How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Pennsylvania?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Pennsylvania, currently The William Penn Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments. Then look at who funds the arts and culture 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 arts and culture in Pennsylvania?

$861M reached 1,271 arts and culture organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,471 funders. 67% 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 · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Pennsylvania

Arts and culture funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Franklin Institute leads, and the money reaches 1,271 groups.

$861M

granted

1,271

organizations

67%

from in-state

The short version

2,471 funders gave $861M to 1,271 arts and culture organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
67% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Pennsylvania is The William Penn Foundation, at $55M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is The Franklin Institute, at $27M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Pennsylvania

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

1The William Penn Foundation$55M 2Richard King Mellon Foundation$44M 3The Heinz Endowments$39M 4Corporation for Public Broadcasting$33M 5Hillman Family Foundations$26M 6The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$22M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$20M 8The Forman Family Foundation$20M 9The Pittsburgh Foundation$20M 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$18M

Arts and culture organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

1,261 other arts and culture organizations$646M

How to find arts and culture funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Pennsylvania are The William Penn Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture 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
33% of arts and culture money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Pennsylvania, currently The William Penn Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Pennsylvania?: The William Penn Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Pennsylvania, $55M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Pennsylvania?: $861M reached 1,271 arts and culture organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,471 funders. 67% 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 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.