0% of their giving
$42K
47. Midway USA Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $89K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$323K
48. Mary Cross Tippmann Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2025
$365K
49. Celestine Community Club Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 18.6% of their giving
$16K
50. Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$54K

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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