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National Council of State Boards of Nursing at a glance

· Public charity

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

Through collaborative leadership, advance regulatory excellence for patient safety and public protection, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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 2025.

Science & Tech$4.4MHealth$3.6MEducation$3.2MPublic Benefit$307kCrime & Legal$300kEmployment$246kYouth Development$108kEnvironment$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $723k
  • $250k+3 grants · $949k
$206,891
Median grant
8
States reached
$326M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
California State Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians$350,000
University of Pennsylvania$300,000
University Columbia School of New York$298,823
State of Connecticut Department of Public Health$231,436
University of Texas at Arlington$206,891
Kent State University College of Nursing$198,072
University of George Washington$86,674
The Regents of the University of California Davis$10,500
University of Nevada Las Vegas$9,874
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $106k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $300k → 11%The Trustees of University of Pennsylvania: $300k → 22%California State Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians: $350k → 12%University of Rochester: $300k → 14%University Columbia School of New York: $299k → 17%FOUNDATION OF THE NSNA: $140k → 20%BRESA TECH LLC: $200k → 5%Baylor University: $175k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON: $236k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK: $48k → 17%CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER: $50k → 14%University of Alabama School of Law: $300k → 17%ALABAMA BOARD OF NURSING: $353k → 18%KANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING: $146k → 14%State of Connecticut Department of Public Health: $231k → 11%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $30k → 11%UNC-CH SCHOOL OF NURSING NOW - USA: $20k → 13%State of Rhode Island Board of Nursing Education and Nursing Regulation: $204k → 14%INDIANA BOARD OF NURSING: $104k → 16%THE TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $235k → 19%STATE OF OHIO OHIO TREASURER OF STATE ROBERT SPRAGUE: $307k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $158k → 9%WEST VIRGINA BOARD OF NURSING: $76k → 18%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH: $137k → 8%State of New Jersey: $446k → 16%NORTH DAKOTA CENTER FOR NURSING: $119k → 12%University of George Washington: $87k → 4%LA STATE BOARD OF PN EXAMINERS: $171k → 15%LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF NURSING: $34k → 19%SYSTEM AUTOMATION CORP: $87k → 6%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $158k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $30k → 11%University of Pennsylvania: $300k → 22%GEORGE WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $344k → 14%ALABAMA BOARD OF NURSING: $303k → 18%KANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING: $124k → 14%STATE OF INDIANA INDIANA BOARD OF NURSING: $31k → 16%ORIGO BRANDING COMPANY INC: $23k → 15%Rutgers The State University: $108k → 8%LA STATE BOARD OF PN EXAMINERS: $103k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $300k → 19%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $234k → 14%OFFICE OF THE INFO TECHNOLOGY - STATE OF ALABAMA: $46k → 18%KANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING: $109k → 14%STATE OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $249k → 19%George Washington University: $183k → 14%GEORGE WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $147k → 14%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

VT
WA
ND
IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
NE
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
NC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 9 repeat orgs$6.2M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
36

Total granted

$4.3M
$5.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+49%

Still filing today

22%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthOther
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

  • TG
    The George Washington University
    5× · 2017–2025 · $995k · revenue +30%
  • AD
    Alabama Dept Conservation & Natural Res
    2× · 2019–2020 · $702k
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2022 · $661k

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2018 · $593k
  • ND
    NJ Dept of Environmental Protection
    one grant, 2024 · $446k
  • SO
    STATE OF OHIO
    one grant, 2022 · $307k
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
3
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
8
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
9
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
11
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
12
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The George Washington University; the most unlike its peers is North Dakota Center for Nursing. 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

16 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. 16 of the 54 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Alabama Dept Conservation & Natural Res: $702,091 · OtherAlabama Dept Conservation & Natural ResTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $661,151 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $593,301 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $549,051 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARKNJ Dept of Environmental Protection: $445,696 · OtherNJ Dept of Environmental ProtectionTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: $378,747 · OtherCalifornia State Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians: $350,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: $320,458 · OtherLA STATE BOARD OF PN EXAMINERS: $308,318 · OtherSTATE OF OHIO: $307,049 · OtherBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $300,000 · Other+28 more: $2,509,270 · Other+28 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,153,915 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAThe George Washington University: $994,584 · EducationThe George Washington UniversityTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $555,239 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE …UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $329,862 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $300,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERMarquette University: $300,000 · EducationMarquette UniversityEmory University: $231,123 · EducationKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $198,072 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $174,500 · Education+5 more: $513,596 · Education+5 moreFoundation of National Student Nurses' Association Inc: $140,000 · Health
Other$7,425,132Education$4,750,891Health$140,000

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,153,915 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $994,584 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $555,239 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $329,862 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University: $231,123 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $198,072 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $174,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $157,780 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA CENTER FOR NURSING: $119,290 over 1y, 45% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $105,616 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $100,960 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $29,950 over 1y, 0.0% 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 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Foundation of National Student Nurses' Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH DAKOTA CENTER FOR NURSING ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER ↗

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.

The Pew Charitable Tr…Association of Public…American Bar Associat…Council of State and …Trustees of Boston Un…National Collegiate A…National Association …National Council for …National Assembly of …Recreational Boating …Investor Protection T…National Skills Coali…
The Pew Charitable TrustsDC17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pew Charitable Trusts · Association of Public Health Laboratories Inc · American Bar Association · Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc · Trustees of Boston University · National Collegiate Athletic Association · National Association of Chronic Disease Directors · National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements · National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc · Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation · Investor Protection Trust · National Skills Coalition

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 Council of State Boards of Nursing funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 8% of 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 · 0–30%
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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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