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

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Florida, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donors Trust Inc, Voter Registration Project. 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?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in Florida, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Florida?

$336M reached 458 public benefit organizations in Florida, from 1,338 funders. 22% 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 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$336M

granted

458

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

1,338 funders gave $336M to 458 public benefit organizations in Florida across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $23M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Foundation for Government Accountability Inc, at $43M.

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.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$23M 2Donors Trust Inc$20M 3Voter Registration Project$12M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$11M 5The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$11M 6Voters in Control Inc$10M 7Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$8M 8The Ford Foundation$8M 9Tides Foundation$7M 10Open Society Action Fund Inc$7M

Public benefit organizations in Florida that draw the most

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

448 other public benefit organizations$173M

Foundation for Government Accountability Inc$43M Florida Rising Together Inc$23M Government Accountability Institute$12M Emgage Foundation Inc$12M Florida Institute for Reform and Em Dba Organize Florida Education Fund$11M Progress Florida Education Institute Inc$11M Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement Inc$10M Standing Up for Florida Inc$10M

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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donors Trust Inc, Voter Registration Project. 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
78% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donors Trust Inc, Voter Registration Project. 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?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in Florida, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Florida?: $336M reached 458 public benefit organizations in Florida, from 1,338 funders. 22% 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 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.