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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Georgia, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Freedom's Future Fund Inc, Tides 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 Georgia from out of state.

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

$671M reached 310 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia, from 1,269 funders. 15% came from funders also based in Georgia.

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 · Georgia · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Georgia

Most of it comes from outside Georgia: only 15% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Georgia's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$671M

granted

310

organizations

15%

from in-state

The short version

1,269 funders gave $671M to 310 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
15% of that came from funders also based in Georgia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Georgia is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $29M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc, at $82M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Georgia

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$29M 2Freedom's Future Fund Inc$29M 3Tides Foundation$23M 4The Ford Foundation$22M 5Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$22M 6NEO Philanthropy Inc$19M 7Common Counsel Foundation$19M 8Foundation to Promote Open Society$18M 9The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation$18M 10The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$17M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia that draw the most

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

300 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$275M

Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$82M Project South Inc$50M Sistersong Inc$47M Progeorgia State Table Inc$46M National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc$42M Southerners on New Ground Inc$40M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Georgia

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Start with the funders already active in Georgia
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Georgia are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Freedom's Future Fund Inc, Tides 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
85% of civil rights and advocacy money in Georgia comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Georgia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Georgia?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Georgia, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Freedom's Future Fund Inc, Tides 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 Georgia from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Georgia?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Georgia?: $671M reached 310 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia, from 1,269 funders. 15% came from funders also based in Georgia.
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 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

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.