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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Pennsylvania, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Hillman Family Foundations, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the housing 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 housing in Pennsylvania?

$155M reached 276 housing organizations in Pennsylvania, from 760 funders. 60% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Pennsylvania

$155M reached 276 housing organizations in Pennsylvania, from 760 funders, with no single one dominating.

$155M

granted

276

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

760 funders gave $155M to 276 housing organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Pennsylvania is The Chicago Community Trust, at $15M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Community First Fund, at $25M.

Largest funders of housing in Pennsylvania

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$15M 2Hillman Family Foundations$11M 3National Philanthropic Trust$8M 4The William Penn Foundation$7M 5Pennsylvania Cdfi Network$7M 6Covenant House$4M 7Habitat for Humanity International Inc$4M 8McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na$3M 9Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$3M 10Stbarnabas Charitable Foundation$3M

Housing organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

266 other housing organizations$78M

Community First Fund$25M Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc$12M

How to find housing funders in Pennsylvania

1
Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to housing in Pennsylvania are The Chicago Community Trust, Hillman Family Foundations, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
40% of housing money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Pennsylvania, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Hillman Family Foundations, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Pennsylvania?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Pennsylvania, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Pennsylvania?: $155M reached 276 housing organizations in Pennsylvania, from 760 funders. 60% 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.