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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Michigan, currently Sixteen Thirty Fund, The Ford Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

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

$287M reached 255 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan, from 820 funders. 28% came from funders also based in Michigan.

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 · Michigan · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Michigan

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

$287M

granted

255

organizations

28%

from in-state

The short version

820 funders gave $287M to 255 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
28% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Michigan is Sixteen Thirty Fund, at $34M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, at $39M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Michigan

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

1Sixteen Thirty Fund$34M 2The Ford Foundation$15M 3WK Kellogg Foundation$14M 4American Civil Liberties Union Inc$12M 5Tides Foundation$11M 6Hopewell Fund$8M 7The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc$8M 8New Venture Fund$7M 9Donors Trust Inc$7M 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

245 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$135M

Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty$39M Reproductive Freedom for All$22M Mothering Justice$19M Focushope$15M American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan$15M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Michigan

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Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Michigan are Sixteen Thirty Fund, The Ford Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation. 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
72% of civil rights and advocacy money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Michigan, currently Sixteen Thirty Fund, The Ford Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Michigan?: Sixteen Thirty Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Michigan?: $287M reached 255 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan, from 820 funders. 28% came from funders also based in Michigan.
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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.