Who funds large religion organizations
The funders that back large religion organizations are specialists, not generalists: J E Barbey 8 FBO Tenacre Fdn gives them 107.2× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here. Large religion institutions draw a deep funder base, 21 on average, so the competition for their attention is intense.
The short version
- 4,753 funders gave $2.8B to 222 large religion organizations (large ($10M and up)) across recent IRS filings.
- The most focused funder is J E Barbey 8 FBO Tenacre Fdn, giving 107.2× the national rate to large religion organizations.
- The largest non-DAF funder is J E Barbey 8 FBO Tenacre Fdn, at $146M.
- The large religion organization drawing the most is Samaritan's Purse, at $336M.
Funders most focused on large religion 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 religion organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).
Large religion 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 religion nonprofit?
- Start with the funders most focused on large religion organizations, currently J E Barbey 8 FBO Tenacre Fdn, The Signatry Charitable Trust, Regional West Medical Center. 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 religion organizations?
- $2.8B reached 222 large religion organizations from 4,753 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.