A combination of philanthropic and public funding has supported the Nonprofit Trends and Impacts study since 2020. We are grateful to all our funders, who make it possible for Urban to advance its mission. Funding for this project has come from the following sources (year of award in parentheses):
- the Generosity Commission, a venture of the Giving Institute and Giving USA Foundation (2020)
- the National Science Foundation's Human Networks and Data Science—Infrastructure program award numbers 2024310, 2024307, 2024320, and 2024330 (2020)
- Fidelity Charitable® Catalyst Fund (2024)
- the Barr Foundation (2024–2025)
- Independent Sector, with support from the Walmart Foundation (2025–2026)
- the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (2026)