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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in New York, currently John D and Catherine T Macarthur, Phipps Affordable Housing Support Corp, The Chicago Community 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?

John D and Catherine T Macarthur gives the most to housing organizations in New York, $88M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in New York?

$551M reached 375 housing organizations in New York, from 1,404 funders. 59% 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

$551M reached 375 housing organizations in New York, from 1,404 funders, with no single one dominating.

$551M

granted

375

organizations

59%

from in-state

The short version

1,404 funders gave $551M to 375 housing organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
59% 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 John D and Catherine T Macarthur, at $88M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Community Solutions International Inc, at $113M.

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.

1John D and Catherine T Macarthur$88M 2Phipps Affordable Housing Support Corp$25M 3The Chicago Community Trust$24M 4Robin Hood Foundation$19M 5Firemen's Association of the State of New York Foundation Inc$19M 6The Actors' Fund of America$18M 7Novo Foundation$12M 8Clarkstown Middlewood Housing$11M 9Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$11M 10Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$11M

Housing organizations in New York that draw the most

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

365 other housing organizations$280M

Community Solutions International Inc$113M Phipps Houses$37M Firemen's Association of the State of New York$19M Actors Fund Housing Development$18M Leap Inc$13M

How to find housing funders in New York

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Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to housing in New York are John D and Catherine T Macarthur, Phipps Affordable Housing Support Corp, The Chicago Community 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
41% 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 John D and Catherine T Macarthur, Phipps Affordable Housing Support Corp, The Chicago Community 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?: John D and Catherine T Macarthur gives the most to housing organizations in New York, $88M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in New York?: $551M reached 375 housing organizations in New York, from 1,404 funders. 59% 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.