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, Sonshine Family Television Corp, Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care. 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?

$781M reached 1,121 religion organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,519 funders. 50% 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

$781M reached 1,121 religion organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,519 funders, with no single one dominating.

$781M

granted

1,121

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

2,519 funders gave $781M to 1,121 religion organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% 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 $82M.
The religion organization drawing the most is American Bible Society, at $95M.

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$82M 2Sonshine Family Television Corp$71M 3Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care$59M 4Servant Foundation$50M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$49M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$26M 7American Bible Society$24M 8Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia$21M 9Anabaptist Foundation$19M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$16M

Religion organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

1,111 other religion organizations$376M

American Bible Society$95M Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation$78M Sonshine Media Group$71M Westminster Theological Seminary$46M

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, Sonshine Family Television Corp, Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care. 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
50% 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, Sonshine Family Television Corp, Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care. 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, $82M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Pennsylvania?: $781M reached 1,121 religion organizations in Pennsylvania, from 2,519 funders. 50% 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 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.