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

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

Who is the largest science funder in New York?

Donors Trust Inc gives the most to science organizations in New York, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in New York?

$143M reached 75 science organizations in New York, from 278 funders. 33% 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 · Science

Who funds science in New York

Funding is concentrated: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory alone draws 41% of every science grant dollar in New York.

$143M

granted

organizations

33%

from in-state

The short version

278 funders gave $143M to 75 science organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
33% of that came from funders also based in New York; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in New York is Donors Trust Inc, at $15M.
The science organization drawing the most is Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, at $59M.

Largest funders of science in New York

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

1Donors Trust Inc$15M 2Robertson Research Fund Inc$11M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 4Gates Foundation$7M 5John Templeton Foundation$6M 6Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer$6M 7Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$6M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 9Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$5M 10Michael Antonov Charitable Foundation$4M

Science organizations in New York that draw the most

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

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$59M

65 other science organizations$28M

Project Ceti Inc$13M Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant$8M PowerMyLearning Inc$8M World Science Foundation$7M Scratch Foundation$5M The Asme Foundation Inc$5M

How to find science funders in New York

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Start with the funders already active in New York
The funders giving the most to science in New York are Donors Trust Inc, Robertson Research Fund Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
67% of science money in New York comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New York.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in New York?: Start with the funders already giving to science in New York, currently Donors Trust Inc, Robertson Research Fund Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New York from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in New York?: Donors Trust Inc gives the most to science organizations in New York, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in New York?: $143M reached 75 science organizations in New York, from 278 funders. 33% 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.