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

Start with the funders already giving to social science in Virginia, currently Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Gates Foundation, John Templeton Foundation. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

Who is the largest social science funder in Virginia?

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program gives the most to social science organizations in Virginia, $28M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in Virginia?

$99M reached 30 social science organizations in Virginia, from 225 funders. 4% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in Virginia

Three organizations take 86% of all social science funding in Virginia, led by American Institutes for Research in The. Most of it comes from outside Virginia: only 4% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$99M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

225 funders gave $99M to 30 social science organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
4% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in Virginia is Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, at $28M.
The social science organization drawing the most is American Institutes for Research in The, at $34M.

Largest funders of social science in Virginia

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

1Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$28M 2Gates Foundation$22M 3John Templeton Foundation$8M 4Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated$4M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 6Donors Trust Inc$3M 7Tides Foundation$2M 8Ascendium Education Solutions Inc$2M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 10Lilly Endowment Inc$2M

Social science organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

American Institutes for Research in The$34M Mercatus Center Inc$31M Atlas Economic Research Foundation$21M American Conservative Union Foundationinc$4M

20 other social science organizations$3M

Americans for Prosperity Foundation$2M

How to find social science funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to social science in Virginia are Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Gates Foundation, John Templeton Foundation. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
96% of social science money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in Virginia, currently Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Gates Foundation, John Templeton Foundation. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in Virginia?: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program gives the most to social science organizations in Virginia, $28M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in Virginia?: $99M reached 30 social science organizations in Virginia, from 225 funders. 4% 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.