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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Kansas, currently Beren Sea Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.

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

$16M reached 27 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kansas, from 126 funders. 61% came from funders also based in Kansas.

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 · Kansas · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Kansas

Funding is concentrated: Combat Hate Foundation alone draws 55% of every civil rights and advocacy grant dollar in Kansas. One funder dominates the giving, Beren Sea Foundation, at 41% of the total.

$16M

granted

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

126 funders gave $16M to 27 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% of that came from funders also based in Kansas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Kansas is Beren Sea Foundation, at $7M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Combat Hate Foundation, at $9M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Kansas

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

1Beren Sea Foundation$7M 2American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$676k 4Health Care Foundation of Greater Kc$585k 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$543k 6Israel Henry Beren Charitable$500k 7Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$372k 8Kansas Health Foundation$350k 9Greater Manhattan Community Foundation$346k 10Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$290k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kansas that draw the most

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

Combat Hate Foundation$9M American Civil Liberties Union$2M

17 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$2M

The Voter Network Foundation$960k Kansans For Life Educat Trust Fund$861k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Kansas

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Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Kansas are Beren Sea Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
39% of civil rights and advocacy money in Kansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Kansas?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Kansas, currently Beren Sea Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Kansas?: Beren Sea Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kansas, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Kansas?: $16M reached 27 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kansas, from 126 funders. 61% came from funders also based in Kansas.
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.