How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Bradley Impact Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal funder in Washington, D.C.?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Washington, D.C., $67M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Washington, D.C.?

$400M reached 96 crime and legal organizations in Washington, D.C., from 989 funders. 10% 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. · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Washington, D.C.

Most of it comes from outside Washington, D.C.: only 10% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Washington, D.C.'s crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 10 funders each.

$400M

granted

organizations

10%

from in-state

The short version

989 funders gave $400M to 96 crime and legal organizations in Washington, D.C. across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
10% of that came from funders also based in Washington, D.C.; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Washington, D.C. is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $67M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is America First Legal Foundation, at $52M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Washington, D.C.

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$67M 2Bradley Impact Fund Inc$27M 3National Philanthropic Trust$13M 4Popplestone Foundation$10M 5Maryland Legal Services Corporation$8M 6WK Kellogg Foundation$8M 7The Sherwood Foundation$8M 8The Ford Foundation$8M 9Greater Washington Community Foundation$7M 10Sandler Foundation$7M

Crime and legal organizations in Washington, D.C. that draw the most

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

86 other crime and legal organizations$135M

America First Legal Foundation$52M The Campaign Legal Center Inc$44M Democracy Forward Foundation$27M Equal Justice Works$26M Namati Inc$26M Center for Law and Social Policy$25M Kind Inc$17M Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$15M

How to find crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Washington, D.C. are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Bradley Impact Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
90% of crime and legal money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Bradley Impact Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal funder in Washington, D.C.?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Washington, D.C., $67M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Washington, D.C.?: $400M reached 96 crime and legal organizations in Washington, D.C., from 989 funders. 10% 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

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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.