How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in New Hampshire?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in New Hampshire, currently North Main Street Fund, America Votes, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit 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 public benefit in New Hampshire?

$94M reached 72 public benefit organizations in New Hampshire, from 267 funders. 34% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in New Hampshire

Funding is concentrated: Forward Action Fund alone draws 58% of every public benefit grant dollar in New Hampshire.

$94M

granted

organizations

34%

from in-state

The short version

267 funders gave $94M to 72 public benefit organizations in New Hampshire across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
34% of that came from funders also based in New Hampshire; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in New Hampshire is North Main Street Fund, at $15M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Forward Action Fund, at $54M.

Largest funders of public benefit in New Hampshire

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

1North Main Street Fund$15M 2America Votes$10M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 4Endowment For Health Inc$6M 5Workmoney Inc$5M 6Sixteen Thirty Fund$5M 7New Hampshire Charitable Foundation$5M 8Majority Forward$4M 9Open Society Action Fund Inc$4M 10Nevada Alliance$2M

Public benefit organizations in New Hampshire that draw the most

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

Forward Action Fund$54M New Futures Inc$8M

62 other public benefit organizations$8M

The Tor Project Inc$7M North Main Street Fund$4M

How to find public benefit funders in New Hampshire

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Start with the funders already active in New Hampshire
The funders giving the most to public benefit in New Hampshire are North Main Street Fund, America Votes, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
66% of public benefit money in New Hampshire comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Hampshire.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in New Hampshire?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in New Hampshire, currently North Main Street Fund, America Votes, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Hampshire from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in New Hampshire?: North Main Street Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in New Hampshire, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in New Hampshire?: $94M reached 72 public benefit organizations in New Hampshire, from 267 funders. 34% 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 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.