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

Start with the funders already giving to international in Washington, D.C., currently Gates Foundation, Consortium for Elections &, National Endowment for Democracy. Then look at who funds the international 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 international funder in Washington, D.C.?

Gates Foundation gives the most to international organizations in Washington, D.C., $240M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$3.2B reached 433 international organizations in Washington, D.C., from 5,282 funders. 21% 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. · International

Who funds international in Washington, D.C.

International funding in Washington, D.C. is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though World Central Kitchen Inc leads, and the money reaches 433 groups. Most of it comes from outside Washington, D.C.: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$3.2B

granted

433

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

5,282 funders gave $3.2B to 433 international organizations in Washington, D.C. across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% of that came from funders also based in Washington, D.C.; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of international in Washington, D.C. is Gates Foundation, at $240M.
The international organization drawing the most is World Central Kitchen Inc, at $347M.

Largest funders of international in Washington, D.C.

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

1Gates Foundation$240M 2Consortium for Elections &$205M 3National Endowment for Democracy$204M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$189M 5Silicon Valley Community Foundation$163M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$118M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$108M 8National Philanthropic Trust$83M 9Freedom House$68M 10The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$55M

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

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

423 other international organizations$1.6B

World Central Kitchen Inc$347M National Democratic Institute For$307M World Resources Institute$191M Evidence Action$156M United Nations Foundation Inc$142M Center for International$97M American Israel Education Foundation Inc$90M

How to find international 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 international in Washington, D.C. are Gates Foundation, Consortium for Elections &, National Endowment for Democracy. A funder already writing international checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the international 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
79% of international money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national international funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a international nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to international in Washington, D.C., currently Gates Foundation, Consortium for Elections &, National Endowment for Democracy. Then look at who funds the international 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 international funder in Washington, D.C.?: Gates Foundation gives the most to international organizations in Washington, D.C., $240M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to international in Washington, D.C.?: $3.2B reached 433 international organizations in Washington, D.C., from 5,282 funders. 21% 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.