Find relevant peers
Compare organizations by mission, cause, place, population, and organizational context.
Built with nonprofits. For nonprofits.
See who funds nonprofits like yours.
Organizations doing similar work can reveal funders you may never find through a broad keyword search. CharityEZ helps you follow those patterns and decide which prospects deserve research.
For U.S. nonprofits. Your free nonprofit plan stays free and does not require a credit card.
The problem
Your strongest clues may be hiding in plain sight.
When another nonprofit serves a similar population, works in a related cause, or operates in a comparable community, its funding history can reveal foundations already investing in that kind of work. Finding and comparing those patterns manually takes hours.
Peer research is not about copying another organization’s funders. It is a way to discover relevant possibilities, understand the funding landscape, and ask better questions about fit.
A clearer outcome
Turn peer funding patterns into a smarter prospect list.
Use similar organizations as evidence while keeping your own mission, geography, capacity, and relationships at the center.
Trace funding patterns
See which funders repeatedly appear around work similar to yours.
Spot white space
Identify promising funders that support peers but may not have funded your organization.
Research the difference
Understand where your nonprofit aligns—and where assumptions need verification.
How it works
Follow the evidence from peers to funders.
CharityEZ helps connect the questions that would otherwise require separate searches.
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Start with your nonprofit
Describe the mission, program, service area, and community that make your work distinct.
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Study comparable organizations
Find peers with meaningful similarities and review the grants they have received.
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Investigate shared funders
Prioritize the funders whose giving history and current direction appear relevant to you.
Peer research done well
Similar does not mean identical.
A useful peer might share your cause but serve a different population, or share your geography but operate at a different scale. Those differences matter. The goal is to learn from the pattern without assuming that every peer funder is your funder.
Strong research records why an organization is comparable and what would still need to be true for a funder to fit.
- Mission and program overlap
- Population and service-area similarity
- Organizational size and stage
- Grant purpose and amount context
Enterprise depth
Prospect Search Genie expands the comparison.
Enterprise researchers can use Prospect Search Genie to explore established success, younger organizations, hidden gems, and project-oriented strategies, then research funders connected to those results.
The tool can also cross-reference Relationship Intelligence so a team can investigate whether existing contacts may help open a respectful conversation.
Useful here. Powerful inside.
Learn the approach here. See your matches in CharityEZ.
On this page
How peer funding research works, which similarities matter, and how to avoid treating another nonprofit’s funder list as a guarantee.
Inside CharityEZ
The peer organizations, ranked funder prospects, grant histories, search strategies, contact connections, and exportable results stay inside CharityEZ and follow plan access.
Questions nonprofits ask
Frequently asked questions
How can I find out who funds similar nonprofits?
Identify genuinely comparable organizations, review their reported grant histories, note recurring funders, and verify whether those funders’ current priorities fit your organization. CharityEZ brings this research into one workflow.
If a foundation funds a peer, will it fund us?
Not necessarily. Peer funding is useful evidence, but eligibility, geography, relationships, timing, capacity, and current priorities may differ.
Can CharityEZ compare us with another nonprofit?
CharityEZ includes nonprofit and foundation research capabilities, and enterprise tools add deeper peer and prospect strategies. Current availability depends on the selected plan.
Can I start this research for free?
Yes. U.S. nonprofits can start with the ongoing free plan. More advanced prospecting and research capabilities are available in paid plans.
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