How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Pennsylvania?

Start with the funders already giving to human services in Pennsylvania, currently Pennsylvania Coalition Against, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, US Committee for Refugees And. Then look at who funds the human services 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 human services in Pennsylvania?

$947M reached 1,637 human services organizations in Pennsylvania, from 3,299 funders. 65% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Pennsylvania

Human services funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Springboard Collaborative leads, and the money reaches 1,637 groups.

$947M

granted

1,637

organizations

65%

from in-state

The short version

3,299 funders gave $947M to 1,637 human services organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
65% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in Pennsylvania is Pennsylvania Coalition Against, at $52M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Springboard Collaborative, at $36M.

Largest funders of human services in Pennsylvania

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

1Pennsylvania Coalition Against$52M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$44M 3US Committee for Refugees And$25M 4The William Penn Foundation$22M 5Hillman Family Foundations$21M 6Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$20M 7The Pittsburgh Foundation$18M 8The United Way of Southwestern$18M 9Respect Together$18M 10Richard King Mellon Foundation$18M

Human services organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

1,627 other human services organizations$753M

Springboard Collaborative$36M Project Home$33M

How to find human services funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to human services in Pennsylvania are Pennsylvania Coalition Against, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, US Committee for Refugees And. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
35% of human services money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Pennsylvania, currently Pennsylvania Coalition Against, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, US Committee for Refugees And. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Pennsylvania?: Pennsylvania Coalition Against gives the most to human services organizations in Pennsylvania, $52M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Pennsylvania?: $947M reached 1,637 human services organizations in Pennsylvania, from 3,299 funders. 65% 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

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The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

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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.