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 Christian Advocates Serving, Donors Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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?

$385M reached 120 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia, from 951 funders. 18% 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 18% 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 8 funders each.

$385M

granted

120

organizations

18%

from in-state

The short version

951 funders gave $385M to 120 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
18% 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 Christian Advocates Serving, at $74M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is American Center for Law and Justice Inc, at $79M.

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.

1Christian Advocates Serving$74M 2Donors Trust Inc$29M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$26M 4NRA Foundation Inc$21M 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$13M 6Galashiels Fund Ltd$13M 7Strategic Victory Fund$12M 8Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$11M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$10M 10The Roe Foundation$8M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

110 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$103M

American Center for Law and Justice Inc$79M Institute for Justice$67M State Policy Network$42M National Rifle Association of America$21M Progress Now Inc$17M Independent Women's Forum$12M Defending Education$10M National Action Council for Minorities$9M

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 Christian Advocates Serving, Donors Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
82% 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 Christian Advocates Serving, Donors Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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?: Christian Advocates Serving gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia, $74M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Virginia?: $385M reached 120 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia, from 951 funders. 18% 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 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.