Vermont · Private foundation
Nara Fund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $126k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Nara Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $126k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $119k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $111k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $146k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $142k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $141k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $157k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $142k | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc | $210,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Ready Set Smile Pa | $128,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Theater Latte Da | $105,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Circle of Friends | $76,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Campcare Nevada Foundation | $65,205 | 9 | 8% |
| Latham Memorial Library Inc | $51,565 | 9 | 6% |
| Onevillage Partners | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids and Horses Inc | $44,290 | 6 | 4% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc | $210,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Ready Set Smile Pa | $128,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Theater Latte Da | $105,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Circle of Friends | $76,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Campcare Nevada Foundation | $65,205 | 9 | 8% |
| Latham Memorial Library Inc | $51,565 | 9 | 6% |
| Onevillage Partners | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids and Horses Inc | $44,290 | 6 | 4% |
| Thetford Food Shelf | $23,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Nurse of Thetford Inc | $18,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Thetford Volunteer Fire Department | $15,230 | 4 | 3% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Therapeutic Equestrian Program Inc | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Willing Hands Enterprises Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Wind Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fairwarning Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya International Chamber Music Festival | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Thyroid Association | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American College of Endocrinology Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mike's 5k to Crush Substance Abuse Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lung Cancer Alliance | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($270k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nara Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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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: National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Nara Fund Inc
- How much does Nara Fund Inc give?
- Nara Fund Inc reported 13 grants totaling $125,540 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nara Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Health (22%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are Nara Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc ($210k), Ready Set Smile Pa ($129k), Theater Latte Da ($105k).
- Does Nara Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nara Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nara Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Network for Good, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Nara Fund Inc based?
- Nara Fund Inc is based in VT.
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