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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in North Carolina, currently Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Tides 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 North Carolina from out of state.

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

$97M reached 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Carolina, from 336 funders. 33% came from funders also based in North Carolina.

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 · North Carolina · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in North Carolina

North Carolina's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$97M

granted

organizations

33%

from in-state

The short version

336 funders gave $97M to 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
33% of that came from funders also based in North Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in North Carolina is Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc, at $14M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic, at $16M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in North Carolina

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

1Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$14M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 3Tides Foundation$6M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 5Open Society Action Fund Inc$4M 6Foundation for the Carolinas$3M 7Blueprint North Carolina$2M 8Voter Registration Project$2M 9Imagine North Carolina First$2M 10America Votes$2M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Carolina that draw the most

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

72 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$30M

Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic$16M Male Contraceptive Initiative$10M N C a Philip Randolph Institute Inc$7M Democracy North Carolina$7M North Carolina Asian Americans Together$7M Carolina Federation$5M Campaign For Southern Equality$5M You Can Vote$3M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in North Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in North Carolina
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in North Carolina are Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Tides 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
67% of civil rights and advocacy money in North Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in North Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in North Carolina, currently Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Tides 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 North Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in North Carolina?: Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Carolina, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in North Carolina?: $97M reached 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Carolina, from 336 funders. 33% came from funders also based in North Carolina.
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.