Who funds grassroots health organizations
The funders that back grassroots health organizations are specialists, not generalists: Agape Network Inc gives them 211.6× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here. These are the small organizations the big-institution funders usually miss, so the funders that show up here are the ones worth a small health nonprofit's time.
The short version
- 9,732 funders gave $1.4B to 6,085 grassroots health organizations (grassroots (under $1M)) across recent IRS filings.
- The most focused funder is Agape Network Inc, giving 211.6× the national rate to grassroots health organizations.
- The largest non-DAF funder is Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, at $112M.
- The grassroots health organization drawing the most is Latino Medical Association West INC, at $111M.
Funders most focused on grassroots health 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.
Largest funders by dollars
Real grantmakers giving the most to grassroots health organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).
Grassroots health organizations that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a grassroots health nonprofit?
- Start with the funders most focused on grassroots health organizations, currently Agape Network Inc, Commonwealth Impact Foundation Inc, Bill & Julia Van Domelen Foundation. 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 grassroots organization here?
- Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: grassroots (under $1M). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.
- How much grant money goes to grassroots health organizations?
- $1.4B reached 6,085 grassroots health organizations from 9,732 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
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.