How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Illinois?

Start with the funders already giving to science in Illinois, currently Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Trustees of Boston University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Illinois?

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc gives the most to science organizations in Illinois, $510k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Illinois?

$3M reached 28 science organizations in Illinois, from 71 funders. 28% came from funders also based in Illinois.

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 · Illinois · Science

Who funds science in Illinois

Most of it comes from outside Illinois: only 28% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$3M

granted

organizations

28%

from in-state

The short version

71 funders gave $3M to 28 science organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
28% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Illinois is Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, at $510k.
The science organization drawing the most is Institute of Gas Technology, at $622k.

Largest funders of science in Illinois

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

1Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$510k 2Worcester Polytechnic Institute$361k 3Trustees of Boston University$251k 4Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund$210k 5Corporate Accountability Lab$200k 6Apga Research Foundation$180k 7Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation$160k 8Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$154k 9The Allstate Foundation$132k 10Center to Combat Human Trafficking$122k

Science organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

Institute of Gas Technology$622k Lumity$586k Ibio Institute$500k The Center for Humans and Nature$361k

18 other science organizations$315k

Fermi Research Alliance LLC$251k American Nuclear Society Incorporated$235k Organization for Ethical Source$200k Sequoia Farm Foundation$165k Science Olympiad Inc$115k Chicago Council on Science & Technology$84k

How to find science funders in Illinois

1
Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to science in Illinois are Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Trustees of Boston University. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the 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
72% of science money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Illinois, currently Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Trustees of Boston University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Illinois?: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc gives the most to science organizations in Illinois, $510k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Illinois?: $3M reached 28 science organizations in Illinois, from 71 funders. 28% came from funders also based in Illinois.
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.