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Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Indiana

Imperigo has identified 261 funders that made 1,432 grants totaling $207.7M to 292 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 $207.7M
Funders 261
Grants 1,432
Organizations funded 292

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Midway USA Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $89K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$323K
52. Mary Cross Tippmann Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2025
$365K
53. Celestine Community Club Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 18.6% of their giving
$16K
54. Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$54K
55. Parkview Health System Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$297K
56. United Way of Central Indiana Inc
31 grants to 6 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024
$688K
57. Fraternal Order of Eagles 2529
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2022 · 19.2% of their giving
$13K
58. Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$202K
59. Down for a Cure Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$20K
60. Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $56K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$157K
61. Indiana Farm Bureau Allen County Farm Bureau Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 27.8% of their giving
$10K
62. The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$171K
65. Social Impact Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$200K
70. United Way of Bartholomew County Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2025
$146K
71. Regional Opportunity Initiatives Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $109K · through 2020
$123K
73. Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2022
$196K
75. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
59 grants to 17 organizations · largest $950K · through 2024
$3.3M
76. The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$552K
82. Nra Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024
$189K
86. The Whas Crusade for Children Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$121K
109. The Dallas Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $208K · through 2022
$208K
119. Tulsa Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2020
$255K
133. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
17 grants to 14 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$201K
137. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
15 grants to 14 organizations · largest $38K · through 2025
$168K
142. Charities Aid Foundation America
13 grants to 9 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$136K

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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