How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Pennsylvania?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Pennsylvania, currently Feeding America, Feeding Pennsylvania, The William Penn Foundation. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture 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 food and agriculture in Pennsylvania?

$191M reached 202 food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,169 funders. 55% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's food and agriculture organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$191M

granted

202

organizations

55%

from in-state

The short version

1,169 funders gave $191M to 202 food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
55% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in Pennsylvania is Feeding America, at $15M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Philabundance, at $29M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in Pennsylvania

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

1Feeding America$15M 2Feeding Pennsylvania$14M 3The William Penn Foundation$10M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$7M 5The Specter Foundation$7M 6Pennsylvania Association of Regional$6M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 8JHC Foundation$6M 9Rsf Social Finance Inc$5M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M

Food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

192 other food and agriculture organizations$57M

Philabundance$29M Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$26M Share Food Program$21M Central Pennsylvania Food Bank$18M Rodale Institute$15M Chester County Food Bank$7M

How to find food and agriculture funders in Pennsylvania

1
Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Pennsylvania are Feeding America, Feeding Pennsylvania, The William Penn Foundation. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
45% of food and agriculture money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Pennsylvania, currently Feeding America, Feeding Pennsylvania, The William Penn Foundation. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Pennsylvania?: Feeding America gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Pennsylvania?: $191M reached 202 food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,169 funders. 55% 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.