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Current Innovation NFP

Current's mission is to grow an inclusive blue economy, accelerate innovation, and solve persistent water challenges.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Itemized grants FY2024
3
Organizations funded FY2019
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$187,025
Largest grant, FY2024
$377,538
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$4.4M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Science & Tech$573kEducation$378kEmployment$346kRecreation & Sports$250kEnvironment$165k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marquette University$377,53810%
Northwestern University$250,36510%
Hire360$187,02511%
National Fund for Workforce Solutions$159,01119%
Cleveland Water Alliance$150,00015%
North River Commission$5,0001n/a
Friends of the Chicago River$5,00010%
South Loop Chamber of Commerce$5,00016%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($573k), not named here.

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About Current Innovation NFP

How much does Current Innovation NFP give?
Current Innovation NFP reported 8 itemized grants totaling $1,696,958, out of $1,905,628 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Current Innovation NFP fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (33%), Education (22%), Employment (20%).
Who are Current Innovation NFP's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Marquette University ($378k), Northwestern University ($250k), Hire360 ($187k).
Where is Current Innovation NFP based?
Current Innovation NFP is based in IL.

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 11 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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