How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the employment 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 employment funder in Washington, D.C.?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to employment organizations in Washington, D.C., $24M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Washington, D.C.?

$199M reached 54 employment organizations in Washington, D.C., from 412 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. · Employment

Who funds employment 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 employment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 8 funders each.

$199M

granted

organizations

10%

from in-state

The short version

412 funders gave $199M to 54 employment 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 employment in Washington, D.C. is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $24M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Opportunitywork Inc, at $52M.

Largest funders of employment in Washington, D.C.

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$24M 2Gates Foundation$22M 3Silicon Valley Community Foundation$13M 4THDF II Inc DBA$10M 5Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$10M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$8M 7Tides Foundation$6M 8The Ford Foundation$5M 9New Venture Fund$5M 10The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$4M

Employment organizations in Washington, D.C. that draw the most

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

Opportunitywork Inc$52M

44 other employment organizations$28M

Partnership for Public Service Inc$26M The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$19M National Fund for Workforce Solutions$17M Lift Inc$14M Jobs with Justice Education Fund$13M Home Builders Institute$13M The Corps Network$8M

How to find employment funders in Washington, D.C.

1
Start with the funders already active in Washington, D.C.
The funders giving the most to employment in Washington, D.C. are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
90% of employment money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the employment 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 employment funder in Washington, D.C.?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to employment organizations in Washington, D.C., $24M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Washington, D.C.?: $199M reached 54 employment organizations in Washington, D.C., from 412 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

$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.