Causes · Social science · mid-size
Who funds mid-size social science organizations
The funders that back mid-size social science organizations are specialists, not generalists: Andre & Katherine Merage Foundation of Nevada gives them 981× the national rate, with 100% of its grants going here.
The short version
- 1,607 funders gave $820M to 268 mid-size social science organizations (mid-size ($1M to $10M)) across recent IRS filings.
- The most focused funder is Andre & Katherine Merage Foundation of Nevada, giving 981× the national rate to mid-size social science organizations.
- The largest non-DAF funder is Open Society Institute, at $67M.
- The mid-size social science organization drawing the most is The Institute for New Economic Thinking Inc, at $67M.
Funders most focused on mid-size social science 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 social science organizations (donor-advised and mega-funds excluded).
Mid-size social science 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 mid-size social science nonprofit?
- Start with the funders most focused on mid-size social science organizations, currently Andre & Katherine Merage Foundation of Nevada, Waitt Foundation, David J & Mary L G Theroux 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 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 social science organizations?
- $820M reached 268 mid-size social science organizations from 1,607 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.