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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in New York, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in New York?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in New York, $147M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in New York?

$1.5B reached 507 environment organizations in New York, from 3,389 funders. 32% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in New York

New York's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 7 funders each.

$1.5B

granted

507

organizations

32%

from in-state

The short version

3,389 funders gave $1.5B to 507 environment organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
32% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in New York is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $147M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated, at $422M.

Largest funders of environment in New York

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$147M 2The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc$67M 3Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc$53M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$46M 5Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc$43M 6Climate Imperative Foundation$31M 7Valhalla Foundation$30M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$28M 9Sequoia Climate Foundation$27M 10Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$27M

Environment organizations in New York that draw the most

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

497 other environment organizations$533M

Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$422M Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$206M C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc$75M Sustainable Markets Foundation$72M

How to find environment funders in New York

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Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to environment in New York are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
68% of environment money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in New York, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in New York?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in New York, $147M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in New York?: $1.5B reached 507 environment organizations in New York, from 3,389 funders. 32% 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.