New York · Public charity
Naf
NAF solves some of the biggest challenges facing education and the economy by bringing education, business, and community leaders together to transform the high school experience.
- $684k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $403k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Naf funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $403k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $433k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.5M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $809k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $603k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $304k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $158k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | $740,000 | 4 | n/a |
| DC Public Education Fund | $461,400 | 5 | 3% |
| Readyct Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Dallas Isd | $386,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | $285,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $264,973 | 3 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $261,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Orange County Public Schools | $235,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Broward Education Foundation Inc | $215,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friendship Public Charter School Inc | $212,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | $740,000 | 4 | n/a |
| DC Public Education Fund | $461,400 | 5 | 3% |
| Readyct Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Dallas Isd | $386,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | $285,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $264,973 | 3 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $261,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Orange County Public Schools | $235,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Broward Education Foundation Inc | $215,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friendship Public Charter School Inc | $212,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Global Initiatives Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 78% |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools | $175,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Magnet Educational Choice Association Inc | $132,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Dallas Education Foundation | $118,250 | 1 | 8% |
| Jennings School District | $101,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund | $70,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The School Board of Broward County | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lorenzo Walker Technical College | $61,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Dfw Semiconductor & Technology Executive Council | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Technology Review Inc | $45,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The School District of University City | $42,680 | 2 | n/a |
| Scholarship America Inc | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Birmingham Board of Education | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson-Reed Parent Teacher Student Organization | $21,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Porterville Pathways Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Southfield Public Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Olympic High School Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Lee County -Wwcc- Even Start | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Compton Unified School District | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School District of the City of Pontiac | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NYC Academy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Multicultural Career Intern Program | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Baton Rouge Parish Sd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Broward Principals And Assistants Association Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Elvira M Coln Negrn Consejo Escolar | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Enloe Mbsa-Hosa Booster Club | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Enlarged City School District of Middletown | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parent Booster USA Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Naf supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Share Our Strength · Round It Up America Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Good Sports Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Project Lead the Way Inc · Digital Promise Global · Save the Music Foundation · The George W Bush Foundation · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
How this is measured
About Naf
- How much does Naf give?
- Naf reported 14 itemized grants totaling $403,000, out of $683,641 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Naf fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (91%), Employment (4%), International (3%).
- Who are Naf's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Detroit Public Schools Community District ($740k), DC Public Education Fund ($461k), Readyct Inc ($450k).
- Does Naf fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Naf?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), Share Our Strength, Round It Up America Inc.
- Where is Naf based?
- Naf is based in NY.
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