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Nasdaq Educational Foundation Inc

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
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$2.3MEducation$763kHuman Services$435kPublic Benefit$401kInternational$400kPhilanthropy$387kPublic Safety & Disaster$250kHousing & Shelter$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
$75,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC$150,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC$117,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY$100,000
WAYNE STATE UNIV RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT$100,000
MERCY CORPS$100,000
FUTURE FOUNDERS FOUNDATION$75,000
PROJECT VIDA$75,000
3RD DECADE INC$65,000
NEIGHBOORHOOD ALLIES INC$60,000
GREEN AMERICA$60,000
MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION$50,000
PENNY FORWARD INC$50,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $510k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%3RD DECADE INC: $65k → 15%PENNY FORWARD INC: $50k → 11%THE ROSIE NETWORK: $70k → 11%SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF NEW ORLEANS (PROPELLER): $75k → 23%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $50k → 14%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $50k → 14%SAVVY LADIES: $50k → 17%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $100k → 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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
UT
VA
AZ
NC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Nasdaq Educational Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Nasdaq Educational Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

9%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$445k · 4 repeat orgs$4.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
31

Total granted

$445k
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+2%

Still filing today

50%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $685k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementInternationalYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +25%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k
  • ML
    MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • C
    COMMONWEALTH
    one grant, 2022 · $568k
  • BC
    Build Commonwealth Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $401k · revenue -14%
  • BA
    BLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $361k · revenue -38% · 39% of their budget
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
Global Impact Investing Network Inc

The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…

Philanthropy
2
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
3
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
4
Miami-Dade Innovation Authority Inc

Miami-dade innovation authority bridges the gap between private innovators and the public sector to fast track innovation that improves quality of life for miamians.

Science & Tech
5
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
6
Open Startup International Corporation

Open startup international corporation is a non-profit organization that fosters innovation and capacity building through entrepreneurship, education, and cross-cultural exchange, creating communities and connecting ecosystems across the…

International
7
Finreglab Inc

Finreglab is a d.c.-based research organization working at the intersection of financial innovation and public policy. our mission is to advance technology and data use to help people and small businesses manage their financial lives,…

Science & Tech
8
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Inc

Established in 2014, the nasdaq entrepreneurial center (the "center") is an independent charity dedicated to educating the public about entrepreneurship and educating individual entrepreneurs on subjects useful to them and beneficial to…

Arts & Culture
9
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

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10
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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11
Pyxera Global Inc

To reinvent how public, private and social interests converge to address global challenges.

International
12
Middle East Investment Initiative Inc

Middle east investment initiative, inc. (meii) stimulates sustainable economic activity and long-lasting job creation in the middle east and north africa (mena) by designing and deploying finance and technical assistance programs to…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shared Interest Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Central European University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 46 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
14/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMONWEALTH: $568,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTHINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC): $250,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICR…WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER OF UTAH: $150,000 · OtherWOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER OF UTAHCONSUMER ACTION: $150,000 · OtherCONSUMER ACTIONUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $100,000 · OtherVILCAP INC: $100,000 · OtherACCELERATE 500 INC DBA 1863 VENTURES: $100,000 · OtherPROJECT VIDA: $75,000 · OtherDIDTECHNOLOGY INC: $100,000 · OtherBlack Innovation Alliance: $105,000 · OtherTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $100,000 · Other+10 more: $367,657 · Other+10 moreBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC: $361,440 · EducationBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS …Fordham University: $340,000 · EducationFordham UniversitySOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $137,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INCGLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK: $125,000 · EducationGLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP N…BABSON COLLEGE: $103,000 · EducationBABSON COLLEGEFUTURE FOUNDERS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationFUTURE FOUNDERS FOUNDATIO…DEFY VENTURES INC: $75,000 · EducationDEFY VENTURES INC+1 more: $10,000 · EducationHispanic Access Foundation: $100,000 · Human ServicesHispanic A…MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $100,000 · Human ServicesMUJERES LA…SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF NEW ORLEANS: $75,000 · Human ServicesSOCIAL ENT…THE ROSIE NETWORK INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROSIE …3RD DECADE INC: $65,000 · Human Services3RD DECADE…Penny Forward Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesPenny Forw…SAVVY LADIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesSAVVY LADI…OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $200,000 · InternationalOPPORTUNIT…SHARED INTEREST INC: $100,000 · InternationalSHARED INT…Mercy Corps: $100,000 · InternationalMercy Corp…THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY: $99,991 · InternationalTHE CENTRA…Build Commonwealth Inc: $401,000 · Public BenefitBLACK GIRL VENTURES FOUNDATION: $149,990 · Community ImprovementWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT: $100,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementCHANGE LABS: $50,000 · Community ImprovementPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,165,657Education$1,226,440Human Services$510,000International$499,991Public Benefit$401,000Community Improvement$359,990Philanthropy$250,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBuild Commonwealth Inc: $401,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC: $361,440 over 1y, 39% of budgetFordham University: $340,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLACK GIRL VENTURES FOUNDATION: $149,990 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $137,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK: $125,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBlack Innovation Alliance: $105,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBABSON COLLEGE: $103,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARED INTEREST INC: $100,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetVILCAP INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHispanic Access Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDIDTECHNOLOGY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY: $99,991 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFUTURE FOUNDERS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF NEW ORLEANS: $75,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPROJECT VIDA: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ROSIE NETWORK INC: $70,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budget3RD DECADE INC: $65,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREEN AMERICA: $60,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPenny Forward Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetSAVVY LADIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetCLIMB USA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetCHANGE LABS: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWALL STREET BOUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE GO PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Ewing Marion Kauffman…Wells Fargo FoundationTruist Foundation IncTides FoundationWK Kellogg FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Surdna Foundation IncJohn D and Catherine …The Ford FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Charities Aid Foundat…Jewish Communal Fund
Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationMO21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Surdna Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jewish Communal 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 Nasdaq Educational Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nasdaq Educational Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Nasdaq Educational Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Nasdaq Educational Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 46 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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where grant money is based, and what stays home