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National Disability Institute Inc

Ndi is dedicated to building a better economic future for people with disabilities and their families through financial education, asset development, public education, policy development training, technical assistance, and innovative collaborations with government, financial institutions, employers, and community organizations.

$850k
Granted FY2020
39
Grants FY2020
22
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2020 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$25,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFESCAPE$25,000
DEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION AND ADJUSTMENT FACILITIES INC (DBA DEAF INC)$25,000
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE DISABLED (INSTITUTE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT)$25,000
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$25,000
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF LONG ISLAND$25,000
EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC$25,000
COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC$25,000
JVS HUMAN SERVICES$25,000
CARES OF WASHINGTON$25,000
EASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC$25,000
DAKOTABILITIES$25,000
ST LOUIS ARC$25,000
WINNERS AT WORK INC DBA ABILITIES UNLIMITED$25,000
GOODWILL OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS$25,000
SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT$25,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–20, $273k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CITY MISSION INC: $20k → 13%RACKER: $15k → 16%ARC BROWARD: $18k → 13%ST LOUIS ARC: $25k → 11%FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER (DBA FACT OREGON): $20k → 12%ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $18k → 9%ALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLANDS ASSOCIATION: $18k → 10%COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC: $25k → 11%DAKOTABILITIES: $25k → 9%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $25k → 19%CLEARBROOK: $15k → 14%LIFESCAPE: $25k → 9%NORTHWEST ACCESS FUND: $25k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
2
Abilities At Work

To provide employment and alternative service programs for developmentally disabled adults in the portland metro area.

Employment
3
Viability Inc

Viability's mission is to build a world in which individuals with disabilities and other disadvantages realize acceptance, inclusion, and access.

Employment
4
Lifeworks Incorporated

Lifeworks provides education, jobs and homes for persons with developmental disabilities empowering them to lead meaningful lives within the community. our guiding principles ensure that lifeworks staff and volunteers strive to create and…

Human Services
5
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey Inc

Goodwill nynj empowers people with disabilities and other barriers to employment to gain independence through the power of work. goodwill nynj provided services to more than 11,087 adults in fiscal year 2025 through all programs.

Employment
6
Service Enterprises Inc of Minnesota

Service enterprises, inc. of minnesota through effective partnerships, provides quality vocational training, job opportunities, habilitative and other services to individuals with disabilities to promote their independence and active…

Employment
7
Northwest Center Services

Mission of northwest center services is to promote the growth, development, and independence of persons with disabilities through programs of therapy, education, and work opportunity.

Human Services
8
Cape Abilities Inc

To serve individuals with disabilities by educating, counseling, providing residential, social, therapeutic and employment supports, so as to empower them to achieve meaningful and valued roles in society.

Human Services
9
Career Opportunity Development Inc

To assist individuals with disabilities and disadvantages to live independent lives.

Health
10
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
11
Occupational Development Center Inc

To develop the skills of individuals with abilities by providing opportunities for suitable, sustainable employment that result in greater independence. Individuals with abilities to be engaged in valuable work, integrated into their…

Employment
12
Developmental Services Center of Champaign County Inc

Developmental services center (dsc) supports people with disabilities in living a rich and meaningful life.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Winners At Work Inc and the most unlike its peers is Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association Apicda. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyDevelopmental Disabilities …Affordable Housing Developm…Military Veterans SupportJewish Community Organizati…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 54 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%44%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%44%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/39
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,526

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
31/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INCPOLICY WORKS INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesPOLICY WORKS INCDAKOTABILITIES INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesDAKOTABILITIES INCNORTHWEST ACCESS FUND — $25,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ACCESS FUNDSOUTH DAKOTA ACHIEVE — $25,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH DAKOTA ACHIEVECASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INCCommunity Options Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Options IncST LOUIS ARC INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesST LOUIS ARC INCCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION SOCIETY INCFAMILY AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER — $20,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND COMMUNITY TOGETHERARC BROWARD INC — $17,500 · Human ServicesARC BROWARD INCDISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER — $17,500 · Human ServicesDISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTERAleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association APICDA — $17,500 · Human ServicesAleutian Pribilof Island Community Developm…FRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesCLEARBROOK — $15,000 · Human ServicesDEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION AND ADJUSTMENT FACILITIES INC — $25,000 · OtherDEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION AND AD…INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC — $25,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE DI…SOME INC — $25,000 · OtherSOME INCST ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $25,000 · OtherST ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER INCOpportunity Center Inc — $20,000 · OtherOpportunity Center IncFAMILY ENDEAVORS INC — $17,500 · OtherFAMILY ENDEAVORS INCEASTER SEALS OF OREGON — $17,500 · OtherEASTER SEALS OF OREGONTHE ARC OF HIGH POINT INC — $17,500 · OtherTHE ARC OF HIGH POINT INCMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc — $17,500 · OtherMary's Center for Maternal and …KENNETH YOUNG CENTER — $15,080 · OtherKENNETH YOUNG CENTERSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $17,500 · OtherSOLDIERS' ANGELSMCS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $15,000 · OtherMCS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPOR…GESHER HUMAN SERVICES — $25,000 · EmploymentGESHER HUMAN SERVI…GOODWILL OF WESTERN MISSOURI & EASTERN KANSAS — $25,000 · EmploymentGOODWILL OF WESTER…CARES OF WASHINGTON — $25,000 · EmploymentCARES OF WASHINGTO…WINNERS AT WORK INC — $25,000 · EmploymentWINNERS AT WORK IN…SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC — $25,000 · EmploymentSOUTHWEST MINNESOT…ServiceSource Inc — $17,500 · EmploymentServiceSource IncEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $25,000 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SUFFOLK INC — $25,000 · HealthProject Open Hand — $25,000 · Food & NutritionOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $22,500 · Food & NutritionTHE WILDWOOD FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyARISE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE INC — $24,920 · Civil Rights
Human Services$322,500Other$237,580Employment$142,500Health$50,000Food & Nutrition$47,500Philanthropy$25,000Civil Rights$24,920

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetProject Open Hand — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION AND ADJUSTMENT FACILITIES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICY WORKS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILDWOOD FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSOME INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAKOTABILITIES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWEST ACCESS FUND — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA ACHIEVE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL OF WESTERN MISSOURI & EASTERN KANSAS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARES OF WASHINGTON — $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetST ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SUFFOLK INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Options Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINNERS AT WORK INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST LOUIS ARC INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARISE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE INC — $24,920 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $22,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER — $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetOpportunity Center Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY ENDEAVORS INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF OREGON — $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetServiceSource Inc — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF HIGH POINT INC — $17,500 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARC BROWARD INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER — $17,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association APICDA — $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENNETH YOUNG CENTER — $15,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $15,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetCLEARBROOK — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO9.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization National Disability Institute Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Easter Seals of Oregon — 77% of income from government
  • Family and Community Together — 70% of income from government
  • Opportunity Center Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Community Options Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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