How do I find funders for a mid-size disaster and safety nonprofit?

Start with the funders most focused on mid-size disaster and safety organizations, currently Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, Kennett Fire and EMS Regional, Center for Technology and Civic Life. Donor-advised funds and mega-funds are excluded, so these are funders that genuinely back organizations your size, not pass-through accounts.

What counts as a mid-size organization here?

Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: mid-size ($1M to $10M). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.

How much grant money goes to mid-size disaster and safety organizations?

$361M reached 392 mid-size disaster and safety organizations from 1,543 funders. Money parked in the regranting layer is netted out.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings across recent fiscal years. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Causes · Disaster and safety · mid-size

Who funds mid-size disaster and safety organizations

The funders that back mid-size disaster and safety organizations are specialists, not generalists: Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation gives them 502× the national rate, with 99% of its grants going here.

$361M

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392

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1,543

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The short version

1,543 funders gave $361M to 392 mid-size disaster and safety organizations (mid-size ($1M to $10M)) across recent IRS filings.
The most focused funder is Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, giving 502× the national rate to mid-size disaster and safety organizations.
The largest non-DAF funder is Craig Newmark Foundation, at $10M.
The mid-size disaster and safety organization drawing the most is The Daniel R Sayre Memorial Foundation, at $24M.

Funders most focused on mid-size disaster and safety organizations

Not the biggest checks, the most committed: each gives this size and cause an outsized share of its budget against the national rate, shrunk toward that rate so a small specialist needs real volume to rank.

Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation502×$4M · 99% of its giving Kennett Fire and EMS Regional454.1×$6M · 72% of its giving Center for Technology and Civic Life412.3×$8M · 60% of its giving Christian Ministry Alliance358.1×$2M · 89% of its giving National Council of the US Society Of285.4×$2M · 58% of its giving Secunda Family Foundation Inc245.3×$7M · 34% of its giving National Fallen Firefighters Foundation244.9×$1M · 87% of its giving Project on Fair Representation Inc215.4×$2M · 52% of its giving

Largest funders by dollars

Real grantmakers giving the most to mid-size disaster and safety organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).

1Craig Newmark Foundation$10M 2Center for Technology and Civic Life$8M 3Donors Trust Inc$8M 4Secunda Family Foundation Inc$7M 5Kennett Fire and EMS Regional$6M 6Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$5M 7Waverley Street Foundation$5M 8Ford Motor Company Fund$5M

Mid-size disaster and safety organizations that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

382 other mid-size disaster and safety organizations$209M

The Daniel R Sayre Memorial Foundation$24M Nethope Inc$22M US Digital Response$21M Foundation for Louisiana$21M Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative$13M Global Cyber Alliance Inc$12M

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mid-size disaster and safety nonprofit?: Start with the funders most focused on mid-size disaster and safety organizations, currently Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, Kennett Fire and EMS Regional, Center for Technology and Civic Life. Donor-advised funds and mega-funds are excluded, so these are funders that genuinely back organizations your size, not pass-through accounts.
What counts as a mid-size organization here?: Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: mid-size ($1M to $10M). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.
How much grant money goes to mid-size disaster and safety organizations?: $361M reached 392 mid-size disaster and safety organizations from 1,543 funders. Money parked in the regranting layer is netted out.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings across recent fiscal years. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

By state

where grant money is based, and what stays home

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Size is median total revenue; cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File. Read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML across recent fiscal years, among (c)(3) funders and recipients resolved by EIN, with the regranting layer netted out. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.