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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in Virginia, currently Safa Trust Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

Who is the largest religion funder in Virginia?

Safa Trust Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Virginia, $73M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Virginia?

$480M reached 768 religion organizations in Virginia, from 1,268 funders. 34% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Virginia

$480M reached 768 religion organizations in Virginia, from 1,268 funders, with no single one dominating.

$480M

granted

768

organizations

34%

from in-state

The short version

1,268 funders gave $480M to 768 religion organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
34% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Virginia is Safa Trust Inc, at $73M.
The religion organization drawing the most is International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute, at $78M.

Largest funders of religion in Virginia

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

1Safa Trust Inc$73M 2Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$71M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$40M 4Christian Relief Services Charities Inc Group Return$29M 5Trust for Rehabilitation and Nurturing Youth and Families Inc$22M 6Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc$14M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$12M 8Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$11M 9The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc$8M 10The Cecil & Irene Hylton Foundation Inc$8M

Religion organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

758 other religion organizations$172M

International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute$78M The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries$78M Fellowship Foundation Inc$35M Christian Relief Services 21st Century Campaign Inc$29M

How to find religion funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to religion in Virginia are Safa Trust Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
66% of religion money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Virginia, currently Safa Trust Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Virginia?: Safa Trust Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Virginia, $73M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Virginia?: $480M reached 768 religion organizations in Virginia, from 1,268 funders. 34% 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.