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National Ability Center

The NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER (the center) empowers individuals with disabilities by building self-esteem, confidence and lifetime skills through sport, recreation and educational programs.

$643k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $243,346, the rows itemized in this filing. The $643,330 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $399,984 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $211k
$14,928
Median grant
5
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROTHERS KEEPERS$41,501
CHILDRENS ONCOLOGY SERVICES$32,817
CHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN$31,399
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS CORP$26,508
UTAH SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND$24,990
PROJECT OVERWATCH$16,115
PARENTS EMPOWERING ABLE KIDS (PEAK)$14,928
STAND4KIND$12,166
NEW FOCUS ACADEMY$10,295
CROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590$7,383
IHC HEALTH SERVICES INC$7,108
HEROES HAVEN (DAS HOOAH)$7,073
WEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY$6,037
NK MEDICAL GROUP$5,026
02The need
02

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 46% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS CORP: $27k → 8%PROJECT OVERWATCH: $16k → 6%CHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN: $31k → 10%BROTHERS KEEPERS: $42k → 11%PARENTS EMPOWERING ABLE KIDS (PEAK): $15k → 5%WEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY: $6k → 5%IHC HEALTH SERVICES INC: $7k → 8%CROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $7k → 9%NK MEDICAL GROUP: $5k → 12%CHILDRENS ONCOLOGY SERVICES: $33k → 14%NEW FOCUS ACADEMY: $10k → 5%STAND4KIND: $12k → 8%UTAH SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND: $25k → 9%HEROES HAVEN (DAS HOOAH): $7k → 8%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.
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
Wounded Warrior Project Inc

Wounded warrior project (wwp) is the nation's leading veterans service organization, focused on the total well-being of post - 9/11 veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. our programs, advocacy, and awareness efforts…

Human Services
2
Head Strong Project Inc

The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.

Health
3
Freedom Revived

Freedom Revived is here to bring a proactive approach to serving those who serve us. We provide support and encouragement through a variety of services that revitalize mind, body, and spirit to our Frontline.

Human Services
4
Wounded War Heroes

Wounded War Heroes was founded to show our appreciation to the men and women who have been wounded or injured as a result of serving our country, by providing them therapeutic outdoor experiences upon their return home from fighting for…

Public Benefit
5
Military Mobility

Military mobility specializes in off-road expeditions and resiliency training for veterans in need, to reduce the veteran suicide rate. our mission is to put clients in a team environment which fosters camaraderie, trust, and inspires the…

Human Services
6
Wounded Warriors Abilities Ranch Co

Our mission is to inspire, motivate and strengthen warriors by providing various recreational activities in a safe and relaxing environment.

Public Benefit
7
Kaizen Adaptive Training Llc

Our mission is to inspire and empower individuals with physical or traumatic impairments by providing an all-inclusive functional fitness training program and fostering a sense of community for adaptive athletes.

Health
8
Wild Warrior Adventure Inc

Wild Warrior Adventure works to prevents suicide, minimize PTSD among veterans and optimize veterans wellness through outdoor retreats and activities.

Public Benefit
9
Challenge Accepted Inc

adaptive sports for disabled veterans

Public Benefit
10
Warfighter Outfitters

Warfighter Outfitters believe in the healing power of the outdoors. Since 2014, we have provided free fishing, hunting, and engagement trips to disabled veterans. On the water or in the woods, these veteran-only trips help service men and…

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11
DARE2TRI Paratriathlon Club

To enhance the lives of individuals with physical disabilities and visual impairments by building confidence, community, health and wellness through swimming, biking and running.

Recreation & Sports
12
Our Heroes Dreams

To improve the lives of our nations warriors veterans, first responders, peace officers, and their families by helping them build a new mission and purpose in life, support their recovery and reintegration, and empower them to accomplish…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wasatch Adaptive Sports Inc; the most unlike its peers is Daring Sisters. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

30 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
14/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $26,508 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDSTATE OF UTAH GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $24,990 · OtherSTATE OF UTAH GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC …PARENTS EMPOWERING ABLE KIDS (PEAK): $14,928 · OtherPARENTS EMPOWERING ABLE KIDS (PEAK)NEW FOCUS ACADEMY: $10,295 · OtherNEW FOCUS ACADEMYCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $7,383 · OtherCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUT…DAS HOOAH INC: $7,073 · OtherDAS HOOAH INCNK MEDICAL GROUP: $5,026 · OtherChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $32,817 · HealthChildrens Oncology Services IncCHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN: $31,399 · HealthCHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDRENIHC HEALTH SERVICES INC: $7,108 · HealthIHC HEALTH SERVICES INCJACKS BROTHERS KEEPERS: $41,501 · PhilanthropyJACKS BROTHERS KEEP…STAND4KIND: $12,166 · EducationWEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY: $6,037 · EducationPROJECT OVERWATCH: $16,115 · Membership Benefit
Other$96,203Health$71,324Philanthropy$41,501Education$18,203Membership Benefit$16,115

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 budgetJACKS BROTHERS KEEPERS: $41,501 over 7y, 42% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $32,817 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN: $31,399 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetSTAND4KIND: $12,166 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetIHC HEALTH SERVICES INC: $7,108 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY: $6,037 over 4y, 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 JACKS BROTHERS KEEPERS ↗
  • Who funds Childrens Oncology Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT OVERWATCH ↗
  • Who funds STAND4KIND ↗
  • Who funds IHC HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY ↗

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.

American Express FoundationNY10.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Express Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

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no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 14 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.1M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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