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

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

Who is the largest religion funder in California?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to religion organizations in California, $62M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in California?

$541M reached 1,727 religion organizations in California, from 2,244 funders. 36% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in California

Religion funding in California is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Moishe House leads, and the money reaches 1,727 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 1,727 religion organizations share only 2,244 funders between them.

$541M

granted

1,727

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

2,244 funders gave $541M to 1,727 religion organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in California is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $62M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Moishe House, at $23M.

Largest funders of religion in California

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$62M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$48M 3Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$41M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$31M 5Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$29M 6Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$15M 7National Philanthropic Trust$14M 8Jewish Communal Fund$8M 9Servant Foundation$8M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$7M

Religion organizations in California that draw the most

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

1,717 other religion organizations$396M

Canal Alliance$22M

How to find religion funders in California

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Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to religion in California are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
64% of religion money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in California, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in California?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to religion organizations in California, $62M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in California?: $541M reached 1,727 religion organizations in California, from 2,244 funders. 36% 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.