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

Start with the funders already giving to science in New York, currently President and Fellows of Harvard College, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. 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?

President and Fellows of Harvard College gives the most to science organizations in New York, $151M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in New York?

$1.9B reached 351 science organizations in New York, from 1,940 funders. 35% 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

New York's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$1.9B

granted

351

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

1,940 funders gave $1.9B to 351 science organizations in New York across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% 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 President and Fellows of Harvard College, at $151M.
The science organization drawing the most is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, at $293M.

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.

1President and Fellows of Harvard College$151M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$108M 3Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego$56M 4University of Pittsburgh$52M 5Cornell University$48M 6The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$45M 7The Simons Foundation Inc$45M 8Robertson Research Fund Inc$44M 9American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc$39M 10The Helen Diller Foundation$38M

Science organizations in New York that draw the most

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

341 other science organizations$447M

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$293M American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc$277M Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$242M Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation Inc$146M American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$113M The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$104M New York Academy of Sciences$97M

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 President and Fellows of Harvard College, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. 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
65% 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 President and Fellows of Harvard College, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. 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?: President and Fellows of Harvard College gives the most to science organizations in New York, $151M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in New York?: $1.9B reached 351 science organizations in New York, from 1,940 funders. 35% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.