How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Arizona?

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Arizona, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, National Park Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Arizona?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Arizona, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Arizona?

$300M reached 275 environment organizations in Arizona, from 1,326 funders. 14% came from funders also based in Arizona.

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 · Arizona · Environment

Who funds environment in Arizona

Most of it comes from outside Arizona: only 14% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Arizona's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$300M

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275

organizations

14%

from in-state

The short version

1,326 funders gave $300M to 275 environment organizations in Arizona across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
14% of that came from funders also based in Arizona; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Arizona is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $29M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Center for Biological Diversity Inc, at $89M.

Largest funders of environment in Arizona

The funders giving the most to environment organizations in Arizona, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$29M 2Foundation for the Carolinas$15M 3National Park Foundation$9M 4United States Energy Foundation$8M 5The Schmidt Family Foundation$7M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 7Arizona Community Foundation$6M 8New Venture Fund$6M 9The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$5M 10National Forest Foundation$5M

Environment organizations in Arizona that draw the most

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

265 other environment organizations$117M

Center for Biological Diversity Inc$89M The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$29M

How to find environment funders in Arizona

1
Start with the funders already active in Arizona
The funders giving the most to environment in Arizona are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, National Park Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
86% of environment money in Arizona comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arizona.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Arizona?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Arizona, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, National Park Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Arizona?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Arizona, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Arizona?: $300M reached 275 environment organizations in Arizona, from 1,326 funders. 14% came from funders also based in Arizona.
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 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

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; 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.