How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Florida?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Florida, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in Florida?

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to public benefit organizations in Florida, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Florida?

$80M reached 222 public benefit organizations in Florida, from 474 funders. 13% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Florida

Most of it comes from outside Florida: only 13% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$80M

granted

222

organizations

13%

from in-state

The short version

474 funders gave $80M to 222 public benefit organizations in Florida across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
13% of that came from funders also based in Florida; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Florida is Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, at $8M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Foundation for Government, at $25M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Florida

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

1Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$8M 2The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$6M 3Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$5M 4Donors Trust Inc$5M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 6National Rural Water Association$3M 7Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated$2M 8The Dunn Foundation$2M 9The Pew Charitable Trusts$2M 10The Searle Freedom Trust$2M

Public benefit organizations in Florida that draw the most

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

Foundation for Government$25M

212 other public benefit organizations$21M

Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement$8M The First Nation Group Foundation Inc$6M National Lead for America Inc$6M Florida Policy Institute Inc$4M Emgage Foundation Inc$4M

How to find public benefit funders in Florida

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Start with the funders already active in Florida
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Florida are Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
87% of public benefit money in Florida comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Florida.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Florida?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Florida, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Florida?: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to public benefit organizations in Florida, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Florida?: $80M reached 222 public benefit organizations in Florida, from 474 funders. 13% 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.