How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Pennsylvania?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Pennsylvania, currently National Philanthropic Trust, International Seafood Sustainability Trade Association Inc, Network for Good. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.

How much grant money goes to animals in Pennsylvania?

$315M reached 722 animals organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,109 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Pennsylvania.

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 · Pennsylvania · Animals

Who funds animals in Pennsylvania

Animals funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Zoological Society of Philadelphia leads, and the money reaches 722 groups.

$315M

granted

722

organizations

55%

from in-state

The short version

2,109 funders gave $315M to 722 animals organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
55% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Pennsylvania is National Philanthropic Trust, at $24M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Zoological Society of Philadelphia, at $24M.

Largest funders of animals in Pennsylvania

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Pennsylvania, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1National Philanthropic Trust$24M 2International Seafood Sustainability Trade Association Inc$20M 3Network for Good$15M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$13M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$11M 6Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$8M 7Erie Community Foundation$7M 8Petsmart Charities Inc$7M 9Humane Pennsylvania Foundation$6M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$6M

Animals organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

712 other animals organizations$193M

Zoological Society of Philadelphia$24M International Seafood Sustainability Foundation Inc$23M

How to find animals funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to animals in Pennsylvania are National Philanthropic Trust, International Seafood Sustainability Trade Association Inc, Network for Good. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals 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
45% of animals money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Pennsylvania, currently National Philanthropic Trust, International Seafood Sustainability Trade Association Inc, Network for Good. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Pennsylvania?: National Philanthropic Trust gives the most to animals organizations in Pennsylvania, $24M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Pennsylvania?: $315M reached 722 animals organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,109 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Pennsylvania.
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.