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 Tides Foundation, Michigan Civic Action Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. 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?

$111M reached 83 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan, from 383 funders. 26% 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 26% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Michigan's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$111M

granted

organizations

26%

from in-state

The short version

383 funders gave $111M to 83 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
26% 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 Tides Foundation, at $8M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, at $15M.

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.

1Tides Foundation$8M 2Michigan Civic Action Fund$6M 3Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$6M 4Strategic Victory Fund$5M 5Michigan Civic Education Fund$4M 6North Fund$4M 7The Robert D and Patricia E Kern$3M 8Donors Trust Inc$3M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 10Sixteen Thirty Fund$3M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

73 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$33M

Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty$15M Michigan Voices$15M Michigan Civic Action Fund$12M Mothering Justice$10M Michigan Civic Education Fund$9M Planned Parenthood Advocates of Mi$5M

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 Tides Foundation, Michigan Civic Action Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. 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
74% 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 Tides Foundation, Michigan Civic Action Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. 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?: Tides Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Michigan?: $111M reached 83 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Michigan, from 383 funders. 26% 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 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.