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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
Easterseals Arkansas$30,000
St John's Community Services$30,000
Adler Aphasia Center$30,000
MOKA$30,000
American Printing House for the Blind$30,000
Able Gmrs Fdn Inc$25,000
Oak Hill$25,000
Easter Seals of Gtr Houston Inc$25,000
Mary's Center$25,000
Cerebral Palsy Alliance Rsrch Fdn$25,000
ITNAmerica$25,000
Lutheran Services in America Incorporated$25,000
Lighthouse Guild$25,000
Encore Employment Enterprise Inc$21,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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 its 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: $20k → 16%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%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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +15% for those 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

+19%
+15%

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
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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 LINE
    one grant, 2017 · $51k · revenue -47%
  • SC
    SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +67%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
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
3
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
4
Disabilityin

The organization is the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide. together with the world's leading brands, disability:in drives progress on disability inclusion through initiatives, tools, and expertise that…

Community Improvement
5
Goodlife Innovations Inc

Goodlife's mission is to make a meaningful difference in the everyday lives of individuals who need help to live more independently (individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, brain injuries, physical or age-related…

Human Services
6
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
7
Connectability

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

Human Services
8
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
9
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
10
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
11
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.

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12
Knowbility Inc

Knowbility, Inc. is a national nonprofit whose mission is to create an inclusive digital world for people with disabilities. We help make the internet and other technologies accessible to people who are blind, visually impaired, have…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lighthouse Guild International Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/78
Grantees still filing
54/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 ServicesENGAGE INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesCouncil on Aging of Southwestern Ohio: $45,000 · Human ServicesGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesA LITTLE HELP: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCode of Support Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 3.1% 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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENGAGE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCouncil on Aging of Southwestern Ohio: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetST JOHN'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetA LITTLE HELP: $45,000 over 3y, 2.0% 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 budgetMOKA CORPORATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTERSEALS ARKANSAS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $25,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetSAN DIEGO FUTURES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Reader's Digest Partn…AARPThe Harry and Jeanett…Lavelle Fund for the …Nextfifty InitiativeSarah Decoizart Perpe…Archstone FoundationThe New York Communit…Christopher Reeve Fou…Allene Reuss Memorial…Delta Gamma FoundationRetirement Research F…
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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Consumer Technology Association Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Consumer Technology Association Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 69%
  • Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Mab Community Services Inc: 69% of income from government
  • South Florida Institute On Aging Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Institute for Human Centered Design Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Adler Aphasia Center: 12% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% 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, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 85 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home