How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Massachusetts?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Massachusetts, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Fidelity Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Massachusetts?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to animals organizations in Massachusetts, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Massachusetts?

$81M reached 298 animals organizations in Massachusetts, from 796 funders. 51% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.

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 · Massachusetts · Animals

Who funds animals in Massachusetts

$81M reached 298 animals organizations in Massachusetts, from 796 funders, with no single one dominating.

$81M

granted

298

organizations

51%

from in-state

The short version

796 funders gave $81M to 298 animals organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
51% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Massachusetts is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $14M.
The animals organization drawing the most is New England Aquarium Corporation, at $22M.

Largest funders of animals in Massachusetts

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$14M 2Fidelity Foundation$9M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$4M 4Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$2M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 6Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$2M 7National Philanthropic Trust$1M 8Best Friends Animal Society$1M 9Petsmart Charities Inc$1M 10Fox Rock Foundation$1M

Animals organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

288 other animals organizations$28M

New England Aquarium Corporation$22M Massachusetts Society for the Prevention$9M

How to find animals funders in Massachusetts

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Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to animals in Massachusetts are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Fidelity Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
49% of animals money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Massachusetts, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Fidelity Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Massachusetts?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to animals organizations in Massachusetts, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Massachusetts?: $81M reached 298 animals organizations in Massachusetts, from 796 funders. 51% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.
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.