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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in Pennsylvania, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Bible Society, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the religion 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 religion in Pennsylvania?

$190M reached 501 religion organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,032 funders. 48% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Pennsylvania

Religion funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though American Bible Society leads, and the money reaches 501 groups.

$190M

granted

501

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

1,032 funders gave $190M to 501 religion organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Pennsylvania is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, at $16M.
The religion organization drawing the most is American Bible Society, at $22M.

Largest funders of religion in Pennsylvania

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

1Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$16M 2American Bible Society$15M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$14M 4McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na$8M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$8M 6Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$8M 7Anabaptist Foundation$6M 8Servant Foundation$5M 9Jewish Federation of Greater$4M 10Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles$4M

Religion organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

491 other religion organizations$98M

American Bible Society$22M Faith and Liberty Discovery Center LLC$15M Catholic Leadership Institute$14M Hosanna House Inc$12M

How to find religion funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to religion in Pennsylvania are Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Bible Society, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
52% of religion money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Pennsylvania, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Bible Society, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Pennsylvania?: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Pennsylvania, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Pennsylvania?: $190M reached 501 religion organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,032 funders. 48% 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.