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

Start with the funders already giving to education in California, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in California?

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to education organizations in California, $1.0B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in California?

$11.4B reached 5,589 education organizations in California, from 10,483 funders. 53% 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 · Education

Who funds education in California

$11.4B reached 5,589 education organizations in California, from 10,483 funders, with no single one dominating.

$11.4B

granted

5,589

organizations

53%

from in-state

The short version

10,483 funders gave $11.4B to 5,589 education organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
53% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in California is Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, at $1.0B.
The education organization drawing the most is The Board of Trustees of the Leland, at $2.2B.

Largest funders of education in California

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

1Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$1.0B 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$848M 3National Philanthropic Trust$507M 4Silicon Valley Community Foundation$385M 5Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$324M 6Stanford Health Care$285M 7Gates Foundation$260M 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$254M 9Kaiser Foundation Hospitals$211M 10Pac-12 Conference$209M

Education organizations in California that draw the most

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

5,579 other education organizations$6.2B

The Board of Trustees of the Leland$2.2B University of Southern California$618M University of California Berkeley$518M

How to find education funders in California

1
Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to education in California are Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
47% of education money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to education in California, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in California?: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to education organizations in California, $1.0B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in California?: $11.4B reached 5,589 education organizations in California, from 10,483 funders. 53% 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.