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

Start with the funders already giving to education in New York, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Gates Foundation. 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?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in New York, $2.2B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in New York?

$23.3B reached 5,251 education organizations in New York, from 22,645 funders. 41% 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

Education funding in New York is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York leads, and the money reaches 5,251 groups. New York's education organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$23.3B

granted

5,251

organizations

41%

from in-state

The short version

22,645 funders gave $23.3B to 5,251 education organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
41% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $2.2B.
The education organization drawing the most is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, at $2.0B.

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.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2.2B 2National Philanthropic Trust$1.0B 3Gates Foundation$662M 4University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$565M 5Open Society Institute$558M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$553M 7Jewish Communal Fund$504M 8Silicon Valley Community Foundation$444M 9Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$373M 10Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$372M

Education organizations in New York that draw the most

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

5,241 other education organizations$15B

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$2.0B Cornell University$1.8B

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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Gates Foundation. 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
59% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Gates Foundation. 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?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in New York, $2.2B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in New York?: $23.3B reached 5,251 education organizations in New York, from 22,645 funders. 41% 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.