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, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 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?

$581M reached 678 environment organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,776 funders. 54% 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 Natural Lands Trust Inc leads, and the money reaches 678 groups.

$581M

granted

678

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

1,776 funders gave $581M to 678 environment organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% 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 $49M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Natural Lands Trust Inc, at $36M.

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$49M 2Richard King Mellon Foundation$36M 3National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$34M 4The Heinz Endowments$28M 5United States Energy Foundation$15M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$14M 7Wyncote Foundation$12M 8The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$12M 9Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$12M 10Hillman Family Foundations$11M

Environment organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

668 other environment organizations$392M

Natural Lands Trust Inc$36M Stroud Water Research Center$25M

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, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 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
46% 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, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 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, $49M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Pennsylvania?: $581M reached 678 environment organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,776 funders. 54% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

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.