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NASH activates the power of multi-campus systems to cultivate a more resilient, accessible, and innovative postsecondary education sector that enables students and communities to thrive.

$700k
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$193k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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.

Education$2.5MEnvironment$45kHuman Services$38kRecreation & Sports$22kCommunity Improvement$20kScience & Tech$15k
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $629,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $700,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $71,000 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

  • Under $10k14 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $332k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $193k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM$192,500
CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES OF WASHI$40,000
UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$37,500
LOISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS$32,500
THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM$32,500
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MD$29,500
ACUE$22,500
UNIVERSITY OF MD COLLEGE PARK$22,000
UC DAVIS$15,000
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE$10,000
MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMM$10,000
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY$10,000
CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES$10,000
SAN DIEGFO STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEBRASKA STATE COLLEGES: $10k → 13%MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY: $10k → 12%PASSHE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR: $10k → 12%COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV: $8k → 14%SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 9%CYPRESS COLLEGE: $10k → 10%UC BERKELEY: $8k → 10%SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $10k → 11%CSU OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR: $210k → 14%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CA: $10k → 14%MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE: $10k → 15%CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES: $10k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $38k → 9%THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: $127k → 17%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM: $193k → 10%THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $163k → 22%NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY: $12k → 23%CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES OF WASHI: $40k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM: $100k → 10%TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS: $100k → 14%RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF THE POSTSECO: $45k → 7%UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $38k → 8%BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $150k → 13%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $20k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SYSTEM: $10k → 19%LOISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS: $33k → 19%UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MD: $30k → 11%KY COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATI: $10k → 14%SAN DIEGFO STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $22k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: $20k → 17%THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $10k → 10%THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $33k → 22%THE UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN: $15k → 10%TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS: $50k → 14%COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $38k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM FOUN: $18k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF MD COLLEGE PARK: $22k → 11%UC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: $10k → 11%CSU OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR: $20k → 14%THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $10k → 10%THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $20k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM: $50k → 10%CSU OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR: $10k → 14%THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $20k → 22%FOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMM: $10k → 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

ME
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
PA
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
MD
NM
TN
DC
HI
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 13 repeat orgs$908k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
16

Total granted

$1.7M
$364k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-2%
+54%

Still filing today

23%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $544k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • A
    ACUE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $322k
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $240k
  • TA
    Texas A and M University
    4× · 2020–2024 · $236k

Funded once

  • BO
    BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
    one grant, 2023 · $45k
  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $38k
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
Columbus State University Foundation Inc

The Columbus State University Foundation supports educational excellence and the expansion of educational opportunities at Columbus State University. The Foundation attracts, receives, invests, manages, and expends gifts and other…

Education
2
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
3
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
4
Tennessee State University Foundation

To promote and support literacy, scientific, educational,scholarship,research, and developmental goals at tennessee state university.

Education
5
California Polytechnic State University Foundation

To provide and augment programs that are an integral part of the educational mission of the university, primarily in the acquisition, investment and administration of gifts and endowments for the benefit of the university.

Education
6
Valdosta State University Foundation Inc

The Foundation exists to support development of educational excellence at Valdosta State University.

Education
7
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc

Assist and further research at georgia southern university

Science & Tech
8
Henderson State University Foundation

The foundation's purpose is to receive, solicit, accept and hold, administer, invest and disburse property and funds for the educational mission of henderson state university. the foundation provides hsu with resources not provided by…

Education
9
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

—
10
Texas State University Development Foundation

To support and further the mission of texas state university through the acceptance and investment of gifts established as endowments benefiting the students, faculty and staff.

Education
11
Lamar University Foundation Inc

The Foundation supports the development and promotion of Lamar University, its students, faculty and staff. The Lamar University Foundation supports and enhances Lamar University by encouraging the commitment of personal and financial…

Education
12
The Utah Tech University Foundation

To promote and support Utah Tech University previously Dixie State University and its various scientific educational and other activities programs and services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chattanooga State Community College Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Hawaii 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

12 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. 12 of the 56 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACUE: $322,499 · OtherACUECALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $240,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYTexas A and M University: $235,500 · OtherTexas A and M UniversityTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM: $192,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $160,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: $160,000 · OtherDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $157,500 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURICITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: $157,000 · OtherCITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKTENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS: $150,000 · OtherTENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTSBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $150,000 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA+35 more: $543,000 · Other+35 moreUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $27,500 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $10,000 · EducationChico State Enterprises: $10,000 · EducationSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $10,000 · EducationGlendale College Foundation: $7,500 · EducationUniversity of West Georgia Foundation Inc: $5,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationSouthwest Tennessee Community College Foundation: $5,000 · EducationGEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $29,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,467,999Education$140,000Philanthropy$29,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $29,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Louisiana System Foundation: $17,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChico State Enterprises: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlendale College Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of West Georgia Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSouthwest Tennessee Community College Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Louisiana System Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds Chico State Enterprises ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM ↗

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.

Foundation for Califo…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…Fidelity Investments …
Foundation for California Community CollegesCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Nash funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nash. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely 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 56 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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