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 Pennsylvania, Feeding America, Pennsylvania Association of Regional Food Banks. 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?

$669M reached 1,235 food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,605 funders. 61% 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

Food and agriculture funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank leads, and the money reaches 1,235 groups.

$669M

granted

1,235

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

2,605 funders gave $669M to 1,235 food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% 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 Pennsylvania, at $73M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, at $79M.

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 Pennsylvania$73M 2Feeding America$66M 3Pennsylvania Association of Regional Food Banks$22M 4Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$22M 5The William Penn Foundation$18M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$17M 7The Pittsburgh Foundation$12M 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$11M 9JHC Foundation$10M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$10M

Food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

1,225 other food and agriculture organizations$313M

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$79M Philabundance$78M Central Pennsylvania Food Bank$52M Share Food Program$37M Rodale Institute$26M

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 Pennsylvania, Feeding America, Pennsylvania Association of Regional Food Banks. 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
39% 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 Pennsylvania, Feeding America, Pennsylvania Association of Regional Food Banks. 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 Pennsylvania gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania, $73M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Pennsylvania?: $669M reached 1,235 food and agriculture organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,605 funders. 61% 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 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.