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

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

$207M reached 297 environment organizations in Pennsylvania, from 946 funders. 69% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Pennsylvania

Environment funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Western Pennsylvania Conservancy leads, and the money reaches 297 groups.

$207M

granted

297

organizations

69%

from in-state

The short version

946 funders gave $207M to 297 environment organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
69% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Pennsylvania is The William Penn Foundation, at $27M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, at $13M.

Largest funders of environment in Pennsylvania

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

1The William Penn Foundation$27M 2Richard King Mellon Foundation$26M 3The Heinz Endowments$14M 4National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$11M 5McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na$7M 6Hillman Family Foundations$7M 7Berks County Community Foundation Inc$5M 8The Pittsburgh Foundation$5M 9Wyncote Foundation$5M 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M

Environment organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

287 other environment organizations$118M

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy$13M The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$11M Natural Lands Trust Inc$11M Riverlife$10M

How to find environment funders in Pennsylvania

1
Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to environment in Pennsylvania are The William Penn Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
31% of environment money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Pennsylvania, currently The William Penn Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Pennsylvania?: The William Penn Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Pennsylvania, $27M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Pennsylvania?: $207M reached 297 environment organizations in Pennsylvania, from 946 funders. 69% 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.

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The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

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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.