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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Delaware, currently Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Delaware from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Delaware?

Johns Hopkins University gives the most to science organizations in Delaware, $13M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Delaware?

$104M reached 35 science organizations in Delaware, from 175 funders. 17% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Delaware

Most of it comes from outside Delaware: only 17% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: University of Delaware alone draws 58% of every science grant dollar in Delaware.

$104M

granted

organizations

17%

from in-state

The short version

175 funders gave $104M to 35 science organizations in Delaware across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
17% of that came from funders also based in Delaware; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Delaware is Johns Hopkins University, at $13M.
The science organization drawing the most is University of Delaware, at $60M.

Largest funders of science in Delaware

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

1Johns Hopkins University$13M 2University of Pittsburgh$8M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 4Gates Foundation$7M 5Lf Charities Inc$7M 6National Philanthropic Trust$5M 7University of Delaware$4M 8University of Delaware Research Foundation$4M 9The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$3M 10Washington University$3M

Science organizations in Delaware that draw the most

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

University of Delaware$60M Lf Charities Inc$7M The Linux Foundation$7M

Wesley College Inc$3M Speculative Technologies Inc$3M

How to find science funders in Delaware

1
Start with the funders already active in Delaware
The funders giving the most to science in Delaware are Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
83% of science money in Delaware comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Delaware.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Delaware?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Delaware, currently Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Delaware from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Delaware?: Johns Hopkins University gives the most to science organizations in Delaware, $13M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Delaware?: $104M reached 35 science organizations in Delaware, from 175 funders. 17% 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.