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Consumer Technology Association Foundation

The foundation is focused on strategic support of programs to impact these communities and has launched its first series of grants in 2012.

$837k
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Human Services$1.1MHealth$1.1MEducation$899kYouth Development$316kHousing & Shelter$254kArts & Culture$248kEmployment$182kCommunity Improvement$160kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $552k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $225k
$20,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MyndVR Inc$225,000
St John's Community Services$30,000
American Printing House for the Blind$30,000
Adler Aphasia Center$30,000
MOKA$30,000
Easterseals Arkansas$30,000
Able Gmrs Fdn Inc$25,000
Lighthouse Guild$25,000
Cerebral Palsy Alliance Rsrch Fdn$25,000
ITNAmerica$25,000
Mary's Center$25,000
Lutheran Services in America Incorporated$25,000
Oak Hill$25,000
Easter Seals of Gtr Houston Inc$25,000
Encore Employment Enterprise Inc$21,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AVENIDAS: $6k → 8%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $40k → 10%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $15k → 9%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50k → 17%MOKA: $30k → 15%OASIS INSTITUTE: $25k → 11%MERITAN INC: $20k → 17%A LITTLE HELP: $25k → 12%COUNCIL ON AGING OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $25k → 16%Aspiritech: $6k → 8%CONNECTIONS AT HOME: $25k → 16%CODE OF SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $30k → 8%Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc: $15k → 11%AVENIDAS: $15k → 8%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $16k → 10%Grantmakers in Aging: $15k → 9%A LITTLE HELP: $15k → 12%COUNCIL ON AGING OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $20k → 16%CODE OF SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $30k → 8%AVENIDAS: $20k → 16%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC DBA BENETECH: $35k → 8%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 10%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $15k → 9%A Little Help: $5k → 12%CINCINNATI ASSOC FOR THE BLIND & VIS Imp: $20k → 16%CODE OF SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%ROSE FOUNDATION: $16k → 13%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC DBA BENETECH: $25k → 8%Oak Hill: $25k → 11%ROSE FOUNDATION: $13k → 13%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC DBA BENETECH: $20k → 8%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC DBA BENETECH: $40k → 8%HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER: $19k → 20%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC DBA BENETECH: $40k → 8%HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER: $17k → 20%Presbyterian Senior Services: $15k → 17%2gether International Inc: $5k → 14%ARMY DISTAFF FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%DOROT INC: $20k → 17%ENGAGE INC: $25k → 14%ENGAGE INC: $20k → 14%THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $70k → 14%THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $50k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.6M · 42 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +24% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

42 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
24

Total granted

$3.6M
$691k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+19%

Still filing today

95%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $507k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthEmploymentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FP
    Front Porch Communities and Services
    7× · 2017–2024 · $312k · revenue +164%
  • OA
    Older Adults Technology Services
    6× · 2017–2023 · $227k · revenue +370%
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $190k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • E
    ENVISION
    one grant, 2019 · $60k
  • GO
    GENERATIONS ON LINEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $51k · revenue +27%
  • SC
    SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +67%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
2
National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Inc

To enable the access and choice of america's seniors in their housing and care by providing data, analytics and connections that bring together investors and providers in the sector.

Human Services
3
Accessing Independence

To enhance the independence and enrich the lives of individuals with physical and age related disabilities through a direct care services organization that provides in-home care to seniors and individuals with disabilities, as well as an…

Health
4
Via Rehabilitation Services Inc

Our mission is to empower people with disabilities and their families to grow, develop, and thrive by providing essential skill-building, therapeutic, and recreational programs.

Health
5
Connectability

ConnectAbility's mission is to empower those with life altering disabilities and their caregivers to reach their fullest potential.

Human Services
6
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
7
Leadingage Inc

The mission of leadingage is to be the trusted voice for aging. our 6,000+ members and partners include nonprofit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 38 state associations, hundreds of businesses, consumer…

Housing & Shelter
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
10
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
11
St Vincent Depaul Rehabilitation Service of Texas Inc

Setting a new standard of employment for people who have disabilities and chronic medical conditions.

Employment
12
Accessability Ctr for Independent Living

Accessability center for independent living, inc was organized to provide counseling, training, and advocacy services which assist people with disability to live and function independently.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America and the most unlike its peers is Encore Employment Enterprise Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadySenior Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Jewish Community Organizati…Military Veterans SupportDevelopmental Disabilities …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%37%20–35yr13%15%35–55yr16%23%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/85
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,480

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

78 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 78 of the 85 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/78
Grantees still filing
54/78
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC — $159,941 · Human ServicesBENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INCTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES — $120,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATE…AARP FOUNDATION — $117,177 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATIONCode of Support Foundation — $70,000 · Human ServicesCode of Support FoundationLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED — $66,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AN…HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA — $60,000 · Human ServicesSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesCouncil on Aging of Southwestern Ohio — $45,000 · Human ServicesENGAGE INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesA LITTLE HELP — $45,000 · Human ServicesGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesAVENIDAS — $41,000 · Human Services+14 more — $291,256 · Human Services+14 moreOlder Adults Technology Services — $227,000 · EducationOlder Adults Tech…ITNAMERICA — $120,000 · EducationITNAMERICACommunity Tech Network — $95,000 · EducationCommunity Tech Ne…GENERATIONS ON LINE — $51,000 · EducationGENERATIONS ON LI…PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $46,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVER…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $45,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COL…ST JOHN'S COMMUNITY SERVICES — $45,000 · EducationST JOHN'S COMMUNI…GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · Education+5 more — $94,498 · Education+5 moreMyndVR Inc — $225,000 · OtherMyndVR IncCAREWHEELS CORPORATION — $129,970 · OtherCAREWHEELS CORPORATIONMUSIC & MEMORY INC — $72,743 · OtherMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc — $70,000 · OtherENVISION — $60,000 · OtherBYTE BACK — $135,000 · OtherBYTE BACKTHE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC — $105,000 · OtherTHE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INCLUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED — $124,000 · OtherLUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPO…LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL — $90,000 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONALSeniorNavigatorcom — $70,619 · OtherUNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION INC — $60,000 · Other+19 more — $374,972 · Other+19 moreEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $190,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS…MAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $88,000 · HealthMAB COMMUNIT…RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC — $50,000 · HealthRESEARCH TO …THE JEWISH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH — $50,000 · HealthTHE JEWISH H…BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $41,484 · HealthBLYTHEDALE C…ADLER APHASIA CENTER — $30,000 · HealthADLER APHASI…EASTERSEALS ARKANSAS — $30,000 · HealthEASTERSEALS …Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation — $25,000 · HealthAMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC — $20,000 · HealthTHE OAK HILL FOUNDATION INC — $157,130 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE ON AGING INC — $148,654 · Youth Development+1 more — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFront Porch Communities and Services — $312,097 · Housing & ShelterTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC — $75,000 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE FOR HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN INC — $60,640 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC — $55,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$1,155,374Education$753,498Other$1,517,304Health$524,484Youth Development$315,784Housing & Shelter$312,097Arts & Culture$190,640

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFront Porch Communities and Services — $312,097 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOlder Adults Technology Services — $227,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $190,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC — $159,941 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE OAK HILL FOUNDATION INC — $157,130 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE ON AGING INC — $148,654 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetBYTE BACK — $135,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED — $124,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES — $120,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetITNAMERICA — $120,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION — $117,177 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC — $105,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCommunity Tech Network — $95,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL — $90,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $88,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMUSIC & MEMORY INC — $72,743 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSeniorNavigatorcom — $70,619 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetCode of Support Foundation — $70,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc — $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED — $66,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN INC — $60,640 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA — $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC — $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE JEWISH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA — $49,995 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $46,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Aging of Southwestern Ohio — $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENGAGE INC — $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetA LITTLE HELP — $45,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S COMMUNITY SERVICES — $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $41,484 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAVENIDAS — $41,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHelen Keller Services — $36,456 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST BARNABAS SENIOR CENTER OF LOS ANGELES — $36,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADLER APHASIA CENTER — $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERSEALS ARKANSAS — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOKA CORPORATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION — $25,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO FUTURES FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Reader's Digest Partners for Sight FoundationNY22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation · AARP · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc · Nextfifty Initiative · Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr · Archstone Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Christopher Reeve Foundation · Allene Reuss Memorial Trust · Delta Gamma Foundation · Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Consumer Technology Association Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 69%
  • Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc73% of income from government
  • Mab Community Services Inc69% of income from government
  • South Florida Institute On Aging Inc69% of income from government
  • Institute for Human Centered Design Inc42% of income from government
  • Adler Aphasia Center12% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 85 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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