How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Virginia?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Virginia, currently Believe in People Inc, Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc, Key Change Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Virginia?

$1.7B reached 335 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia, from 2,270 funders. 16% came from funders also based in Virginia.

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 · Virginia · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Virginia

Most of it comes from outside Virginia: only 16% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Virginia's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 7 funders each.

$1.7B

granted

335

organizations

16%

from in-state

The short version

2,270 funders gave $1.7B to 335 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
16% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Virginia is Believe in People Inc, at $448M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Stand Together C4 Fund, at $613M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Virginia

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Believe in People Inc$448M 2Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc$175M 3Key Change Inc$165M 4Marble Freedom Trust$153M 5NRA Foundation Inc$76M 6Donors Trust Inc$60M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$37M 8The Concord Fund$37M 9Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$30M 10Restoration of America$22M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

Stand Together C4 Fund$613M

325 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$397M

American Center for Law and Justice Inc$186M Rule of Law Trust$153M State Policy Network$94M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Virginia are Believe in People Inc, Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc, Key Change Inc. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
84% of civil rights and advocacy money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Virginia, currently Believe in People Inc, Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc, Key Change Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Virginia?: Believe in People Inc gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia, $448M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Virginia?: $1.7B reached 335 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia, from 2,270 funders. 16% came from funders also based in Virginia.
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.