Grants for training camps

Name: Top 25 grants made to sports training camps and centers
Creator: Cause IQ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

286 sports training camps and centers received at least $217.5 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 189 grants made from 127 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 127 foundations, 87% made just a single grant to training camps, and 3% made grants to four or more training camps. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$217,466,844

Total grant dollars given to training camps

189

Number of grants made annually to training camps

127

Number of grantmakers funding training camps

$1,500

Median grant size to training camps

Foundations that support sports training camps and centers

Out of all grants made to training camps, 70% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 99% of the dollar-value of grants to training camps. Foundations funding training camps also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, religious organizations, christian organizations, colleges, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	89
Medium	15
Large	23

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	4
Private	86
Corporate	18
Other	19

Grants made

Grants made to training camps	Number of grantmakers
1	111
2-3	11
4-10	4
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting sports training camps and centers

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to training camps	Number of grants made to training camps	Median grant size
National Collegiate Athletic Association	IN	National	53.8%	25	$4,759,496
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.2%	9	$395
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	7	$1,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	7	$250
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	4	$87
The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation	DE	Metro	4.9%	3	$1,500
Sacred Heart Childrens Center	WV	State	3.7%	3	$500
The Graco Foundation	MN	Metro	0.1%	3	$1,000
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.0%	3	$400
NFL Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	2	$5,000

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Sports training camps and centers grantees

Training camps with more than $5 million in total revenues received 92% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 21% of all training camps.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	163
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	26

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$842
$1M-$5M	$3,000
>$5M	$4.1 million

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	28
New York	19
Georgia	15
Wisconsin	12
Other	115

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	20
Atlanta	14
Nashville	10
Los Angeles	7
Other	125

Top 25 grants made to training camps

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Kstate Athletics	$35,602,303	Scholarships/support	Kansas State University Foundation
Georgia Tech Athletic Association	$30,876,085	Allocation of General Support	Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference	$22,553,741	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
American Athletic Conference	$9,913,799	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Big East Conference	$9,185,726	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Atlantic 10 Conference	$8,068,661	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Mountain West Conference	$7,605,493	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Conference USA	$7,190,940	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Mid-American Conference	$6,976,808	Scholarships/grants/sponsorship	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Sun Belt Conference	$5,934,593	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
West Coast Conference (WCC)	$5,841,648	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Southland Conference	$5,711,942	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Army West Point Athletic Association	$5,419,249	Cadet Activities	West Point Association of Graduates
The Patriot League	$5,253,463	Scholarships/grants/sponsorship	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)	$4,771,972	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Big West Conference	$4,759,496	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Northeast Conference	$4,727,899	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Big Sky Conference	$4,618,357	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Southern Conference	$4,338,554	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)	$4,228,157	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	$4,225,653	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)	$4,061,799	Scholarships/grants/sponsorship	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Big South Conference	$4,041,637	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Atlantic Sun Conference	$4,009,350	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Horizon League	$3,777,339	Scholarships/grants/sponsorship	National Collegiate Athletic Association

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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 "Training camps" category for this page is determined by the "N40: Sports Training Facilities, Agencies" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.