How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Washington?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Washington, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in Washington?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in Washington, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Washington?

$172M reached 287 public benefit organizations in Washington, from 569 funders. 46% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Washington

$172M reached 287 public benefit organizations in Washington, from 569 funders, with no single one dominating.

$172M

granted

287

organizations

46%

from in-state

The short version

569 funders gave $172M to 287 public benefit organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
46% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Washington is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $26M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Evergreen Freedom Foundation, at $36M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Washington

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$26M 2Seattle Foundation$13M 3Inatai Foundation$13M 4Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$12M 5Seiu 775 Ballot Fund$9M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 7Service Employees International Union Local 775$4M 8Donors Trust Inc$3M 9Bradley Impact Fund Inc$3M 10Washington Progress Fund$3M

Public benefit organizations in Washington that draw the most

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

277 other public benefit organizations$65M

Evergreen Freedom Foundation$36M Civic Education Fund$14M No on 2124 Committee$12M Washington Policy Center$11M The Washington State Budget and Policy Center$9M Citizen University$7M Common Power Future$7M

How to find public benefit funders in Washington

1
Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Washington are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
54% of public benefit money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Washington?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Washington, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Washington?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in Washington, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Washington?: $172M reached 287 public benefit organizations in Washington, from 569 funders. 46% 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 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 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

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.