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 3 of 4

53. Rite Aid Healthy Futures
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$56K
56. Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$60K
59. The Wawa Foundation Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023
$37K
60. United Way Miami Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $17K · through 2024
$62K
62. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024
$55K
64. Tulsa Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $101K · through 2024
$101K
66. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$40K
70. The New York Community Trust
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024
$86K
71. The Chicago Community Trust
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $40K · through 2023
$222K
75. Jewish Communal Fund
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023
$150K
76. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
7 grants to 7 organizations · largest $45K · through 2022
$92K
85. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024
$50K
86. Greater Houston Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$44K
89. Tides Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2023
$61K
93. California Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2020
$35K
94. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024
$76K
109. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
182 grants to 79 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024
$10.1M
110. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
49 grants to 22 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$6.2M
111. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
34 grants to 16 organizations · largest $850K · through 2024
$3.9M
112. Network for GoodDonor-advised
28 grants to 11 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024
$988K
113. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
66 grants to 31 organizations · largest $334K · through 2024
$3.2M
114. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $223K · through 2024
$610K
115. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
101 grants to 49 organizations · largest $89K · through 2024
$1.5M
116. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
26 grants to 14 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$523K
117. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $114K · through 2024
$617K

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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