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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Florida, currently New Venture Fund, Policylink, The Ford 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 Florida from out of state.

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

$217M reached 142 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Florida, from 618 funders. 10% came from funders also based in Florida.

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 · Florida · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Florida

Most of it comes from outside Florida: only 10% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Florida's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$217M

granted

142

organizations

10%

from in-state

The short version

618 funders gave $217M to 142 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Florida across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
10% of that came from funders also based in Florida; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Florida is New Venture Fund, at $40M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Clean Slate Initiative Inc, at $43M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Florida

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

1New Venture Fund$40M 2Policylink$10M 3The Ford Foundation$9M 4Tides Foundation$8M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 6American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$6M 7The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$5M 8The National Press Club$5M 9The Chicago Community Trust$4M 10Blue Meridian Partners Inc$4M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Florida that draw the most

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

132 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$63M

Clean Slate Initiative Inc$43M Florida Rising Together Inc$37M Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation$11M Florida Rights Restoration Coalitio$11M Centerlink Inc$9M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Florida

1
Start with the funders already active in Florida
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Florida are New Venture Fund, Policylink, The Ford 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
90% of civil rights and advocacy money in Florida comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Florida.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Florida?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Florida, currently New Venture Fund, Policylink, The Ford 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 Florida from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Florida?: New Venture Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Florida, $40M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Florida?: $217M reached 142 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Florida, from 618 funders. 10% came from funders also based in Florida.
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.