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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New Jersey, currently Tides Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Cleveland Clinic 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 New Jersey from out of state.

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

$134M reached 51 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Jersey, from 180 funders. 8% came from funders also based in New Jersey.

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 Jersey · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in New Jersey

Funding is concentrated: Oneten Coalition Inc alone draws 87% of every civil rights and advocacy grant dollar in New Jersey. One funder dominates the giving, Tides Center, at 80% of the total.

$134M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

180 funders gave $134M to 51 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
8% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in New Jersey is Tides Center, at $106M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Oneten Coalition Inc, at $116M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in New Jersey

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

1Tides Center$106M 2The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$2M 3The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$2M 4Adp Foundation$2M 5Kpmg US Foundation Inc$2M 6Court Appointed Special Advocates of New$2M 7Dow Company Foundation$2M 8Fund for New Jersey$1M 9Synchrony Foundation$1M 10American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$956k

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

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

Oneten Coalition Inc$116M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in New Jersey are Tides Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Cleveland Clinic 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
92% of civil rights and advocacy money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New Jersey, currently Tides Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Cleveland Clinic 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 New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in New Jersey?: Tides Center gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Jersey, $106M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in New Jersey?: $134M reached 51 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Jersey, from 180 funders. 8% came from funders also based in New Jersey.
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.