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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Massachusetts, currently Indian Paintbrush Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.

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

$292M reached 99 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Massachusetts, from 826 funders. 20% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Massachusetts

Most of it comes from outside Massachusetts: only 20% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Massachusetts's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 8 funders each.

$292M

granted

organizations

20%

from in-state

The short version

826 funders gave $292M to 99 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
20% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Massachusetts is Indian Paintbrush Foundation, at $38M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc, at $80M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Massachusetts

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

1Indian Paintbrush Foundation$38M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$28M 3The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales$25M 4US Committee for Refugees And$20M 5Gates Foundation$8M 6The John a Hartford Foundation Inc$7M 7Waverley Street Foundation$7M 8Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc$6M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 10The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation$5M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$80M

89 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$64M

Accelerate Change Inc$36M Institute for Healthcare Improvement$28M International Institute of New England$28M Cultural Survival Inc$20M One Fair Wage Inc$12M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Massachusetts

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Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Massachusetts are Indian Paintbrush Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
80% of civil rights and advocacy money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Massachusetts, currently Indian Paintbrush Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Massachusetts?: Indian Paintbrush Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Massachusetts, $38M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Massachusetts?: $292M reached 99 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Massachusetts, from 826 funders. 20% 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.