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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Pennsylvania, currently Science History Institute Support, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pa Irc Network Foundation. 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?

Science History Institute Support gives the most to science organizations in Pennsylvania, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Pennsylvania?

$48M reached 30 science organizations in Pennsylvania, from 176 funders. 68% 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

Funding is concentrated: Science History Institute alone draws 41% of every science grant dollar in Pennsylvania. One funder dominates the giving, Science History Institute Support, at 37% of the total.

$48M

granted

organizations

68%

from in-state

The short version

176 funders gave $48M to 30 science organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
68% 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 Science History Institute Support, at $18M.
The science organization drawing the most is Science History Institute, at $20M.

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.

1Science History Institute Support$18M 2National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$6M 3Pa Irc Network Foundation$4M 4The William Penn Foundation$3M 5Richard King Mellon Foundation$2M 6Morris W Stroud 3rd Tuw Pennswood #2$2M 7American Bird Conservancy$836k 8Howard Hughes Medical Institute$675k 9American Institute of Mining Metallurgical$667k 10Northeastern University$641k

Science organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

Science History Institute$20M Stroud Water Research Center$11M Catalyst Connection$5M

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 Science History Institute Support, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pa Irc Network Foundation. 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
32% 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 Science History Institute Support, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pa Irc Network Foundation. 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?: Science History Institute Support gives the most to science organizations in Pennsylvania, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Pennsylvania?: $48M reached 30 science organizations in Pennsylvania, from 176 funders. 68% 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.