Funding · Pennsylvania · Civil rights and advocacy
Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Pennsylvania
Most of it comes from outside Pennsylvania: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.
The short version
- 1,095 funders gave $377M to 297 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 25% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Pennsylvania is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $50M.
- The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc, at $124M.
Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Pennsylvania, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Pennsylvania
- 1Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Pennsylvania are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Seminar Network Inc. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
75% of civil rights and advocacy money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Pennsylvania?
- Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Pennsylvania, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Seminar Network Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
- Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Pennsylvania?
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Pennsylvania, $50M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Pennsylvania?
- $377M reached 297 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,095 funders. 25% 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
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.