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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Washington, currently Inatai Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Susan Thompson Buffett 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 Washington from out of state.

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

$71M reached 75 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, from 318 funders. 54% came from funders also based in Washington.

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 · Washington · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Washington

Washington's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$71M

granted

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

318 funders gave $71M to 75 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Washington is Inatai Foundation, at $11M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is The Pride Foundation, at $10M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Washington

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

1Inatai Foundation$11M 2Seattle Foundation$7M 3The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$6M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$4M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 6Opportunities for Education Foundation$4M 7Gates Foundation$3M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 9Allen Family Philanthropies$2M 10Northwest Health Foundation$1M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington that draw the most

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

65 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$22M

The Pride Foundation$10M Lev Foundation$7M Washington Policy Center$7M American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found$6M Reprohub$5M Pacific Islander Community Association of WA$4M Common Power Future$3M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Washington

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Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Washington are Inatai Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Susan Thompson Buffett 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
46% of civil rights and advocacy money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Washington?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Washington, currently Inatai Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Susan Thompson Buffett 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 Washington from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Washington?: Inatai Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Washington?: $71M reached 75 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Washington, from 318 funders. 54% came from funders also based in Washington.
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.