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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Georgetown University. 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?

$11M reached 32 public benefit organizations in New Hampshire, from 81 funders. 43% 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

Three organizations take 75% of all public benefit funding in New Hampshire, led by State Democracy Defenders Fund.

$11M

granted

organizations

43%

from in-state

The short version

81 funders gave $11M to 32 public benefit organizations in New Hampshire across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
43% 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 $3M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is State Democracy Defenders Fund, at $4M.

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$3M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 3Georgetown University$1M 4John D and Catherine T Macarthur$1M 5New Hampshire Charitable Foundation$672k 6Zcash Foundation$316k 7Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$275k 8Endowment For Health Inc$272k 9The Couch Family Foundation$251k 10Swimming With a Mission Inc$235k

Public benefit organizations in New Hampshire that draw the most

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

State Democracy Defenders Fund$4M The Tor Project Inc$3M New Hampshire Fiscal Policy$1M

22 other public benefit organizations$847k

How to find public benefit funders in New Hampshire

1
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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Georgetown University. 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
57% 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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Georgetown University. 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, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in New Hampshire?: $11M reached 32 public benefit organizations in New Hampshire, from 81 funders. 43% 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.