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National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc

Nca's mission is to serve as the trusted voice and champion of the confectionery industry, unwrapping extraordinary opportunities for candy makers and stakeholders connected to this unique and special category.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 33
Itemized grants FY2025: 24
Organizations funded FY2024: 29%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $964k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $149,073
Organizations funded a year: 12 to 26; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 20
Total assets, FY2025: $50M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationEnvironmentArts & CulturePublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	33	$964k	48%
FY2024	24	$863k	29%
FY2023	19	$845k	21%
FY2022	16	$919k	25%
FY2021	12	$797k	17%
FY2020	19	$448k	11%
FY2019	26	$514k	38%
FY2018	21	$476k	48%

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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 2025.

Community Improvement$4.7MFood & Nutrition$608kPublic Benefit$373kArts & Culture$149kHealth$110kYouth Development$90kEducation$90kEnvironment$61kOther$0

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
Brown & Haley	$1,489,479	9	n/a
Bazooka Candy Brands	$483,792	7	n/a
Yowie North America	$460,655	8	n/a
Jelly Belly Candy Company	$376,401	4	n/a
American Licorice	$355,671	5	n/a
Albanese Confections	$330,380	8	n/a
Original Gourmet	$269,978	9	n/a
Vermints Inc	$254,897	9	n/a
Adams & Brooks	$137,127	9	n/a
Treasurer of the United States	$100,000	1	n/a

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All grantees of National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Brown & Haley	$1,489,479	9	n/a
Bazooka Candy Brands	$483,792	7	n/a
Yowie North America	$460,655	8	n/a
Jelly Belly Candy Company	$376,401	4	n/a
American Licorice	$355,671	5	n/a
Albanese Confections	$330,380	8	n/a
Original Gourmet	$269,978	9	n/a
Vermints Inc	$254,897	9	n/a
Adams & Brooks	$137,127	9	n/a
Treasurer of the United States	$100,000	1	n/a
Ford Gum	$99,873	5	n/a
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics	$90,000	3	0%
Piedmont	$72,374	4	n/a
National Consumers League Inc	$70,000	4	1%
The Ginger Network	$62,500	1	n/a
The National Press Foundation Inc	$60,000	4	1%
Hawaiian Host Inc	$57,894	3	n/a
Nancy Tringali Associates	$55,000	2	n/a
Impact Confections	$52,654	3	n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Liquid Otc Llczolli	$49,126	3	n/a
Chocomaker Inc	$46,931	3	n/a
Dealers Food Products	$44,490	5	n/a
Georgetown University	$40,000	1	0%
Votewater Inc	$40,000	1	24%
Annabelle Candy	$39,958	3	n/a
Great Valley Publishing	$39,655	1	n/a
Washington Press Club Foundation	$38,000	2	3%
Partnership for a Healthier America Inc	$37,500	2	1%
The Sweet Shop	$36,433	4	n/a
Windy City Productions	$35,000	1	92%
Life Is Sweet LLC	$31,650	3	n/a
Spangler Candy Company	$28,448	4	n/a
Diamond K Sweets & More LLC	$28,150	3	n/a
Warehouse Productions LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
Cpg Catnet Inc (Arc)	$25,000	1	n/a
Croplife America	$25,000	1	n/a
Chemistries of Heated Carbohydrates Consortium	$25,000	1	25%
Guittard Chocolate	$24,212	2	n/a
Bixby & Co	$24,195	3	n/a
Sconza Candy Co	$22,578	2	n/a
C Howard Co Inc	$22,250	1	n/a
R Street Institute	$20,000	2	0%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union	$20,000	2	0%
Think Healthy Group LLC	$20,000	1	n/a
Ensemble Iq	$18,500	2	n/a
Morley Candy Makers	$18,445	1	n/a
J Morgan	$17,849	2	n/a
Taylors Candy	$17,703	3	n/a
Klg Candies LLC	$15,062	2	n/a
Council of State Governments	$15,000	1	0%
Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures	$15,000	1	0%
2024 Mke Consulting LLC	$15,000	1	n/a
Ice Chips Candy	$12,822	2	n/a
Rm Palmer	$12,800	1	n/a
Sencha Naturals	$11,326	1	n/a
Salty Road Inc	$11,313	2	n/a
Cracked Candy LLC	$11,151	2	n/a
Satin Fine Foods	$10,889	1	n/a
Suity Confections	$10,005	1	n/a
Citizens Against Government Waste	$10,000	1	1%
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste	$10,000	1	0%
Friends of the National Arboretum	$10,000	1	0%
Heritage Action for America	$10,000	1	n/a
American Commitment Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Dave's Sweet Tooth	$8,400	1	n/a
Hillside Candy	$8,194	1	n/a
Little Bird Kitchen	$7,799	1	n/a
Liquid Otc LLC	$7,602	1	n/a
Enstrom Candies Inc	$7,522	1	n/a
Kimmie Candy	$7,511	1	n/a
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation	$7,500	1	0%
Council of State Retail Associations Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Warrell Corporation	$6,329	1	n/a
Birnn Chocolates of Vermont	$6,250	1	n/a
Rtm Distribution	$6,240	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.

National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

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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.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaDC15.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc

How much does National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc give?: National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $964,361, out of $1,039,975 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (75%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Public Benefit (6%).
Who are National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brown & Haley ($1.5M), Bazooka Candy Brands ($484k), Yowie North America ($461k).
Does National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Association for Accessible Medicines, Ncta - the Internet & Television Association.
Where is National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc based?: National Confectioners Association of the United States Inc is based in DC.