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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in New York, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Word of Life Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.

Who is the largest religion funder in New York?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to religion organizations in New York, $145M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in New York?

$725M reached 964 religion organizations in New York, from 2,088 funders. 42% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in New York

Religion funding in New York is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Word of Life Fellowship Inc leads, and the money reaches 964 groups.

$725M

granted

964

organizations

42%

from in-state

The short version

2,088 funders gave $725M to 964 religion organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
42% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in New York is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $145M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Word of Life Fellowship Inc, at $73M.

Largest funders of religion in New York

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$145M 2Jewish Communal Fund$86M 3Word of Life Foundation Inc$39M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$31M 5The Koum Family Foundation$29M 6Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$20M 7Catholic Cemeteries of the Roman$20M 8Dart-L Foundation$20M 9National Philanthropic Trust$17M 10The Ojc Fund$14M

Religion organizations in New York that draw the most

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

954 other religion organizations$399M

Word of Life Fellowship Inc$73M The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew$54M European Jewish Association Inc$24M USA Outreach$22M

How to find religion funders in New York

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Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to religion in New York are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Word of Life Foundation Inc. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
58% of religion money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in New York, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Word of Life Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in New York?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to religion organizations in New York, $145M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in New York?: $725M reached 964 religion organizations in New York, from 2,088 funders. 42% 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.