How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Delaware?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Delaware, currently Unidel Foundation Inc, Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Delaware from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Delaware?

Unidel Foundation Inc gives the most to education organizations in Delaware, $115M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Delaware?

$858M reached 274 education organizations in Delaware, from 1,213 funders. 54% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Delaware

Delaware's education organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$858M

granted

274

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

1,213 funders gave $858M to 274 education organizations in Delaware across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Delaware; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Delaware is Unidel Foundation Inc, at $115M.
The education organization drawing the most is University of Delaware, at $256M.

Largest funders of education in Delaware

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

1Unidel Foundation Inc$115M 2Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc$105M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$50M 4Delaware State University Foundation Inc$49M 5Gates Foundation$46M 6Longwood Foundation Inc$45M 7Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$21M 8University of Delaware$21M 9National Philanthropic Trust$20M 10Delaware Community Foundation Inc$18M

Education organizations in Delaware that draw the most

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

University of Delaware$256M

264 other education organizations$166M

Delaware State University$110M Lee Inc$107M Zearn$97M Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$37M

How to find education funders in Delaware

1
Start with the funders already active in Delaware
The funders giving the most to education in Delaware are Unidel Foundation Inc, Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
46% of education money in Delaware comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Delaware.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Delaware?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Delaware, currently Unidel Foundation Inc, Lee Foundation for Civic Leadership Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Delaware from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Delaware?: Unidel Foundation Inc gives the most to education organizations in Delaware, $115M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Delaware?: $858M reached 274 education organizations in Delaware, from 1,213 funders. 54% 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.