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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Virginia, currently Foundation for the Carolinas, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment 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 environment in Virginia?

$4.3B reached 541 environment organizations in Virginia, from 6,126 funders. 8% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Virginia

Most of it comes from outside Virginia: only 8% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: The Nature Conservancy alone draws 44% of every environment grant dollar in Virginia.

$4.3B

granted

541

organizations

from in-state

The short version

6,126 funders gave $4.3B to 541 environment organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
8% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Virginia is Foundation for the Carolinas, at $252M.
The environment organization drawing the most is The Nature Conservancy, at $1.9B.

Largest funders of environment in Virginia

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

1Foundation for the Carolinas$252M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$239M 3National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$227M 4Anne Ray Foundation$188M 5The Greater Cincinnati Foundation$110M 6Marine Preservation Association$103M 7Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$101M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$98M 9The Rob Walton Foundation$89M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$87M

Environment organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

The Nature Conservancy$1.9B

531 other environment organizations$650M

Conservation International Foundation$593M

How to find environment funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to environment in Virginia are Foundation for the Carolinas, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
92% of environment money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Virginia, currently Foundation for the Carolinas, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Virginia?: Foundation for the Carolinas gives the most to environment organizations in Virginia, $252M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Virginia?: $4.3B reached 541 environment organizations in Virginia, from 6,126 funders. 8% 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 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.