How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Pennsylvania?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Pennsylvania, currently Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc, Legal Services Corporation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Pennsylvania?

$385M reached 168 crime and legal organizations in Pennsylvania, from 723 funders. 71% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$385M

granted

168

organizations

71%

from in-state

The short version

723 funders gave $385M to 168 crime and legal organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
71% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Pennsylvania is Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer, at $114M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc, at $99M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Pennsylvania

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

1Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer$114M 2Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc$108M 3Legal Services Corporation$52M 4Tides Center$16M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 6The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund$5M 7United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$4M 8The Chicago Community Trust$4M 9Richard King Mellon Foundation$3M 10Independence Foundation$3M

Crime and legal organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

158 other crime and legal organizations$105M

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc$99M Community Legal Services Inc$37M Midpenn Legal Services$31M North Penn Legal Services$26M Neighborhood Legal Services Association$19M

How to find crime and legal funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Pennsylvania are Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc, Legal Services Corporation. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
29% of crime and legal money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Pennsylvania, currently Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc, Legal Services Corporation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Pennsylvania?: Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Pennsylvania, $114M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Pennsylvania?: $385M reached 168 crime and legal organizations in Pennsylvania, from 723 funders. 71% 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.