New Jersey · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in New Jersey

Imperigo has identified 206 funders that made 1,130 grants totaling $93.4M to 241 recreation & sports organizations in New Jersey, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in New Jersey

Total granted $93.4M
Funders 206
Grants 1,130
Organizations funded 241

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. The Vermont Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $152K · through 2023
$294K
27. The Cleveland Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$630K
28. The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2020 · 1.0% of their giving
$44K
29. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 1246
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2021 · 3.1% of their giving
$11K
30. Medical and Dental Staff of Southern Ocean Medical Center
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 5.1% of their giving
$6K
31. Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024
$157K
32. Shore to Help Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 2.5% of their giving
$10K
33. Penn Engineering Charitable Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 3.0% of their giving
$6K
34. Care Camps Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024
$38K
35. Park Avenue Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2019 · 2.2% of their giving
$7K
36. American Trails
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023
$15K
37. Martin W Richard Charitable Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019
$25K
38. Capital City Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2021 · 2.7% of their giving
$5K
39. Frontstream Global Fund
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $49K · through 2023
$87K
40. Phillies Charities Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2023
$35K
41. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $302K · through 2023
$1.1M
42. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$200K
44. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $220K · through 2023
$357K
45. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
26 grants to 21 organizations · largest $58K · through 2024
$366K
46. Charities Aid Foundation America
30 grants to 16 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024
$346K
47. Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023
$50K
49. National Collegiate Athletic Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $99K · through 2023
$415K
50. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $254K · through 2025
$346K
51. Pga Tour Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $45K · through 2023
$91K
52. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024
$118K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports work in New Jersey, 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. 13 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 New Jersey. 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 New Jersey, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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