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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Virginia, currently Internet Society Foundation, Atcc Global, American Type Culture Collection. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Virginia?

Internet Society Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Virginia, $59M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Virginia?

$186M reached 64 science organizations in Virginia, from 218 funders. 73% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Virginia

One funder dominates the giving, Internet Society Foundation, at 32% of the total.

$186M

granted

organizations

73%

from in-state

The short version

218 funders gave $186M to 64 science organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
73% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Virginia is Internet Society Foundation, at $59M.
The science organization drawing the most is Connected Giving Foundation, at $59M.

Largest funders of science in Virginia

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

1Internet Society Foundation$59M 2Atcc Global$26M 3American Type Culture Collection$26M 4National Philanthropic Trust$19M 5American Society of Civil Engineers$12M 6Bionexus Foundation$9M 7Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design$4M 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 9Deloitte Foundation$2M 10Johns Hopkins University$1M

Science organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

Connected Giving Foundation$59M Atcc Global$26M Bionexus Foundation$26M Center for Open Science Inc$20M

54 other science organizations$14M

American Society of Civil Engineers$13M American Type Culture Collection$9M Amazon Conservation Team$8M

How to find science funders in Virginia

1
Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to science in Virginia are Internet Society Foundation, Atcc Global, American Type Culture Collection. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
27% of science money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Virginia, currently Internet Society Foundation, Atcc Global, American Type Culture Collection. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Virginia?: Internet Society Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Virginia, $59M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Virginia?: $186M reached 64 science organizations in Virginia, from 218 funders. 73% 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.