Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National Association of Letter Carriers
Founded in 1889, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS of the united states of america is a labor organization for city letter carriers who are employed by the united states postal service.
- $367k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $242k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations National Association of Letter Carriers funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 5 | $242k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $515k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $437k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $831k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $747k | 82% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $359k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $275k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $285k | 91% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalc Disaster Relief Foundation | $2,073,893 | 6 | 88% |
| Economic Policy Institute | $390,000 | 9 | 1% |
| National Vote At Home Institute | $262,000 | 4 | 19% |
| National Vote At Home Coalition | $100,000 | 2 | 40% |
| Union Community Fund | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $68,517 | 1 | 0% |
| Clark County Food Bank | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Postal Workers Union Afl-Cio | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unite Here | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Mine Workers of America | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 48 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
National Association of Letter Carriers supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 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: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union · Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · National Nurses United · International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers · American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations · Feeding America · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Tides Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About National Association of Letter Carriers
- How much does National Association of Letter Carriers give?
- National Association of Letter Carriers reported 5 itemized grants totaling $242,486, out of $366,919 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Association of Letter Carriers fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (58%), Public Benefit (11%), Social Science (10%).
- Who are National Association of Letter Carriers's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nalc Disaster Relief Foundation ($2.1M), Economic Policy Institute ($390k), National Vote At Home Institute ($262k).
- Does National Association of Letter Carriers fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Association of Letter Carriers?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc, National Nurses United.
- Where is National Association of Letter Carriers based?
- National Association of Letter Carriers is based in DC.
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