How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in California?

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

Who is the largest social science funder in California?

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc gives the most to social science organizations in California, $144M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in California?

$972M reached 122 social science organizations in California, from 912 funders. 28% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in California

Three organizations take 74% of all social science funding in California, led by The Rand Corporation. Most of it comes from outside California: only 28% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$972M

granted

122

organizations

28%

from in-state

The short version

912 funders gave $972M to 122 social science organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
28% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in California is Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, at $144M.
The social science organization drawing the most is The Rand Corporation, at $307M.

Largest funders of social science in California

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

1Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$144M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$89M 3National Philanthropic Trust$82M 4Dauten Family Foundation$71M 5The Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation$46M 6Good Ventures Foundation$45M 7Gates Foundation$42M 8Andre & Katherine Merage Foundation of Nevada$19M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$17M 10Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation$14M

Social science organizations in California that draw the most

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

The Rand Corporation$307M The Milken Institute$264M Xq Institute$145M

112 other social science organizations$61M

How to find social science funders in California

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Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to social science in California are Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social science 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
72% of social science money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in California, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in California?: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc gives the most to social science organizations in California, $144M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in California?: $972M reached 122 social science organizations in California, from 912 funders. 28% 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.