Home › United States Amateur sport and recreation: charities in United States Registered 98,915 charities
Total income $24.18bn latest returns
Median income $112k per charity
Top-10 share 33% of income
Overview United States has 98,915 registered charities working on amateur sport and recreation on the current register extract, of which 30,892 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported $24.18bn of income. The median charity took in $112k, while the largest tenth reported $759k or more, so a typical donation goes to a far smaller organisation than the household names at the top of this list.
Income is concentrated: the ten largest charities working on amateur sport and recreation account for 33% of the total. Across the whole group, 880 charities have a note from the register, such as overdue accounts or three years of spending above income, and those notes are shown on each charity's page.
14,114 of the charities with reported income (46%) took in under $100k a year. Pages for the 18,405 charities with several years of accounts include their full income history, a comparison with similar-sized peers and a breakdown of where the money comes from.
Largest by income # Charity Location Income 1 Northwestern University Evanston, IL $3.32bn 2 National Collegiate Athletic Association Indianapolis, IN $1.26bn 3 Southeastern Conference Birmingham, AL $852.6m 4 Atlantic Coast Conference Charlotte, NC $706.6m 5 Pac-12 Conference San Ramon, CA $603.9m 6 Elderhostel Inc Boston, MA $383.7m 7 United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Colorado Springs, CO $242.0m 8 United States Golf Association Far Hills, NJ $211.6m 9 University Athletic Association Inc Gainesville, FL $192.8m 10 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Inc Houston, TX $192.2m 11 Southeast Volusia Healthcare Corporation New Smyrna, FL $172.0m 12 Special Olympics Inc Washington, DC $152.2m 13 United States Soccer Federation Inc Chicago, IL $149.2m 14 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Assn Pasadena, CA $148.8m 15 Central Park Conservancy Inc New York, NY $148.0m 16 Usta National Tennis Center Inc Purchase, NY $140.8m 17 University of Louisville Athletic Louisville, KY $137.0m 18 Amery Regional Medical Center Inc Bloomington, MN $81.9m 19 Multipurpose Arena Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX $79.8m 20 Mountain West Conference Colorado SPGS, CO $78.2m 21 State Fair of Texas Dallas, TX $77.7m 22 United State Olympic and Paralympic Properties LLC Los Angeles, CA $71.6m 23 Energy Outreach Colorado Denver, CO $71.5m 24 American Youth Soccer Organization Torrance, CA $71.3m 25 Goodwill Industries International Inc Rockville, MD $71.0m 26 New York Edge Inc Woodside, NY $66.2m 27 National Football League Foundation New York, NY $61.6m 28 USA Hockey Inc Colorado SPGS, CO $54.0m 29 Utah Athletic Foundation Park City, UT $52.5m 30 Bonnet Springs Park Inc Lakeland, FL $52.4m 31 Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc Detroit, MI $52.1m 32 African Parks Foundation of America Washington, DC $51.6m 33 National Forest Foundation Missoula, MT $51.6m 34 San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc San Antonio, TX $50.4m 35 Conference U S a Coppell, TX $50.1m 36 Western Washington Fair Association Puyallup, WA $48.8m 37 United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation Colorado Springs, CO $48.8m 38 Peach Bowl Inc Atlanta, GA $47.4m 39 Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety Anniston, AL $46.9m 40 Earth Day Texas Inc Dallas, TX $43.2m 41 USA Volleyball Colorado SPGS, CO $42.8m 42 Sun Belt Conference New Orleans, LA $40.0m 43 Western Stock Show Association Denver, CO $39.1m 44 Little League Baseball Inc Williamsport, PA $38.7m 45 USA Swimming Inc Colorado Springs, CO $38.5m 46 Louisville Arena Authority Inc Louisville, KY $38.4m 47 USA Track & Field Inc Indianapolis, IN $37.9m 48 Charleston Educational Excellence Financing Corporation Charleston, SC $37.4m 49 United States Equestrian Federation Inc Lexington, KY $35.7m 50 United States Bowling Congress Inc Arlington, TX $35.5m 51 Eastern National Fort Washington, PA $34.7m 52 Asphalt Green Inc New York, NY $33.6m 53 International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated Newport, RI $32.7m 54 Eastern States Exposition West Springfield, MA $32.2m 55 United States Ski Association Park City, UT $31.9m 56 Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation Brooklyn, NY $31.0m 57 United States Anti-Doping Agency Colorado SPGS, CO $30.8m 58 Alameda County Agricultural Fair Association Pleasanton, CA $30.7m 59 East Side House Inc Bronx, NY $30.7m 60 Bentonville Bella Vista Blazer Association Bentonville, AR $28.7m
Charities by income band $under 10k 11th pct
1,608 charities
$10k-100k 87th pct
12,506 charities
$100k-1m 100th pct
14,341 charities
$1m-10m 15th pct
2,222 charities
$10m-100m 1st pct
198 charities
$100m+ 1st pct
17 charities
Registrations by year 0 2,960 5,919 8,879 12k 00 New registrations: $861 00 01 New registrations: $907 01 02 New registrations: $1,229 02 03 New registrations: $896 03 04 New registrations: $1,881 04 05 New registrations: $1,071 05 06 New registrations: $1,082 06 07 New registrations: $1,103 07 08 New registrations: $1,033 08 09 New registrations: $1,344 09 10 New registrations: $1,303 10 11 New registrations: $1,345 11 12 New registrations: $1,378 12 13 New registrations: $1,240 13 14 New registrations: $4,218 14 15 New registrations: $3,236 15 16 New registrations: $3,349 16 17 New registrations: $3,322 17 18 New registrations: $3,696 18 19 New registrations: $4,149 19 20 New registrations: $2,961 20 21 New registrations: $3,447 21 22 New registrations: $6,398 22 23 New registrations: $7,454 23 24 New registrations: $10,705 24 25 New registrations: $11,838 25 26 New registrations: $9,406 26 New registrations