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

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Washington, D.C., currently Consortium for Elections &, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Open Society Action Fund Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit 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 public benefit in Washington, D.C.?

$1.1B reached 206 public benefit organizations in Washington, D.C., from 2,473 funders. 26% 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. · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Washington, D.C.

Public benefit funding in Washington, D.C. is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Consortium for Elections & leads, and the money reaches 206 groups. Most of it comes from outside Washington, D.C.: only 26% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$1.1B

granted

206

organizations

26%

from in-state

The short version

2,473 funders gave $1.1B to 206 public benefit organizations in Washington, D.C. across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
26% of that came from funders also based in Washington, D.C.; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Washington, D.C. is Consortium for Elections &, at $99M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Consortium for Elections &, at $99M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Washington, D.C.

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

1Consortium for Elections &$99M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$65M 3Open Society Action Fund Inc$52M 4The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$30M 5The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$27M 6Gates Foundation$25M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$23M 8Sixteen Thirty Fund$21M 9Freedom Together Foundation$20M 10New Venture Fund$20M

Public benefit organizations in Washington, D.C. that draw the most

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

196 other public benefit organizations$580M

Consortium for Elections &$99M Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$85M Future Forward USA Action$72M Cato Institute$71M The Heritage Foundation$63M The Leadership Conference$38M North Fund$31M

How to find public benefit 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 public benefit in Washington, D.C. are Consortium for Elections &, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Open Society Action Fund Inc. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
75% of public benefit money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Washington, D.C., currently Consortium for Elections &, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Open Society Action Fund Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit 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 public benefit funder in Washington, D.C.?: Consortium for Elections & gives the most to public benefit organizations in Washington, D.C., $99M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Washington, D.C.?: $1.1B reached 206 public benefit organizations in Washington, D.C., from 2,473 funders. 26% 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.