How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Oregon?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Oregon, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.

Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Oregon?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Oregon, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Oregon?

$57M reached 75 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Oregon, from 336 funders. 36% came from funders also based in Oregon.

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 · Oregon · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Oregon

Oregon's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$57M

granted

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

336 funders gave $57M to 75 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Oregon; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Oregon is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $6M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Oregon Justice Resource Center, at $9M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Oregon

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Oregon, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 2Meyer Memorial Trust$5M 3The Oregon Community Foundation$4M 4Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$3M 5National Philanthropic Trust$2M 6Inatai Foundation$2M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 8Seeding Justice$2M 9Tides Foundation$2M 10Article IV$1M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Oregon that draw the most

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

65 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$23M

Oregon Justice Resource Center$9M Equality Federation Institute$6M Center for Intercultural Organizing$5M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Oregon

1
Start with the funders already active in Oregon
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Oregon are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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 civil rights and advocacy money in Oregon comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oregon.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Oregon?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Oregon, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Oregon?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Oregon, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Oregon?: $57M reached 75 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Oregon, from 336 funders. 36% came from funders also based in Oregon.
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.