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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in California, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The California Endowment, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

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

$830M reached 388 civil rights and advocacy organizations in California, from 2,328 funders. 50% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in California

Civil rights and advocacy funding in California is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Trevor Project Inc leads, and the money reaches 388 groups. California's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$830M

granted

388

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

2,328 funders gave $830M to 388 civil rights and advocacy organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in California is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $63M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Trevor Project Inc, at $61M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in California

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$63M 2The California Endowment$50M 3Silicon Valley Community Foundation$34M 4Tides Foundation$30M 5American Online Giving Foundation Inc$25M 6California Court Appointed Special$21M 7The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$20M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$20M 9Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$16M 10The James Irvine Foundation$13M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in California that draw the most

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

378 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$531M

Trevor Project Inc$61M Transgender Law Center$31M Color of Changeorg Education Fund$30M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in California

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Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in California are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The California Endowment, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
50% of civil rights and advocacy money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in California, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The California Endowment, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in California?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in California, $63M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in California?: $830M reached 388 civil rights and advocacy organizations in California, from 2,328 funders. 50% 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 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.