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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Washington, currently Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Emory University, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Washington?

Alfred P Sloan Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Washington, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Washington?

$50M reached 46 science organizations in Washington, from 170 funders. 22% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Washington

Most of it comes from outside Washington: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$50M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

170 funders gave $50M to 46 science organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Washington is Alfred P Sloan Foundation, at $10M.
The science organization drawing the most is Sage Bionetworks, at $16M.

Largest funders of science in Washington

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

1Alfred P Sloan Foundation$10M 2Emory University$4M 3Gates Foundation$3M 4The Scripps Research Institute$3M 5Northwestern University$2M 6Mayo Clinic Group Return$2M 7Cancer Research Institute Inc$2M 8The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$2M 9American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 10The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$947k

Science organizations in Washington that draw the most

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

Sage Bionetworks$16M Astrophysical Research Consortium$10M Institute for Systems Biology$8M

36 other science organizations$4M

Geneva Foundation$2M The Allen Institute for Artificial$2M Center for Whale Research$1M

How to find science funders in Washington

1
Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to science in Washington are Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Emory University, Gates Foundation. 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
78% of science money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Washington?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Washington, currently Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Emory University, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Washington?: Alfred P Sloan Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Washington, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Washington?: $50M reached 46 science organizations in Washington, from 170 funders. 22% 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.