How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in California?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in California, currently California Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in California?

$843M reached 2,265 disaster and safety organizations in California, from 2,904 funders. 61% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in California

Disaster and safety funding in California is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Core Community Organized Relief Effort leads, and the money reaches 2,265 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 2,265 disaster and safety organizations share only 2,904 funders between them.

$843M

granted

2,265

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

2,904 funders gave $843M to 2,265 disaster and safety organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in California is California Community Foundation, at $124M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Core Community Organized Relief Effort, at $63M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in California

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

1California Community Foundation$124M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$73M 3Silicon Valley Community Foundation$26M 4Gofundmeorg$23M 5California Fire Safe Council Inc$21M 6Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$20M 7Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc$18M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$16M 9North Valley Community Foundation$14M 10Direct Relief$13M

Disaster and safety organizations in California that draw the most

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

2,255 other disaster and safety organizations$506M

Core Community Organized Relief Effort$63M Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$59M Team Rubicon Inc$51M Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$36M

How to find disaster and safety funders in California

1
Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in California are California Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
39% of disaster and safety money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in California, currently California Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in California?: California Community Foundation gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in California, $124M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in California?: $843M reached 2,265 disaster and safety organizations in California, from 2,904 funders. 61% 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.