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National Community Foundation

NATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION shall carry out its purposes as a community foundation within the meaning of treasury regulation section 1.170a-9(f)(10).

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$471k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.1MReligion$1.3MPhilanthropy$774kHuman Services$390kEducation$283kHousing & Shelter$100kArts & Culture$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $290k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $265k
  • $250k+1 grant · $471k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENDOW AMERICA NETWORK FOUNDATION$471,192
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF AUBURN$100,000
CROSSROADS EVANGELICAL CHURCH$60,000
NCF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION$54,877
SERVING ORPHANS AND WIDOWS MINISTRIES$50,000
HOUSING ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL$45,000
ACRES OF HOPE$35,000
PAMOJA UNITED$30,000
THE JAMES FOUNDATION$26,000
ADAMS RESCUE MISSION INC$25,000
HOW 2 LOVE OUR COPS$20,000
IN THE GAME MINISTRIES$15,000
FRENCH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL$14,284
WINGS FOUNDATION INC$10,000
WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ADAMS RESCUE MISSION INC: $25k → 9%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $10k → 11%THE SEED GROUP: $10k → 12%THE JAMES FOUNDATION: $26k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $10k → 11%THE SEED GROUP: $10k → 12%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $10k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $10k → 11%THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENRICHMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF THE DEPRIVED GROUP: $45k → 12%THE BARNABAS GROUP: $9k → 11%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

OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
MD
DE
KS
TN
HI
GA
TX
FL
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.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 17 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$1.2M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+3%

Still filing today

59%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $693k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPublic Safety & DisasterReligionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SO
    SERVING ORPHANS AND WIDOWS MINISTRIES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $260k · revenue +24%
  • TI
    THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO
    4× · 2021–2024 · $78k · revenue +24%
  • RT
    REDWOOD TEEN CHALLENGE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $65k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • HB
    HM2 Buck Foundation for Hope Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $2.1M · revenue -98%
  • KC
    KAUAI CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • WJ
    WILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +3%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Manna University

Manna University is a biblical higher education institution dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering emerging leaders to change the world.

Education
3
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
4
Great Commission Foundation in

Missions - sponsors foreign and domestic missions and orphanages with a special emphasis on missions in India

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5
Alongside Inc

Restore hope, purpose, passion and relationships among Christian leaders who are making an impact around the world.

Religion
6
Adventive Cross Cultural Initiatives

ACCI serves pioneering Christians, empowering them to proclaim the gospel, fulfill their God-given visions, and advance the kingdom of God. ACCI longs for a world where lives are transformed through the Holy Spirit, where new disciples are…

Religion
7
Wesleyan Fellowship Partners Inc

The organizational mission is to train, equip, send, and support individuals from Transformation Network, Inc. affiliated churches who are called to full time missions in the United States and abroad.

Religion
8
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
9
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
10
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

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11
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
12
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Impact Investing Charitable Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is HM2 Buck Foundation for Hope Inc. 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

28 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. 28 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HM2 Buck Foundation for Hope Inc: $2,070,139 · HealthHM2 Buck Foundation for Hope Inc+2 more: $55,000 · HealthKAUAI CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: $250,000 · OtherKAUAI CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF AUBURN: $200,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF AUB…FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHWILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherWILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITYCROSSROADS EVANGELICAL CHURCH INC: $82,000 · OtherCROSSROADS EVANGELICAL CHUR…CROSSROADS CHURCH - NAPOLEON: $70,000 · OtherCROSSROADS CHURCH - NAPOLEO…PAMOJA UNITED: $60,000 · OtherDare 2 Share Ministries: $47,548 · OtherHOUSING ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL: $45,000 · OtherEDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Other+12 more: $266,423 · Other+12 moreENDOW AMERICA NETWORK FOUNDATION: $471,192 · EducationENDOW AMERIC…THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $77,618 · EducationTHE INTERNAT…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationSERVING ORPHANS AND WIDOWS MINISTRIES: $260,000 · Human ServicesSERVING O…The Society for the Empowerment and Enrichment of the Deprived Group: $65,000 · Human ServicesThe Socie…WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $40,000 · Human ServicesWARRIOR F…THE BARNABAS GROUP: $33,960 · Human ServicesTHE BARNA…THE JAMES FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST: $26,000 · Human ServicesTHE JAMES…Servant Foundation: $324,500 · ReligionREDWOOD TEEN CHALLENGE: $65,000 · Religion+1 more: $10,000 · ReligionTHE SIGNATRY CHARITABLE TRUST: $147,676 · PhilanthropyNCF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION: $54,877 · PhilanthropyIMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyPROJECT AKILAH INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPLACER FAMILY HOUSING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: $55,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$2,125,139Other$1,270,971Education$573,810Human Services$424,960Religion$399,500Philanthropy$322,553Housing & Shelter$55,000

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 budgetENDOW AMERICA NETWORK FOUNDATION: $471,192 over 1y, 66% of budgetServant Foundation: $324,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSERVING ORPHANS AND WIDOWS MINISTRIES: $260,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetTHE SIGNATRY CHARITABLE TRUST: $147,676 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $77,618 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREDWOOD TEEN CHALLENGE: $65,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetThe Society for the Empowerment and Enrichment of the Deprived Group: $65,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetPLACER FAMILY HOUSING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: $55,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNCF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION: $54,877 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetIMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDare 2 Share Ministries: $47,548 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCoryell Autism Center: $40,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetWINGS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BARNABAS GROUP: $33,960 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JAMES FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST: $26,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHow 2 Love Our Cops: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPROJECT AKILAH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Accelerator Inc dba Ocean Programs: $12,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINTL ASSN OF MINISTERS & MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetRAISE THE ROOF ACADEMY: $10,000 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.

Servant FoundationRenaissance Charitabl…Greater HorizonsChristian Community F…Silicon Valley Commun…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…
Servant FoundationKS16.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Greater Horizons · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 National Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to National Community Foundation 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 42 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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