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

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

Who is the largest philanthropy funder in California?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to philanthropy organizations in California, $1.1B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to philanthropy in California?

$9.1B reached 1,695 philanthropy organizations in California, from 5,904 funders. 39% 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 · Philanthropy

Who funds philanthropy in California

$9.1B reached 1,695 philanthropy organizations in California, from 5,904 funders, with no single one dominating.

$9.1B

granted

1,695

organizations

39%

from in-state

The short version

5,904 funders gave $9.1B to 1,695 philanthropy organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
39% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of philanthropy in California is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $1.1B.
The philanthropy organization drawing the most is Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, at $2.8B.

Largest funders of philanthropy in California

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1.1B 2National Philanthropic Trust$876M 3Marble Freedom Trust$737M 4Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$246M 5The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation$218M 6Silicon Valley Community Foundation$211M 7Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$187M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$177M 9The Annenberg Foundation$167M 10Dechomai Foundation Inc$127M

Philanthropy organizations in California that draw the most

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

1,685 other philanthropy organizations$3.4B

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2.8B Silicon Valley Community Foundation$1.1B Tides Foundation$469M

How to find philanthropy funders in California

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Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to philanthropy in California are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Marble Freedom Trust. A funder already writing philanthropy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the philanthropy 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
61% of philanthropy money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national philanthropy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a philanthropy nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to philanthropy in California, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Marble Freedom Trust. Then look at who funds the philanthropy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest philanthropy funder in California?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to philanthropy organizations in California, $1.1B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to philanthropy in California?: $9.1B reached 1,695 philanthropy organizations in California, from 5,904 funders. 39% 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.