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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in New York, currently Enterprise Community Partners Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in New York?

Enterprise Community Partners Inc gives the most to housing organizations in New York, $87M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in New York?

$2.0B reached 1,154 housing organizations in New York, from 4,811 funders. 58% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in New York

Housing funding in New York is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Community Solutions International Inc leads, and the money reaches 1,154 groups. New York's housing organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$2.0B

granted

1,154

organizations

58%

from in-state

The short version

4,811 funders gave $2.0B to 1,154 housing organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
58% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in New York is Enterprise Community Partners Inc, at $87M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Community Solutions International Inc, at $142M.

Largest funders of housing in New York

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

1Enterprise Community Partners Inc$87M 2John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation$78M 3National Philanthropic Trust$76M 4Robin Hood Foundation$76M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$70M 6Covenant House$56M 7Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$44M 8Henry Phipps Plaza South Hdfc$36M 9Phipps Affordable Housing Support Corp$29M 10Henry Phipps Plaza North Housing Development Fund Corporation$25M

Housing organizations in New York that draw the most

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

1,144 other housing organizations$1.3B

Community Solutions International Inc$142M Corporation for Supportive Housing$86M Covenant House$82M

How to find housing funders in New York

1
Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to housing in New York are Enterprise Community Partners Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
42% of housing money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in New York, currently Enterprise Community Partners Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in New York?: Enterprise Community Partners Inc gives the most to housing organizations in New York, $87M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in New York?: $2.0B reached 1,154 housing organizations in New York, from 4,811 funders. 58% 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.