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

Start with the funders already giving to social science in Pennsylvania, currently Gates Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donors Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the social 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 social science in Pennsylvania?

$37M reached 29 social science organizations in Pennsylvania, from 144 funders. 29% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in Pennsylvania

Three organizations take 72% of all social science funding in Pennsylvania, led by Center for Independent Thought. Most of it comes from outside Pennsylvania: only 29% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$37M

granted

organizations

29%

from in-state

The short version

144 funders gave $37M to 29 social science organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
29% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in Pennsylvania is Gates Foundation, at $7M.
The social science organization drawing the most is Center for Independent Thought, at $13M.

Largest funders of social science in Pennsylvania

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

1Gates Foundation$7M 2Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$6M 3Donors Trust Inc$2M 4The William Penn Foundation$2M 5The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$2M 6Melvin S Cohen Foundation Inc$1M 7Cfa Institute$1M 8The Heinz Endowments$860k 9Jewish Communal Fund$700k 10The Searle Freedom Trust$675k

Social science organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

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

Center for Independent Thought$13M Keystone Research Center Inc$7M Equity Research Organization$7M

Lcc International Fund Inc$1M Latin American Studies Association$1M

How to find social science funders in Pennsylvania

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Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to social science in Pennsylvania are Gates Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donors Trust Inc. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
71% of social science money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in Pennsylvania, currently Gates Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donors Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in Pennsylvania?: Gates Foundation gives the most to social science organizations in Pennsylvania, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in Pennsylvania?: $37M reached 29 social science organizations in Pennsylvania, from 144 funders. 29% 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 endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.