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Eileen Harris Norton Foundation at a glance

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Eileen Harris Norton Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$5.6MPhilanthropy$690kHuman Services$193kCivil Rights$84kEducation$55kInternational$47kReligion$45kCrime & Legal$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAL ARTS$1,000,000
ART AND PRACTICE FOUNDATION$10,000
HEART RIVER CENTER$5,000
UNIV OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$5,000
HCC FOUNDATION$5,000
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION$2,500
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL$2,000
VENICE ARTS$2,000
PROPUBLICA$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000
RAICES$1,000
PBS$500
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$500
KCRW$250
THE END FUND$100
02The need
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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, $219k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $175k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $10k → 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $5k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $5k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $5k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $5k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $2k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $3k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%OCEAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER: $4k → 14%OCEAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER: $4k → 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

VT
MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
AR
DC
AL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 29 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
22

Total granted

$6.1M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+11%

Still filing today

76%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
Arts & CultureCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationInternationalYouth 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

  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $2.1M · revenue +14%
  • FP
    FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH
    2× · 2018–2021 · $185k · revenue +44%
  • CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
    7× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • HM
    HIRCHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • AH
    ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue -36%
  • HI
    HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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3
Museum of Latin American Art

The specific purpose of this corporation is to: expand knowledge and appreciation of modern and contemporary latin american tine art that has been created since world war ii; to operate a museum; to collect and display latin american…

Arts & Culture
4
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

42 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. 42 of the 55 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
29/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $2,100,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTSBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,052,500 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART+10 more: $99,390 · Arts & CultureCAL ARTS: $2,000,000 · OtherCAL ARTSART AND PRACTICE FOUNDATION: $350,000 · OtherART AND PRACTICE FOUNDATION+26 more: $185,700 · Other+26 moreCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $689,650 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA …+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $185,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $30,500 · Human Services+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $60,000 · Civil RightsCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $12,500 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $6,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $2,000 · Civil RightsHEART RIVER CENTER INC: $44,500 · ReligionCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $34,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,200 · International+2 more: $1,600 · International
Arts & Culture$3,251,890Other$2,535,700Philanthropy$690,650Human Services$218,500Civil Rights$81,000Religion$44,500International$44,300

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $2,100,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,052,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $689,650 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $185,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $60,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHEART RIVER CENTER INC: $44,500 over 8y, 35% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $34,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $30,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE ARTS: $25,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $16,690 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $15,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGREENMOUNT WEST COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $5,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTTABLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe End Fund Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONEGOAL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNature Nexus Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNAROUND ARTS CALIFORNIA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ↗
  • Who funds HEART RIVER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMFED USA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE RAPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
  • Who funds VENICE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds THE HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENMOUNT WEST COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Americans for the Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ARTTABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Eileen Harris Norton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eileen Harris Norton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 55 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-PF 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 unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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