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 Tides Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Foundation to Promote Open Society. 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?

$208M reached 103 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia, from 597 funders. 16% 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 16% 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 6 funders each.

$208M

granted

103

organizations

16%

from in-state

The short version

597 funders gave $208M to 103 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
16% 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 Tides Foundation, at $12M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc, at $40M.

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.

1Tides Foundation$12M 2Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$10M 3Foundation to Promote Open Society$9M 4Restoration of America$8M 5Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$7M 6Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc$7M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 8Silicon Valley Community Foundation$6M 9Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc$5M 10New Venture Fund$4M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia that draw the most

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

93 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$68M

Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$40M New Georgia Project Inc$29M Progeorgia State Table Inc$20M Southerners on New Ground Inc$12M Spark Reproductive Justice Now$5M

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 Tides Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Foundation to Promote Open Society. 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
84% 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 Tides Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Foundation to Promote Open Society. 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?: Tides Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Georgia?: $208M reached 103 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Georgia, from 597 funders. 16% 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 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.