How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, League of Conservation Voters Education, Freedom Together Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington, D.C. from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C.?

$1.7B reached 259 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C., from 1,899 funders. 24% came from funders also based in Washington, D.C..

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 · Washington, D.C. · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C.

Civil rights and advocacy funding in Washington, D.C. is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though League of Conservation Voters Inc leads, and the money reaches 259 groups. Most of it comes from outside Washington, D.C.: only 24% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$1.7B

granted

259

organizations

24%

from in-state

The short version

1,899 funders gave $1.7B to 259 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C. across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
24% of that came from funders also based in Washington, D.C.; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C. is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $208M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is League of Conservation Voters Inc, at $145M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C.

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C., in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$208M 2League of Conservation Voters Education$77M 3Freedom Together Foundation$53M 4Open Society Action Fund Inc$39M 5Third Way Institute$38M 6Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy$37M 7Silicon Valley Community Foundation$35M 8Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$32M 9Democracy Matters Foundation$31M 10The Ford Foundation$29M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C. that draw the most

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

249 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$1.0B

League of Conservation Voters Inc$145M Center For American Progress$102M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Washington, D.C.

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Start with the funders already active in Washington, D.C.
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C. are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, League of Conservation Voters Education, Freedom Together Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
76% of civil rights and advocacy money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, League of Conservation Voters Education, Freedom Together Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington, D.C. from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Washington, D.C.?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C., $208M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Washington, D.C.?: $1.7B reached 259 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C., from 1,899 funders. 24% came from funders also based in Washington, D.C..
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.