How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Vermont?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Ford Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Vermont?

$7M reached 12 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Vermont, from 31 funders. 14% came from funders also based in Vermont.

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 · Vermont · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Vermont

Most of it comes from outside Vermont: only 14% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$7M

granted

organizations

14%

from in-state

The short version

31 funders gave $7M to 12 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
14% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Vermont is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $2M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Collective Change Lab Inc, at $2M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Vermont

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Vermont, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 2Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$2M 3The Ford Foundation$805k 4Impact Fellows Action Fund$700k 5Planned Parenthood of Northern$490k 6Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc$214k 7Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc$194k 8The Vermont Community Foundation$168k 9Skoll Fund$150k 10Vermont Foodbank$134k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

Collective Change Lab Inc$2M People Power Initiatives Inc$2M Caribbean Agroecology Institute Inc$931k Planned Parenthood New Hampshire$709k Let's Grow Kids Action Network$700k Root Social Justice Center Inc$608k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Vermont

1
Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Vermont are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Ford Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
86% of civil rights and advocacy money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Ford Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Vermont?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Vermont, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Vermont?: $7M reached 12 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Vermont, from 31 funders. 14% came from funders also based in Vermont.
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.