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NADA Foundation

The NADA Foundation operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.

$678k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$136k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Animals$938kEducation$290kYouth Development$102kCivil Rights$100kHuman Services$99kHealth$90kCommunity Improvement$90kPhilanthropy$42kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $161,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $677,565 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $516,565 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $136k
$136,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Canine Companions for Independence$136,000
Vehicles for Change$25,000
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 (FY22–24, $187k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GREAT FALLS SCOTTISH RITE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DISORDERS CLINIIC INC: $6k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $100k → 17%NEENAH MENASHA YMCA: $5k → 11%VALLEY SHORE YMCA: $6k → 7%AUTO DEALERS UNITED FOR CHILDREN: $6k → 18%GOOD NEWS MOUNTAINEER GARAGE: $6k → 18%Vehicles for Change: $25k → 11%CHINESE-AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES AOW: $8k → 14%Vehicles for Change: $15k → 11%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
VT
NH
WA
MT
ND
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX
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 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

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
2
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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5
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
6
Dunwoody College of Technology

Dunwoody college changes lives by building opportunities for graduates to have successful careers, to develop into leaders and entrepreneurs, and to engage in "the better performance of life's duties." quote is from the last will and…

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
St Francis College

St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.

Education
9
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
Goldey-Beacom College

Empowering learners to achieve excellence by linking knowledge to practice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mary Bridge Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Shau-Wai & Marie Lam Family Foundation. 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

71 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. 71 of the 77 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/71
Grantees still filing
47/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $925,820 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INCNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INCURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $70,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANAVEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $40,000 · Human Services+7 more: $47,330 · Human ServicesNorthwood University: $100,000 · EducationNorthwood Unive…THE CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE EDUCATION: $34,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR …HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION: $12,000 · EducationINDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON: $12,000 · EducationREGIS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Education+14 more: $90,000 · Education+14 moreSADD INC: $22,000 · OtherSADD INCASE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherASE EDUCATIO…HAZELWILD FARM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $14,000 · OtherHAZELWILD FA…PARTICULAR COUNCIL OF TACOMA SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $10,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL OF PEORIA INC: $8,000 · OtherTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS: $8,000 · OtherNEW JERSEY CHINESE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $10,000 · OtherCHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Other+18 more: $108,000 · Other+18 moreTHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SHAU-WAI & MARIE LAM FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15,810 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE: $8,000 · PhilanthropyPARKERSBURG AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC (PREVIOUSLY PACF INC): $6,000 · PhilanthropyJX GIVES BACK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyFARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $6,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthLeukemia Research Foundation of DE: $8,000 · HealthVALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · HealthCAMP H-TOWN: $8,000 · HealthMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthST JOHNS RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL ANDRUS PARKCARE & DOBBS FERRY: $6,000 · HealthBAYHEALTH FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $6,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthVERMONTS CAMP TA-KUM-TA: $6,000 · HealthColorado Gynecologic Cancer Alliance: $6,000 · HealthNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BRIDGE MINISTRY INC: $10,000 · ReligionVictory Center Ministries Inc: $6,000 · Religion
Human Services$1,183,150Education$258,000Other$210,000Philanthropy$91,810Health$72,000Youth Development$24,000Religion$16,000

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 budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $925,820 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwood University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $70,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE EDUCATION: $34,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSADD INC: $22,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetASE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHAZELWILD FARM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREGIS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTICULAR COUNCIL OF TACOMA SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEW JERSEY CHINESE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE-AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIDGE MINISTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeukemia Research Foundation of DE: $8,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF THE UPSTATE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP H-TOWN: $8,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetSAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGOOD NEWS MOUNTAINEER GARAGE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetConnecticut National Guard Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetST JOHNS RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL ANDRUS PARKCARE & DOBBS FERRY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAYHEALTH FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRUNSWICK AREA STUDENT AID FUND: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLife Support: $6,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetROCK ISLAND-MILAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAUTO DEALERS UNITED FOR CHILDREN: $6,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC ASHLAND: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA POLICE K-9 ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKERSBURG AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC (PREVIOUSLY PACF INC): $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEATHERFORD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJX GIVES BACK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Wells Fargo FoundationTruist Foundation IncThe Albertsons Compan…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…The US Charitable Gif…Enterprise Holdings F…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…AbbVie FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA11.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Wells Fargo Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • United Way of Delaware: 58% of income from government
  • Vehicles for Change Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Bayhealth Foundation Corporation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 77 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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