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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New Hampshire, currently North Main Street Fund, America Votes, Workmoney 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 New Hampshire from out of state.

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

$59M reached 16 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Hampshire, from 96 funders. 35% came from funders also based in New Hampshire.

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 · New Hampshire · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in New Hampshire

Funding is concentrated: Forward Action Fund alone draws 77% of every civil rights and advocacy grant dollar in New Hampshire. New Hampshire's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$59M

granted

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

96 funders gave $59M to 16 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Hampshire across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% of that came from funders also based in New Hampshire; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in New Hampshire is North Main Street Fund, at $16M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Forward Action Fund, at $45M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in New Hampshire

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

1North Main Street Fund$16M 2America Votes$7M 3Workmoney Inc$5M 4Open Society Action Fund Inc$4M 5Sixteen Thirty Fund$4M 6The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$3M 7New Hampshire Charitable Foundation$2M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 9New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence$2M 10Civic Involvement Fund$2M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Hampshire that draw the most

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

Forward Action Fund$45M American Civil Liberties Union$3M Well-Being and Equity in the World Insti$3M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in New Hampshire

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Start with the funders already active in New Hampshire
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in New Hampshire are North Main Street Fund, America Votes, Workmoney 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
65% of civil rights and advocacy money in New Hampshire comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Hampshire.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in New Hampshire?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New Hampshire, currently North Main Street Fund, America Votes, Workmoney 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 New Hampshire from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in New Hampshire?: North Main Street Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Hampshire, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in New Hampshire?: $59M reached 16 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Hampshire, from 96 funders. 35% came from funders also based in New Hampshire.
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.