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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

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 (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 its 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
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

AK
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
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 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Winners At Work Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
32/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INCSOUTH DAKOTA ACHIEVE: $25,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH DAKOTA ACHIEVEEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INCNORTHWEST ACCESS FUND: $25,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ACCESS FUNDPOLICY WORKS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesPOLICY WORKS INCCommunity Options Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Options IncDAKOTABILITIES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesDAKOTABILITIES 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 TOGETHERAleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association APICDA: $17,500 · Human ServicesAleutian Pribilof Island Community Developm…ARC BROWARD INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesARC BROWARD INCDISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $17,500 · Human ServicesDISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTERCLEARBROOK: $15,000 · Human ServicesFRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesST ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 · OtherST ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER INCINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $25,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE DI…SOME INC: $25,000 · OtherSOME INCDEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION AND ADJUSTMENT FACILITIES INC: $25,000 · OtherDEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION AND AD…Opportunity Center Inc: $20,000 · OtherOpportunity Center IncFAMILY ENDEAVORS INC: $17,500 · OtherFAMILY ENDEAVORS INCTHE ARC OF HIGH POINT INC: $17,500 · OtherTHE ARC OF HIGH POINT INCEASTER SEALS OF OREGON: $17,500 · OtherEASTER SEALS OF OREGONMary'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…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…GESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $25,000 · EmploymentGESHER HUMAN SERVI…GOODWILL OF WESTERN MISSOURI & EASTERN KANSAS: $25,000 · EmploymentGOODWILL OF WESTER…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 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 budgetCARES OF WASHINGTON: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetST ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILDWOOD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA ACHIEVE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOME INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetNORTHWEST ACCESS FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL OF WESTERN MISSOURI & EASTERN KANSAS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SUFFOLK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICY WORKS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCommunity Options Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAKOTABILITIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION AND ADJUSTMENT FACILITIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetST LOUIS ARC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Open Hand: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 budgetServiceSource Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY ENDEAVORS INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association APICDA: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF HIGH POINT INC: $17,500 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetARC BROWARD INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF OREGON: $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $17,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENNETH YOUNG CENTER: $15,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEARBROOK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetFRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INC: $15,000 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.

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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
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 39 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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