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

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Wisconsin, currently Together Wisconsin Acts Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Strategic Victory Fund. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.

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

$76M reached 48 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Wisconsin, from 216 funders. 21% came from funders also based in Wisconsin.

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 · Wisconsin · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Wisconsin

Most of it comes from outside Wisconsin: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Wisconsin's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$76M

granted

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

216 funders gave $76M to 48 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Wisconsin across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% of that came from funders also based in Wisconsin; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Wisconsin is Together Wisconsin Acts Inc, at $9M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is State Innovation Exchange, at $21M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Wisconsin

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

1Together Wisconsin Acts Inc$9M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 3Strategic Victory Fund$6M 4The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$4M 5Tides Foundation$3M 6America Votes$3M 7The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$2M 8The Rockefeller Foundation$2M 9Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc$2M 10Open Society Action Fund Inc$2M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

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

State Innovation Exchange$21M A Better Wisconsin Together Inc$19M

38 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$10M

Organizing Empowerment Fund Inc$10M Voces de la Frontera Action Inc$4M Project 72 Wi Inc$3M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Wisconsin

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Start with the funders already active in Wisconsin
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Wisconsin are Together Wisconsin Acts Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Strategic Victory Fund. 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
79% of civil rights and advocacy money in Wisconsin comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Wisconsin?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Wisconsin, currently Together Wisconsin Acts Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Strategic Victory Fund. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Wisconsin?: Together Wisconsin Acts Inc gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Wisconsin, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Wisconsin?: $76M reached 48 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Wisconsin, from 216 funders. 21% came from funders also based in Wisconsin.
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.