How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in New York?

Start with the funders already giving to education in New York, currently Nyu Langone Hospitals, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in New York?

Nyu Langone Hospitals gives the most to education organizations in New York, $4.1B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in New York?

$12.9B reached 2,909 education organizations in New York, from 11,004 funders. 62% 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 · Education

Who funds education in New York

One funder dominates the giving, Nyu Langone Hospitals, at 32% of the total.

$12.9B

granted

2,909

organizations

62%

from in-state

The short version

11,004 funders gave $12.9B to 2,909 education organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
62% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in New York is Nyu Langone Hospitals, at $4.1B.
The education organization drawing the most is New York University, at $4.7B.

Largest funders of education in New York

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

1Nyu Langone Hospitals$4.1B 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$707M 3National Philanthropic Trust$303M 4Jewish Communal Fund$249M 5Montefiore Medical Center$233M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$228M 7The Mount Sinai Hospital$227M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$212M 9Gates Foundation$155M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$121M

Education organizations in New York that draw the most

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

2,899 other education organizations$5.1B

New York University$4.7B Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$555M The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$490M

How to find education funders in New York

1
Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to education in New York are Nyu Langone Hospitals, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
38% of education money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to education in New York, currently Nyu Langone Hospitals, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in New York?: Nyu Langone Hospitals gives the most to education organizations in New York, $4.1B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in New York?: $12.9B reached 2,909 education organizations in New York, from 11,004 funders. 62% 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 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.