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

Start with the funders already giving to social science in Florida, currently Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Ernst & Young Foundation, Deloitte Foundation. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.

Who is the largest social science funder in Florida?

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research gives the most to social science organizations in Florida, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in Florida?

$10M reached 21 social science organizations in Florida, from 84 funders. 17% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in Florida

Three organizations take 72% of all social science funding in Florida, led by American Accounting Association. Most of it comes from outside Florida: only 17% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$10M

granted

organizations

17%

from in-state

The short version

84 funders gave $10M to 21 social science organizations in Florida across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
17% of that came from funders also based in Florida; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in Florida is Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, at $2M.
The social science organization drawing the most is American Accounting Association, at $4M.

Largest funders of social science in Florida

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

1Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research$2M 2Ernst & Young Foundation$2M 3Deloitte Foundation$955k 4Kpmg US Foundation Inc$523k 5Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc$325k 6Johns Hopkins University$302k 7Donors Trust Inc$275k 8V Kann Rasmussen Foundation$262k 9Shift Fka Aaron & Martha Schecter Private Foundation$224k 10Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc$207k

Social science organizations in Florida that draw the most

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

American Accounting Association$4M Kirchner Impact Foundation Inc$2M Evolution Institute Inc$1M Florida Council on Economic Education Inc$815k

How to find social science funders in Florida

1
Start with the funders already active in Florida
The funders giving the most to social science in Florida are Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Ernst & Young Foundation, Deloitte Foundation. 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
83% of social science money in Florida comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Florida.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Florida?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in Florida, currently Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Ernst & Young Foundation, Deloitte Foundation. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in Florida?: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research gives the most to social science organizations in Florida, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in Florida?: $10M reached 21 social science organizations in Florida, from 84 funders. 17% 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.