How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Pennsylvania?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Pennsylvania, currently The Pew Charitable Trusts, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit 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 public benefit in Pennsylvania?

$401M reached 447 public benefit organizations in Pennsylvania, from 964 funders. 38% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Pennsylvania

Public benefit funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives leads, and the money reaches 447 groups.

$401M

granted

447

organizations

38%

from in-state

The short version

964 funders gave $401M to 447 public benefit organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
38% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Pennsylvania is The Pew Charitable Trusts, at $42M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, at $41M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Pennsylvania

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

1The Pew Charitable Trusts$42M 2Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$30M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$22M 4Pa Alliance Action$21M 5Strategic Victory Fund$17M 6PA Alliance Foundation$15M 7Building America's Future$10M 8The Ford Foundation$10M 9The Heinz Endowments$7M 10NEO Philanthropy Inc$5M

Public benefit organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

437 other public benefit organizations$189M

The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives$41M The Voter Project$27M Pennsylvania Voice$25M B Lab Company$23M PA Alliance Foundation$21M Pa Alliance Action$21M

How to find public benefit funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Pennsylvania are The Pew Charitable Trusts, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
62% of public benefit money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Pennsylvania, currently The Pew Charitable Trusts, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Pennsylvania?: The Pew Charitable Trusts gives the most to public benefit organizations in Pennsylvania, $42M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Pennsylvania?: $401M reached 447 public benefit organizations in Pennsylvania, from 964 funders. 38% 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.