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

Start with the funders already giving to social science in Delaware, currently Good Ventures Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the social science 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 social science in Delaware?

$9M reached 12 social science organizations in Delaware, from 19 funders. 2% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in Delaware

Funding is concentrated: Forecasting Research Institute alone draws 85% of every social science grant dollar in Delaware. Most of it comes from outside Delaware: only 2% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$9M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

19 funders gave $9M to 12 social science organizations in Delaware across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
2% of that came from funders also based in Delaware; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in Delaware is Good Ventures Foundation, at $6M.
The social science organization drawing the most is Forecasting Research Institute, at $7M.

Largest funders of social science in Delaware

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

1Good Ventures Foundation$6M 2Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$1M 3Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$500k 4Impactassetsinc$250k 5The Parallax Foundation$150k 6Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma$140k 7Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc$127k 8Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc$41k 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$26k 10The Chicago Community Trust$25k

Social science organizations in Delaware that draw the most

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

Forecasting Research Institute$7M

How to find social science funders in Delaware

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Start with the funders already active in Delaware
The funders giving the most to social science in Delaware are Good Ventures Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social 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
98% of social science money in Delaware comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Delaware.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Delaware?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in Delaware, currently Good Ventures Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Delaware from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in Delaware?: Good Ventures Foundation gives the most to social science organizations in Delaware, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in Delaware?: $9M reached 12 social science organizations in Delaware, from 19 funders. 2% 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 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

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.