Report · Funding by state

Where America's grant money starts, and where it lands

New York, California and Texas hold the most grant money. Mississippi and Hawaii keep the most of theirs at home. Massachusetts draws in $3.5B more than it sends out, and Washington sends out $4.8B more than it draws in. Pick any state to see who funds there and where the money goes.

$269B
granted by US funders: 141,764
grantmakers: 61%
of it stays in the giver's state: $2.6B
the largest state-to-state tie

Grants only. Of $538B paid out by US grantmakers to US recipients, $146B moved in or out of donor-advised funds, $73.9B went to related organizations and $35.3B to individuals. Those are left out here, along with regrants through intermediaries.

Grant dollars from funders based in each state

Everything a state's grantmakers gave over FY2022 and FY2023, wherever it went.

under $546M
$546M to $1.3B
$1.3B to $2.7B
$2.7B to $5.6B
$5.6B to $10.0B
$10.0B and up

Home or away

Some states fund their neighbors. Others fund the nation.

In Mississippi, 91% of what local grantmakers give reaches organizations in the state. In Delaware, 14% does: it is where national funds incorporate, so its money grants everywhere. Each dot is a state, sized by its grant dollars.

0% stays in-state100% stays in-state

The trade balance

A few states send money out. A few draw it in. Most are close to even.

See the flows on a map

Massachusetts is the largest net importer: $6.6B arrives from funders in other states against $3.0B that its own funders send away. Washington is the largest exporter, sending $4.8B more out than it draws in. 32 of 51 states are within $500M of even.

Point at a column for a state's balance. Select it for the state's page.

The biggest ties between two states

Grant dollars from funders in one state to organizations in another.

See the money cross state lines

An interactive map of state-to-state grant flows. Point at a state to see its ties light up.

Which US foundations give to your country?

The top US funders, recipients and causes for every country.

Go below the state line

Every US county ranked by need, with the grant money that reaches it.

Signature causes

Every state leans toward a cause

For the grant money reaching each state's organizations, the cause that takes the largest share relative to the national rate. The strongest lean is New Jersey's, where youth development draws 8.66× its national share. Darker tiles lean harder. A cause has to take at least 4% of a state's money to count.

NYInternational
2.56×CAEnvironment
2.03×TXHuman services
1.5×FLHealth
2.18×ILRecreation and sports
3.14×NJYouth development
8.66×WAInternational
2.58×PAArts and culture
1.54×DCCivil rights and advocacy
3.15×MAHealth
3.03×OHHuman services
1.31×INHuman services
1.52×GAPhilanthropy
1.71×MIPhilanthropy
3.73×MNArts and culture
1.91×NCCrime and legal
2.25×VAPublic benefit
3.78×MDEducation
1.95×CTInternational
2.44×MOHealth
2.38×CORecreation and sports
5.97×WIEducation
1.26×NECommunity development
3.01×AZReligion
2.22×DEHousing
2.9×OREnvironment
1.5×OKYouth development
1.68×ARCommunity development
2.55×KYPhilanthropy
7.37×UTRecreation and sports
3.96×KSPhilanthropy
2.06×TNHealth
1.4×IARecreation and sports
2.16×ALCivil rights and advocacy
3.29×SCEducation
1.32×NVEducation
1.61×LACrime and legal
2.52×MEEnvironment
2.74×SDCommunity development
7.97×MSPhilanthropy
3.91×HIAnimals
2.96×IDCivil rights and advocacy
2.63×WYRecreation and sports
4.4×NMCivil rights and advocacy
2.04×MTEnvironment
4.51×NHCivil rights and advocacy
2.48×WVYouth development
6.87×RIYouth development
1.87×AKEnvironment
3.6×NDAnimals
4.84×VTEnvironment
3.44×

Per resident

Given per resident, per year

Delaware's grantmakers give $1,546 a year for every resident; Mississippi's give $103. Washington, D.C. is off the chart at $7,460, home to national funds that give far beyond it. A funder counts where it files, not where its donors live.

$103 a resident$1,546 a resident

Every state

Sort by any column. Select a state for its funders, its largest recipients and its causes.


New York	$30.8B	12,558	$775	49%	−$2.5B
California	$28.5B	13,747	$364	62%	−$233M
Texas	$17.2B	11,638	$290	71%	−$1.0B
Florida	$15.4B	9,143	$350	72%	−$436M
Illinois	$15.2B	7,006	$599	45%	−$4.2B
New Jersey	$13.8B	4,065	$745	73%	−$1.9B
Washington	$10.3B	2,574	$667	35%	−$4.8B
Pennsylvania	$10.0B	8,081	$386	70%	−$65M
Washington, D.C.	$10.0B	1,845	$7,460	26%	+$3.2B
Massachusetts	$9.4B	4,440	$674	67%	+$3.5B
Ohio	$6.9B	5,416	$293	78%	+$694M
Indiana	$6.6B	2,321	$487	60%	−$1.2B
Georgia	$6.6B	2,682	$305	65%	+$566M
Michigan	$6.5B	3,364	$324	71%	+$239M
Minnesota	$5.9B	3,294	$518	64%	−$477M
North Carolina	$5.9B	2,798	$280	70%	+$690M
Virginia	$5.7B	3,196	$329	56%	+$1.4B
Maryland	$5.6B	2,465	$458	35%	−$369M
Connecticut	$5.0B	2,045	$690	71%	+$194M
Missouri	$4.6B	4,843	$371	62%	+$37M
Colorado	$4.5B	2,711	$388	71%	+$1.2B
Wisconsin	$3.8B	2,947	$324	73%	+$1.3B
Nebraska	$3.4B	1,018	$871	72%	−$441M
Arizona	$3.1B	1,890	$215	66%	+$292M
Delaware	$3.1B	2,519	$1,546	14%	−$2.2B
Oregon	$2.7B	1,513	$320	79%	+$592M
Oklahoma	$2.7B	1,317	$339	82%	+$225M
Arkansas	$2.6B	664	$425	42%	−$871M
Kentucky	$2.4B	1,220	$270	82%	+$475M
Utah	$2.4B	1,141	$357	81%	+$251M
Kansas	$2.3B	1,374	$391	55%	−$401M
Tennessee	$2.1B	1,771	$149	61%	+$644M
Iowa	$1.7B	1,617	$264	87%	+$379M
Alabama	$1.4B	1,617	$139	86%	+$457M
South Carolina	$1.3B	1,188	$126	84%	+$483M
Nevada	$1.1B	1,057	$182	55%	+$96M
Louisiana	$1.0B	1,057	$113	77%	+$693M
Maine	$766M	723	$278	72%	+$321M
South Dakota	$669M	387	$372	69%	+$81M
Mississippi	$611M	500	$103	91%	+$398M
Hawaii	$605M	712	$209	89%	+$380M
Idaho	$564M	552	$149	80%	+$131M
Wyoming	$563M	481	$486	53%	−$63M
New Mexico	$546M	528	$129	69%	+$466M
Montana	$523M	683	$237	69%	+$335M
New Hampshire	$519M	804	$187	43%	+$119M
West Virginia	$470M	527	$132	90%	+$197M
Rhode Island	$457M	524	$209	53%	+$414M
Alaska	$437M	308	$298	90%	+$190M
North Dakota	$369M	379	$237	82%	+$90M
Vermont	$300M	448	$232	77%	+$378M
Puerto Rico	$54M	66	n/a	87%	n/a

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 endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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). A funder is placed by the state on its most recent filing. Every figure counts grants to US organizations only: payments into and out of donor-advised fund sponsors, transfers to related organizations, regrants through intermediaries, non-philanthropic payments and grants to individuals are left out. In-state share is among grants whose recipient state is known, from the address on the grant or the recipient's own filing. Net flow counts only grants placed at both ends. Residents are Census ACS 5-year estimates (2019 to 2023). Signature causes use each recipient's NTEE code. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.