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State of American Philanthropy<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Learn more with in-depth reports that draw on interviews with nonprofit leaders, grants data, and other sources to illuminate trends in dozens of distinct philanthropic spaces. Discover key trends and funders in each area and their evolving priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What opportunities exist in each funding landscape for both grant seekers and grantmakers? Inside Philanthropy has answers. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Issues<\/h3>
Report: Giving for Animals and Wildlife<\/a><\/h5>
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From American zoos to African elephants, funders that care about animals are engaged in a range of grantmaking approaches. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Cancer Research<\/a><\/h5>
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The quest for breakthroughs against cancer has catalyzed a wide range of funding efforts, often led by major individual donors. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Climate Change and Clean Energy<\/a><\/h5>
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Some of the world\u2019s biggest foundations and richest people have been stepping up funding to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Community and Economic Development<\/a><\/h5>
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Philanthropy works in a range of ways to improve communities, often partnering with government.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Conservation, Pollution Mitigation, and Agriculture<\/a><\/h5>
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How funders back efforts to conserve land, reduce pollution, and foster sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Criminal Justice<\/a><\/h5>
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There\u2019s been a big rise in funding for criminal justice reform in recent years, from top billionaire donors to small family foundations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Dance<\/a><\/h5>
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A limited number of foundations and major donors, as well as some corporations, support dance nonprofits with grants and gifts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Democracy and Civic Life<\/a><\/h5>
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A brief about foundations and individual donors are giving to support U.S. voting rights, civic education, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Early Childhood Education<\/a><\/h5>
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A growing number of foundations and major donors are giving to support early learning opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Economic Justice Policy and Advocacy<\/a><\/h5>
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An in-depth look at funding giving grants for nonprofits advocating ways to reduce poverty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Film<\/a><\/h5>
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Funding for film isn\u2019t easy to come by, but both foundations and corporations make grants for filmmakers and film nonprofits.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Global Development<\/a><\/h5>
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Some of the U.S.\u2019s biggest funders are at the forefront of grantmaking to reduce poverty and hunger around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Global Health<\/a><\/h5>
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Global health funders are moving beyond fighting infectious diseases to take on a wider range of health challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Global Humanitarian Aid<\/a><\/h5>
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Private philanthropy plays a small but important role in responding to humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Higher Education<\/a><\/h5>
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Supporting colleges and universities is a long-time focus of philanthropy, with major donors playing the biggest role in this space. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Housing and Homelessness<\/a><\/h5>
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A brief about how foundations and major donors make grants to support affordable housing and reduce homelessness.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Immigrants and Refugees<\/a><\/h5>
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A wide variety of funders make grants for nonprofits serving immigrants and refugees, a field that\u2019s seen many changes in recent years. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Journalism and Public Media<\/a><\/h5>
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Increased giving for journalism and media has powered a major expansion of nonprofit media over the past decade.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for K-12 Education<\/a><\/h5>
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K-12 education is a top priority for many funders, who are backing a growing range of approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for LGBTQ<\/a><\/h5>
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A brief about funders for LGBTQ, including private foundations, billionaire philanthropists and major corporations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Mental Health<\/a><\/h5>
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Foundations and major are backing a range of approaches to improving mental health research, treatment and care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Music<\/a><\/h5>
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While music draws a relatively small amount of giving, a number of core funders are deeply committed to this area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Neuroscience Research<\/a><\/h5>
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Neuroscience research has attracted many new funders in recent years, especially major individual donors. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Oceans and Freshwater<\/a><\/h5>
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A growing number of funders are working to address environmental threats to oceans, rivers, and other bodies of water. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Public Health<\/a><\/h5>
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Giving for public health is dominated by national and state foundations that take a range of approaches. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice<\/a><\/h5>
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This funding landscape is evolving fast in the face of growing setbacks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Rural Communities<\/a><\/h5>
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This brief serves as a first in-depth guide to the people and institutions that have put their mark on rural philanthropy through the present.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for STEM Education<\/a><\/h5>
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Work to bolster the science, tech, and math skills of young people is drawing more support from funders, including corporations. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Substance Use Disorders and Addiction<\/a><\/h5>
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After years of neglect, more funders are now paying attention to substance use disorder and addiction. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Theater<\/a><\/h5>
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While it\u2019s challenging to raise money for theater, a number of private foundations and major donors give to support work in this area. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Violence Prevention<\/a><\/h5>
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Funders are working to prevent and reduce various forms of violence, including child abuse, gun violence, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Visual Arts<\/a><\/h5>
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Wealthy benefactors dominate visual arts giving. But as this paper explains, a range of other funders are also active in museums and artists.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Women and Girls<\/a><\/h5>
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An in-depth report on how private foundations, individual donors, and corporations support work to advance gender equity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Workforce Development and Workers\u2019 Rights<\/a><\/h5>
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Grantmakers are giving more attention to building the skills of workers and helping them organize.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Giving for Writing and Literature<\/a><\/h5>
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Giving for writing and literature is tiny compared to other areas of arts philanthropy. But there are some funders who prioritize this area. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Special Topics<\/h3>
Report: Celebrity Philanthropy<\/a><\/h5>
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A brief about philanthropists from the worlds of entertainment and sports in a wide range of causes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Report: Funding for Jewish Causes<\/a><\/h5>
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A brief about funders that support nonprofits in the U.S. and abroad dedicated to Jewish culture and causes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Philanthropy, Social Justice and Shifting Power<\/a><\/h5>
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A look at what constitutes grants for social justice and what counts as shifting power away from grantmakers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Tech Industry Giving<\/a><\/h5>
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Many of today\u2019s biggest philanthropists have made their fortunes in tech. Their fast-growing giving is reshaping the funding landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Wall Street Giving<\/a><\/h5>
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Donors who have made their fortunes in finance play a growing role in philanthropy, as do banks and other financial institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Places<\/h3>
Giving for Northern California<\/a><\/h5>
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The region has a huge concentration of wealthy donors and foundations that support a rich ecosystem of nonprofits.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Giving for the Northwest<\/a><\/h5>
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Philanthropy has been on the rise in the Northwest, creating a robust ecosystem of funders that support a range of causes. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Giving in the Southwest<\/a><\/h5>
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Philanthropy is on the rise in the Southwest as more wealthy people turn to giving and private foundations expand their assets and grantmaking.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

Giving for Southern California<\/a><\/h5>
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Southern California is home to a thriving philanthropy ecosystem that includes a wide range of foundations and major donors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":true,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":true,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":true,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-23447","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23447"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223967,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23447\/revisions\/223967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}