How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Virginia?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Virginia, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Virginia?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Virginia, $131M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Virginia?

$1.9B reached 1,200 education organizations in Virginia, from 3,675 funders. 32% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Virginia

Education funding in Virginia is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Seminar Network Inc leads, and the money reaches 1,200 groups.

$1.9B

granted

1,200

organizations

32%

from in-state

The short version

3,675 funders gave $1.9B to 1,200 education organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
32% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Virginia is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $131M.
The education organization drawing the most is The Seminar Network Inc, at $186M.

Largest funders of education in Virginia

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$131M 2National Philanthropic Trust$118M 3Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$89M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$80M 5Charles Koch Charitable Fund$73M 6Safa Trust Inc$61M 7Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc$60M 8The Chicago Community Trust$54M 9Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc$38M 10Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$33M

Education organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

1,190 other education organizations$1.0B

The Seminar Network Inc$186M Communities in Schools$132M The George Washington University$109M Virginia Tech Foundation Inc$83M International Institute of Islamic$61M William & Mary Foundation$43M

How to find education funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to education in Virginia are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
68% of education money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Virginia, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Virginia?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Virginia, $131M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Virginia?: $1.9B reached 1,200 education organizations in Virginia, from 3,675 funders. 32% 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.