Grants for community recreation centers

Name: Top 25 grants made to community recreation centers
Creator: Cause IQ
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557 community recreation centers received at least $28.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 599 grants made from 513 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 513 foundations, 92% made just a single grant to rec centers, and 1% made grants to four or more rec centers. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$28,253,482

Total grant dollars given to community recreation centers

599

Number of grants made annually to community recreation centers

513

Number of grantmakers funding community recreation centers

$1,500

Median grant size to community recreation centers

Foundations that support community recreation centers

Out of all grants made to community recreation centers, 73% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 95% of the dollar-value of grants to rec centers. Foundations funding rec centers also made grants to food banks, educational service providers, multiservice human service organizations, youth development programs, and youth service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	377
Medium	73
Large	63

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	20
Private	405
Corporate	34
Other	54

Grants made

Grants made to rec centers	Number of grantmakers
1	472
2-3	34
4-10	6
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting community recreation centers

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to rec centers	Number of grants made to rec centers	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	14	$2,000
The Troy Foundation	OH	Metro	0.2%	10	$750
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.4%	9	$780
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	6	$1,307
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	5	$700
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	4	$630
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (GTCF)	WA	Metro	0.0%	4	$904
The Nord Family Foundation	OH	State	0.1%	3	$2,500
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.0%	3	$1,000
MANNA Food Bank (MANNA)	NC	Metro	2.6%	3	$1,038

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Community recreation centers grantees

Community recreation centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 75% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 21% of all rec centers.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	592
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	7

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,200
>$5M	$2,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	57
New York	48
Pennsylvania	42
Illinois	35
Other	417

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	38
Chicago	30
Madison	23
Atlanta	23
Other	362

Top 25 grants made to community recreation centers

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore	$6,564,659	General Support	The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
Muskingum Recreation Center	$4,688,950	General Support	Muskingum County Community Foundation (MCCF)
The Big Sky Community Organization (BSCC)	$4,000,000	Environment	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
National Winter Activity Center Winter4kids (NWAC)	$3,342,190	General Support	Community Foundation of New Jersey
The Big Sky Community Organization (BSCC)	$3,026,612	Community Center/trailhead Improv	Yellowstone Club Community Foundation
Jewish Community of Louisville	$2,854,005	Capital Campaign, Programs, Education, Preschool, Camps, Security, Outreach, Engagement	Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE)
Shepherd Center Foundation	$2,500,000	Traumatic Brain Injury Center Expansion Partner	Boulder Crest Foundation
Christian Schools Athletic Fellowship	$5,000	Religious Evangelism	The Clarence W Hottel SR Christian Ministry Trust
The Big Sky Community Organization (BSCC)	$5,000	Program Support	Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South
Prairie Grit Adaptive Sports	$5,000	General Support	InFaith Community Foundation (ICF)
Bensalem Kiwanis Foundation	$5,000	To Build Rock Wall on the Playground To Help Promoting Physical Attributes and Build Self-Confidence of the Students	Albert W Bader Foundation
Santa Fe Bridge Center	$5,000	Operating Support	Thornburg Foundation
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center	$5,000	In Support of the Icon Program	Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center	$5,000	General Operating Support	Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation
Alchemy Skateboarding	$5,000	Charitable Contribution Through the Matching Gifts Program	Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
St Michaels Community Center	$5,000	Sustaining Grant	Ruth and Robert St John Foundation
The Community House	$5,000	The Kids Community @ 284	People's United Community Foundation of Eastern Massachusetts
Aquatorium Innovations	$5,000	To Support the Mission of the Aquatorium	Mon-Vale Health Resources
Hanover Improvement Society Corporation	$5,000	Storrs Pond Recration Area Jack and Dorothy Bryne Foundation Match Challenge	Hypertherm Hope Foundation
The Fit Kids Foundation	$5,000	General Operating Support	Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center	$5,000	General Support	Hunter Family Foundation
Yates Cultural and Recreational Resources	$5,000	In Support of Our Town Rocks	The Nord Family Foundation
Charlo Community Outdoor Complex in	$5,000	General Operating	Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana
Florence Community Center	$5,000	General Operating	Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana
Miami Beach Jewish Community Center	$5,000	General Support To Carry Out the Mission of the Organization	Greater Miami Jewish Federation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Community recreation centers" category for this page is determined by the "N31: Community Recreational Centers" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.