How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in California?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in California, currently The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in California?

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in California, $480M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in California?

$2.6B reached 2,598 animals organizations in California, from 6,626 funders. 49% came from funders also based in California.

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 · California · Animals

Who funds animals in California

$2.6B reached 2,598 animals organizations in California, from 6,626 funders, with no single one dominating.

$2.6B

granted

2,598

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

6,626 funders gave $2.6B to 2,598 animals organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in California is The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, at $480M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, at $446M.

Largest funders of animals in California

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

1The David and Lucile Packard Foundation$480M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$220M 3National Philanthropic Trust$159M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$143M 5Silicon Valley Community Foundation$74M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$61M 7Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$51M 8Michelson Medical Research Foundation Inc$48M 9Network for Good$45M 10Orange County Community Foundation$29M

Animals organizations in California that draw the most

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

2,588 other animals organizations$1.5B

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute$446M

How to find animals funders in California

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Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to animals in California are The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals 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
51% of animals money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in California, currently The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in California?: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in California, $480M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in California?: $2.6B reached 2,598 animals organizations in California, from 6,626 funders. 49% came from funders also based in California.
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.