How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Arkansas?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas, currently American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc, Oklahoma Forward Inc, Children's Advocacy Centers Of. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arkansas from out of state.

Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Arkansas?

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas?

$7M reached 23 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas, from 61 funders. 32% came from funders also based in Arkansas.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Arkansas · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas

$7M reached 23 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas, from 61 funders, with no single one dominating.

$7M

granted

organizations

32%

from in-state

The short version

61 funders gave $7M to 23 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
32% of that came from funders also based in Arkansas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas is American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc, at $2M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Arkansas Civil Liberties Union, at $2M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$2M 2Oklahoma Forward Inc$1M 3Children's Advocacy Centers Of$771k 4Arkansas Community Foundation Inc$454k 5Arkansas Values Institute Inc$384k 6Arkansas Values Inc$275k 7State Leadership Project$240k 8Kolibri Foundation Inc$225k 9Borealis Philanthropy$188k 10Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$138k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas that draw the most

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

Arkansas Civil Liberties Union$2M Fairness Corp$1M South Arkansas Children's Coalition$864k Intransitive TM Inc$776k

13 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$630k

Arkansas Values Institute Inc$617k Get Loud Arkansas$507k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Arkansas

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Start with the funders already active in Arkansas
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas are American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc, Oklahoma Forward Inc, Children's Advocacy Centers Of. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
68% of civil rights and advocacy money in Arkansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arkansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Arkansas?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas, currently American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc, Oklahoma Forward Inc, Children's Advocacy Centers Of. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arkansas from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Arkansas?: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Arkansas?: $7M reached 23 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Arkansas, from 61 funders. 32% came from funders also based in Arkansas.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.