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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Florida, currently Aaa Scholarship Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Atlantic Coast Conference. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Florida?

Aaa Scholarship Foundation Inc gives the most to education organizations in Florida, $251M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Florida?

$2.3B reached 2,008 education organizations in Florida, from 4,855 funders. 56% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Florida

$2.3B reached 2,008 education organizations in Florida, from 4,855 funders, with no single one dominating.

$2.3B

granted

2,008

organizations

56%

from in-state

The short version

4,855 funders gave $2.3B to 2,008 education organizations in Florida across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
56% of that came from funders also based in Florida; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Florida is Aaa Scholarship Foundation Inc, at $251M.
The education organization drawing the most is University of Miami, at $427M.

Largest funders of education in Florida

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

1Aaa Scholarship Foundation Inc$251M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$94M 3Atlantic Coast Conference$83M 4Chris-Tex Inc$68M 5Florida Essential Healthcare$51M 6Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$37M 7National Philanthropic Trust$34M 8Arison Arts Foundation$32M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$31M 10Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc$29M

Education organizations in Florida that draw the most

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

1,998 other education organizations$1.2B

University of Miami$427M Step Up for Students - Florida Inc$252M The University of Florida Foundation Inc$141M

How to find education funders in Florida

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Start with the funders already active in Florida
The funders giving the most to education in Florida are Aaa Scholarship Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Atlantic Coast Conference. 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
44% of education money in Florida comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Florida.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Florida?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Florida, currently Aaa Scholarship Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Atlantic Coast Conference. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Florida?: Aaa Scholarship Foundation Inc gives the most to education organizations in Florida, $251M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Florida?: $2.3B reached 2,008 education organizations in Florida, from 4,855 funders. 56% 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.