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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Montana, currently The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Forward Mt Foundation, 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 Montana from out of state.

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

$11M reached 17 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Montana, from 118 funders. 25% came from funders also based in Montana.

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 · Montana · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Montana

Most of it comes from outside Montana: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Montana's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 7 funders each.

$11M

granted

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

118 funders gave $11M to 17 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Montana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in Montana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Montana is The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, at $1M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Forward Mt, at $3M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Montana

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

1The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$1M 2Forward Mt Foundation$1M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$850k 4Social Justice Fund Northwest$638k 5American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$468k 6National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$442k 7American Endowment Foundation$351k 8The Kendeda Fund$350k 9Tides Foundation$323k 10Western Organization of Resource$311k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Montana that draw the most

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

Forward Mt$3M Montana Conservation Corps Inc$2M Catalyst Montana$1M ACLU of Montana Foundation Inc$1M Upper Seven Law$1M Montanans for Choice$787k Montana Two Spirit Society$600k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Montana

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Start with the funders already active in Montana
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Montana are The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Forward Mt Foundation, 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
75% of civil rights and advocacy money in Montana comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Montana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Montana?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Montana, currently The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Forward Mt Foundation, 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 Montana from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Montana?: The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Montana, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Montana?: $11M reached 17 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Montana, from 118 funders. 25% came from funders also based in Montana.
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.