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 Tides Foundation, Policylink, Gates Foundation. 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?

$18M reached 34 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware, from 95 funders. 6% 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 6% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$18M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

95 funders gave $18M to 34 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
6% 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 Tides Foundation, at $2M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Liberation Ventures Inc, at $5M.

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.

1Tides Foundation$2M 2Policylink$2M 3Gates Foundation$2M 4Foundation for a Just Society$1M 5American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1M 6New Venture Fund$1M 7American Civil Liberties Union Inc$938k 8Conrad N Hilton Foundation$750k 9Sixteen Thirty Fund$600k 10Hopewell Fund$571k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware that draw the most

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

Liberation Ventures Inc$5M American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Delaware Inc$3M

24 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$2M

American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M She Tank Inc$2M Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres Foundation$1M American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware Inc$929k EPIC-Africa Foundation$900k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Delaware

1
Start with the funders already active in Delaware
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Delaware are Tides Foundation, Policylink, Gates Foundation. 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
94% 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 Tides Foundation, Policylink, Gates Foundation. 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?: Tides Foundation 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?: $18M reached 34 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Delaware, from 95 funders. 6% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.