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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New York, currently Fund for Policy Reform Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Ford 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 York from out of state.

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

$5.9B reached 1,014 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New York, from 8,281 funders. 45% came from funders also based in New York.

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 York · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in New York

New York's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 8 funders each.

$5.9B

granted

1,014

organizations

45%

from in-state

The short version

8,281 funders gave $5.9B to 1,014 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
45% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in New York is Fund for Policy Reform Inc, at $996M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Open Society Action Fund Inc, at $989M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in New York

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

1Fund for Policy Reform Inc$996M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$538M 3The Ford Foundation$209M 4Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$181M 5National Philanthropic Trust$150M 6Tides Foundation$132M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$127M 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$112M 9Lilly Endowment Inc$107M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$104M

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

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

1,004 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$2.3B

Open Society Action Fund Inc$989M American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$768M Anti-Defamation League$405M NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$284M The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$253M American Jewish Committee$239M National Urban League Inc$232M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in New York

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Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in New York are Fund for Policy Reform Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Ford 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
55% of civil rights and advocacy money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New York, currently Fund for Policy Reform Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Ford 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 York from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in New York?: Fund for Policy Reform Inc gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in New York, $996M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in New York?: $5.9B reached 1,014 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New York, from 8,281 funders. 45% came from funders also based in New York.
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.