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

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

Who is the largest philanthropy funder in New York?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to philanthropy organizations in New York, $523M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to philanthropy in New York?

$6.1B reached 1,425 philanthropy organizations in New York, from 5,534 funders. 36% 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 · Philanthropy

Who funds philanthropy in New York

$6.1B reached 1,425 philanthropy organizations in New York, from 5,534 funders, with no single one dominating.

$6.1B

granted

1,425

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

5,534 funders gave $6.1B to 1,425 philanthropy organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of philanthropy in New York is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $523M.
The philanthropy organization drawing the most is Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, at $1.1B.

Largest funders of philanthropy in New York

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$523M 2New Venture Fund$272M 3National Philanthropic Trust$265M 4Jewish Communal Fund$203M 5Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$197M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$177M 7The Rockefeller Foundation$124M 8United Jewish Appeal-Federation Of$109M 9Gates Foundation$96M 10Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan$94M

Philanthropy organizations in New York that draw the most

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

1,415 other philanthropy organizations$1.8B

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$1.1B Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$682M The Jewish Federations of North America Inc$612M Jewish Communal Fund$607M Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc$318M

How to find philanthropy funders in New York

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Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to philanthropy in New York are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, New Venture Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing philanthropy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the philanthropy 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
64% of philanthropy money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national philanthropy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a philanthropy nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to philanthropy in New York, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, New Venture Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the philanthropy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.
Who is the largest philanthropy funder in New York?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to philanthropy organizations in New York, $523M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to philanthropy in New York?: $6.1B reached 1,425 philanthropy organizations in New York, from 5,534 funders. 36% 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.