Report · Funding by state

US grantmaking by state

Where US grant money is based, and how much of it stays close to home. Mississippi keeps the most in-state at 81%. Delaware keeps the least at 3%, a fund domicile whose money grants everywhere. Pick a state for its largest funders and the organizations they back.

Most state-heavy

share of grant dollars that stay in-state

Mississippi81%Hawaii75%Nebraska74%Tennessee74%

Most national

least of their money stays home

Delaware3%Washington, D.C.22%Massachusetts24%Kansas26%

Tightest local network

funders co-fund alongside in-state funders

Hawaii91%Alabama84%Louisiana75%Iowa72%

See the money cross state linesAn interactive map of state-to-state grant flows. Massachusetts draws the most in; Washington State sends the most out.Which US foundations give to your country?US grant money crosses borders too. See the top US funders, recipients and causes for every country.

Every state

StateGrantedIn-state

California13,673 funders$74.3B44%New York11,643 funders$57.3B48%Massachusetts4,176 funders$45.8B24%Washington2,696 funders$33.1B73%Florida8,681 funders$27.8B60%Pennsylvania6,872 funders$25.9B29%Texas10,309 funders$25.8B55%Illinois6,357 funders$23.2B38%Washington, D.C.2,086 funders$19.8B22%Georgia2,675 funders$17.2B30%Minnesota2,792 funders$15.7B73%Ohio5,114 funders$14.2B53%North Carolina2,897 funders$13.6B62%Indiana2,335 funders$12.1B39%Delaware2,492 funders$10.8B3%Virginia3,339 funders$10.7B40%Michigan3,439 funders$10.2B69%New Jersey3,661 funders$8.5B48%Maryland2,531 funders$8.3B29%Colorado2,779 funders$7.6B61%Tennessee1,740 funders$6.7B74%Wisconsin3,483 funders$6.4B49%Missouri2,957 funders$5.9B59%Kansas1,388 funders$5.8B26%Nebraska1,039 funders$4.9B74%Arizona1,849 funders$4.1B41%Oregon1,600 funders$4.0B49%Connecticut1,907 funders$4.0B44%Iowa1,572 funders$3.5B66%Arkansas656 funders$3.5B37%Kentucky1,147 funders$3.4B73%South Carolina1,171 funders$3.1B30%Oklahoma1,252 funders$3.0B58%Utah1,054 funders$2.6B37%Louisiana1,063 funders$1.8B60%Alabama1,421 funders$1.8B46%Nevada2,085 funders$1.5B46%South Dakota424 funders$1.3B39%Maine649 funders$1.1B65%Rhode Island493 funders$1.1B48%New Hampshire634 funders$839M41%Montana698 funders$829M51%Hawaii720 funders$822M75%Alaska319 funders$725M57%West Virginia482 funders$670M36%New Mexico537 funders$640M42%Mississippi465 funders$622M81%Idaho534 funders$616M55%Wyoming442 funders$612M28%North Dakota430 funders$534M30%Vermont451 funders$492M62%Puerto Rico62 funders$75M66%

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete filing coverage (charity filings lag 12 to 24 months). In-state share counts grant dollars whose recipient is in the same state as the funder, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.