How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Delaware?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Delaware, currently Policylink, Ohio Campus Compact, Foundation for a Just Society. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Delaware from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Delaware?

$11M reached 14 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware, from 71 funders. 3% came from funders also based in Delaware.

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 · Delaware · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Delaware

Most of it comes from outside Delaware: only 3% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Three organizations take 70% of all civil rights and advocacy funding in Delaware, led by Civic Influencers Inc.

$11M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

71 funders gave $11M to 14 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
3% of that came from funders also based in Delaware; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Delaware is Policylink, at $2M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Civic Influencers Inc, at $4M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Delaware

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

1Policylink$2M 2Ohio Campus Compact$2M 3Foundation for a Just Society$1M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 5Foundation to Promote Open Society$650k 6The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$563k 7American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$527k 8Conrad N Hilton Foundation$500k 9New Venture Fund$500k 10MoveOnorg Civic Action$354k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware that draw the most

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

Civic Influencers Inc$4M Liberation Ventures Inc$2M The Online Progressive Engagement$1M American Civil Liberties Union$1M Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres Foundation$1M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Delaware

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Start with the funders already active in Delaware
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Delaware are Policylink, Ohio Campus Compact, Foundation for a Just Society. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
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.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
97% of civil rights and advocacy money in Delaware comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Delaware.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Delaware?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Delaware, currently Policylink, Ohio Campus Compact, Foundation for a Just Society. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Delaware from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Delaware?: Policylink gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Delaware?: $11M reached 14 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware, from 71 funders. 3% came from funders also based in Delaware.
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.