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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 3 of 4

51. Parkview Health System Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$297K
52. United Way of Central Indiana Inc
31 grants to 6 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024
$688K
53. Fraternal Order of Eagles 2529
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2022 · 19.2% of their giving
$13K
54. Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$202K
55. Down for a Cure Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$20K
56. Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $56K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$157K
57. Indiana Farm Bureau Allen County Farm Bureau Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 27.8% of their giving
$10K
58. The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$171K
59. Cressy Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$50K
60. Indiana Youth Institute Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$82K
61. Social Impact Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$200K
68. United Way of Bartholomew County Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2025
$146K
69. Regional Opportunity Initiatives Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $109K · through 2020
$123K
70. Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2022
$196K
72. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
59 grants to 17 organizations · largest $950K · through 2024
$3.3M
73. The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$552K
79. Nra Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024
$189K
109. The Dallas Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $208K · through 2022
$208K
111. The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024
$112K
115. Tulsa Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2020
$255K
131. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
17 grants to 14 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$201K
137. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
11 grants to 11 organizations · largest $38K · through 2022
$126K
139. Charities Aid Foundation America
12 grants to 8 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$130K
165. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
21 grants to 10 organizations · largest $255K · through 2024
$1.0M
166. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
136 grants to 70 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$3.9M

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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