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

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in New York, currently Fund for Policy Reform, New York Ehealth Collaborative Inc, Tides Foundation. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in New York?

Fund for Policy Reform gives the most to public benefit organizations in New York, $660M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in New York?

$1.5B reached 248 public benefit organizations in New York, from 1,436 funders. 25% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in New York

Most of it comes from outside New York: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Fund for Policy Reform Inc alone draws 44% of every public benefit grant dollar in New York.

$1.5B

granted

248

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

1,436 funders gave $1.5B to 248 public benefit organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in New York is Fund for Policy Reform, at $660M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Fund for Policy Reform Inc, at $660M.

Largest funders of public benefit in New York

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

1Fund for Policy Reform$660M 2New York Ehealth Collaborative Inc$131M 3Tides Foundation$44M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$42M 5Jewish Communal Fund$32M 6The Chicago Community Trust$30M 7Palladium Foundation$28M 8The Ford Foundation$27M 9Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc$24M 10The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$22M

Public benefit organizations in New York that draw the most

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

Fund for Policy Reform Inc$660M NEO Philanthropy Inc$281M

238 other public benefit organizations$250M

How to find public benefit funders in New York

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Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to public benefit in New York are Fund for Policy Reform, New York Ehealth Collaborative Inc, Tides Foundation. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
75% of public benefit money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in New York, currently Fund for Policy Reform, New York Ehealth Collaborative Inc, Tides Foundation. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in New York?: Fund for Policy Reform gives the most to public benefit organizations in New York, $660M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in New York?: $1.5B reached 248 public benefit organizations in New York, from 1,436 funders. 25% 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.