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Who funds mid-size human services organizations

The funders that back mid-size human services organizations are specialists, not generalists: The Nebraska Masonic Home Foundation gives them 35× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here.

$25.2B
granted
13,009
organizations
40,731
funders

The short version

Funders most focused on mid-size 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 mid-size human services organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).

Mid-size human services organizations that draw the most

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

12,999 other mid-size human services organizations$25B

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mid-size human services nonprofit?
Start with the funders most focused on mid-size human services organizations, currently The Nebraska Masonic Home Foundation, Hendrick Home for Children Trust Xxxxx7007, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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 where each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear.
How much grant money goes to mid-size human services organizations?
$25.2B reached 13,009 mid-size human services organizations from 40,731 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; each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear. 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.