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

Start with the funders already giving to social science in California, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Novo Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. 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?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to social science organizations in California, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in California?

$123M reached 53 social science organizations in California, from 273 funders. 25% 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 75% of all social science funding in California, led by Rsf Social Finance Inc. Most of it comes from outside California: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$123M

granted

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

273 funders gave $123M to 53 social science organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $20M.
The social science organization drawing the most is Rsf Social Finance Inc, at $47M.

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.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$20M 2Novo Foundation$9M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$7M 4Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation$7M 5Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$6M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 7East Bay Community Foundation$4M 8Hevolution Foundation US$4M 9The Carmel Hill Fund$4M 10National Philanthropic Trust$3M

Social science organizations in California that draw the most

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

Rsf Social Finance Inc$47M Buck Institute for Research on Aging$30M

43 other social science organizations$15M

Mk Level Playing Field Institute$15M

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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Novo Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. 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
75% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Novo Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. 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?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to social science organizations in California, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in California?: $123M reached 53 social science organizations in California, from 273 funders. 25% 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.