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National Center for Civic Innovation In

The board of the fund for the city of new york created the NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN 1992 to facilitate the adaptation in other areas of the country and beyond of some of the initiatives the fund developed to promote the performance of government and nonprofit organizations.

$1.1M
Granted FY2018
7
Grants FY2018
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$1.5MScience & Tech$1.1MEnvironment$357kHuman Services$307kYouth Development$233kCommunity Improvement$121kPhilanthropy$63k
02FY2018 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • $50k–250k5 grants · $592k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$125,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$94M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS$250,000
EXPANDED SCHOOLS INC$250,000
NATIONAL NETWORK STATE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR$187,500
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$125,000
CENTER FOR FUTURE OF ARIZONA$120,619
THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC$96,228
NEW VENTURE FUND$62,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $483k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EXPANDED SCHOOLS INC: $250k → 17%Expanded Schools Inc: $233k → 17%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

NH
NY
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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 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
The National Center on Education and the Economy

The Center is dedicated to providing tools the nation needs to lead the world in education & training in a swiftly globalizing world economy.

Public Benefit
2
Out Teach

Out teach's mission is to inspire and prepare today's elementary students to explore the wonders of science and become tomorrow's innovators. out teach works to ensure that all studentsregardless of race, zip code, or access to…

Education
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
5
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
6
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
11
National Science Teaching Association

Nsta's mission is to transform science education to benefit all through professional learning, partnerships and advocacy. our guiding principles encompass: build community - we believe that the community of science educators extends beyond…

Education
12
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Expanded Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. 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

24 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STEM TEACHERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $307,000 · EducationSTEM TEACHERS OF NEW YORK CITY I…LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $207,000 · EducationLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYNational Network of State Teachers of the Year: $187,500 · EducationNational Network of State Teache…INDUSTRY INITIATIVES FOR SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION: $172,000 · EducationINDUSTRY INITIATIVES FOR SCIENCE…UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $147,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO …FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $60,000 · EducationFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE …+1 more: $6,000 · EducationAmerican Museum of Natural History: $507,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural…NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE: $357,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE+1 more: $7,012 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS: $250,000 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF…UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $207,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF …THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEX…THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $96,228 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC S…+2 more: $15,554 · OtherEXPANDED SCHOOLS INC: $482,880 · Human ServicesEXPANDED SCHOOLS…BATTELLE EDUCATION: $57,000 · Human ServicesBATTELLE EDUCATI…NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $357,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOT…NEW VENTURE FUND: $62,500 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE …CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF ARIZONA: $120,619 · Community ImprovementAmerican Association of Physics Teachers Inc: $8,150 · Science & Tech
Education$1,086,500Arts & Culture$871,012Other$693,782Human Services$539,880Environment$419,500Community Improvement$120,619Science & Tech$8,150

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 budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $507,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEXPANDED SCHOOLS INC: $482,880 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE: $357,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $357,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTEM TEACHERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $307,000 over 1y, 93% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS: $250,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $207,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $147,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $96,228 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $62,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBATTELLE EDUCATION: $57,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Association of Physics Teachers Inc: $8,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $7,012 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENCORPSINC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Tides CenterThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Tides CenterCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Center · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • American Association of Physics Teachers Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 22 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 2018, released 2018. 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 $599k 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 FY2018, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home