Causes · Human services · large
Who funds large human services organizations
The funders that back large human services organizations are specialists, not generalists: Orange County School Readiness gives them 18.7× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here. Large human services institutions draw a deep funder base, 7 on average, so the competition for their attention is intense.
The short version
- 21,742 funders gave $16.3B to 2,935 large human services organizations (large ($10M and up)) across recent IRS filings.
- The most focused funder is Orange County School Readiness, giving 18.7× the national rate to large human services organizations.
- The largest non-DAF funder is Orange County School Readiness, at $514M.
- The large human services organization drawing the most is Blue Meridian Partners Inc, at $639M.
Funders most focused on large human services 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 large human services organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).
Large human services 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 large human services nonprofit?
- Start with the funders most focused on large human services organizations, currently Orange County School Readiness, BCFS Health and Human Services, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan. 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 large organization here?
- Size is the organization's median total revenue across its filings: large ($10M and up). Cause is its NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File.
- How much grant money goes to large human services organizations?
- $16.3B reached 2,935 large human services organizations from 21,742 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.