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Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Mississippi

Imperigo has identified 37 funders that made 115 grants totaling $57.5M to 33 recreation & sports organizations in Mississippi, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Mississippi

Total granted $57.5M
Funders 37
Grants 115
Organizations funded 33

Top Funders — page 1 of 2

1. Tampa Bay Bowl Association Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2023 · 19.9% of their giving
$5.8M
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10.6M · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$46.6M
3. Cooperative Energy
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $241K · through 2022 · 13.1% of their giving
$291K
4. Flowood Best
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024 · 72.3% of their giving
$33K
5. Pga Tour Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $225K · through 2024
$1.0M
6. Community Foundation of East Mississippi
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$40K
7. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2023
$42K
8. Pinebelt Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2025
$43K
9. Real Christian Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2024
$9K
10. The Better Life Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020
$5K
11. Care Camps Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2024
$9K
12. Charities Aid Foundation America
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024
$107K
13. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2023
$35K
14. Community Foundation for Mississippi
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2020
$6K
15. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $48K · through 2024
$121K
16. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$15K
17. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020
$11K
18. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024
$590K
19. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $47K · through 2022
$57K
20. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$31K
21. Network for GoodDonor-advised
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2021
$39K
22. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$93K
23. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11K · through 2021
$22K
24. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$15K
25. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024
$5K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports work in Mississippi, 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. 8 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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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