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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in California, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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?

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in California, $162M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in California?

$1.6B reached 3,402 religion organizations in California, from 4,813 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 3,402 groups.

$1.6B

granted

3,402

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

4,813 funders gave $1.6B to 3,402 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 Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, at $162M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Moishe House, at $84M.

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.

1Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$162M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$146M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$105M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$50M 5National Philanthropic Trust$34M 6Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles$31M 7Lilly Endowment Inc$30M 8Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$27M 9Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$23M 10The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation$23M

Religion organizations in California that draw the most

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

3,392 other religion organizations$1.3B

Moishe House$84M

How to find religion funders in California

1
Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to religion in California are Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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?: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in California, $162M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in California?: $1.6B reached 3,402 religion organizations in California, from 4,813 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 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.