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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Pennsylvania, currently University of Pittsburgh, Science History Institute Support Company, Srcco. Then look at who funds the science 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 science in Pennsylvania?

$606M reached 161 science organizations in Pennsylvania, from 849 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 · Science

Who funds science in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$606M

granted

161

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

849 funders gave $606M to 161 science 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 science in Pennsylvania is University of Pittsburgh, at $95M.
The science organization drawing the most is University of Pittsburgh, at $195M.

Largest funders of science in Pennsylvania

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

1University of Pittsburgh$95M 2Science History Institute Support Company$35M 3Srcco$31M 4American Heart Association Inc$29M 5Washington University$28M 6Carnegie Mellon University$26M 7Emory University$22M 8Vanderbilt University Medical Center$21M 9The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy$20M 10Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$17M

Science organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

University of Pittsburgh$195M Carnegie Mellon University$124M

151 other science organizations$105M

The Franklin Institute$33M The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc$14M Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$13M

How to find science funders in Pennsylvania

1
Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to science in Pennsylvania are University of Pittsburgh, Science History Institute Support Company, Srcco. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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 science money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Pennsylvania, currently University of Pittsburgh, Science History Institute Support Company, Srcco. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Pennsylvania?: University of Pittsburgh gives the most to science organizations in Pennsylvania, $95M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Pennsylvania?: $606M reached 161 science organizations in Pennsylvania, from 849 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 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.