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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Pennsylvania, currently Upmc Group, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Atlantic Coast Conference. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Pennsylvania?

Upmc Group gives the most to education organizations in Pennsylvania, $243M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Pennsylvania?

$3.3B reached 1,911 education organizations in Pennsylvania, from 5,751 funders. 45% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Pennsylvania

$3.3B reached 1,911 education organizations in Pennsylvania, from 5,751 funders, with no single one dominating.

$3.3B

granted

1,911

organizations

45%

from in-state

The short version

5,751 funders gave $3.3B to 1,911 education organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
45% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Pennsylvania is Upmc Group, at $243M.
The education organization drawing the most is University of Pittsburgh, at $801M.

Largest funders of education in Pennsylvania

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

1Upmc Group$243M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$187M 3Atlantic Coast Conference$87M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$86M 5Richard King Mellon Foundation$82M 6National Philanthropic Trust$71M 7Dietrich Foundation$58M 8Business Leadership Organized For$55M 9Gray Foundation$55M 10The Pew Charitable Trusts$52M

Education organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

1,901 other education organizations$1.3B

University of Pittsburgh$801M Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania$724M

How to find education funders in Pennsylvania

1
Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to education in Pennsylvania are Upmc Group, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Atlantic Coast Conference. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
55% of education money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Pennsylvania, currently Upmc Group, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Atlantic Coast Conference. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Pennsylvania?: Upmc Group gives the most to education organizations in Pennsylvania, $243M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Pennsylvania?: $3.3B reached 1,911 education organizations in Pennsylvania, from 5,751 funders. 45% 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.