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National Eating Disorders Association

The NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION (neda) seeks to fundamentally change the way eating disorders are understood and treated so those affected can achieve lasting recovery and well-being.

$233k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$125k
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 2024.

Health$1.4MFood & Nutrition$508kScience & Tech$50kYouth Development$50kEducation$26k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$125,000
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$50,000
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY$50,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$8,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MEDA: $42k → 8%INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT ICHOM: $10k → 16%EATING DISORDERS COALITION: $28k → 11%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $17k → 10%PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY: $100k → 8%CRISTIN RUNFOLA & DEBRA SAFER: $100k → 10%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $100k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $125k → 14%DR CATHRINE WALKER: $50k → 12%RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE: $50k → 17%TEXAS EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION TEP: $20k → 14%OKLAHOMA EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $6k → 16%DR KELSIE FORBUCH: $50k → 15%MISSOURI EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION: $20k → 11%MISSOURI EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION: $22k → 15%BE NOURISHED LLC: $18k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $100k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF N CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $50k → 13%PROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT AND LIVE: $100k → 7%THE EATING DISORDER FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%TRI-STATE EATING DISORDER RESOURCE TEAM: $13k → 9%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $50k → 6%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $50k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $125k → 15%MULTI-SERVICE EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION: $29k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $125k → 16%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $8k → 10%THE TREVOR PROJECT: $20k → 14%ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $125k → 17%THE ELISA PROJECT: $13k → 14%OKLAHOMA EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION: $5k → 16%MISSOURI EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION: $18k → 11%MOEDA-KANSAS CITY: $14k → 15%BE NOURISHED LLC: $17k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $15k → 13%THE EATING DISORDER FOUNDATION: $14k → 12%MULTI SERVICE EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION: $20k → 8%THE TREVOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%THE ELISA PROJECT: $8k → 14%OKLAHOMA EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $5k → 16%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $8k → 11%THE EATING DISORDER FOUNDATION: $12k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $50k → 14%THE ELISA PROJECT: $18k → 14%MOEDA: $15k → 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

MN
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
OK
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$677k · 11 repeat orgs$998k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$677k
$765k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+42%

Still filing today

55%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $233k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
HealthEducationScience & TechCivil RightsOther
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

  • RF
    RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC
    2× · 2017–2022 · $100k · revenue +70%
  • ME
    Multi-Service Eating Disorders Associations Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $91k · revenue +153%
  • TE
    The Eating Disorder Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    one grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue +22%
  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2022 · $125k
  • PH
    PROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +42%
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
University of Miami

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

Education
3
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
4
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
5
The Administrators in Medicine Foundation
Health
6
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
7
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
8
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
9
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
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Loma Linda University

Loma linda university, a seventh-day adventist christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of jesus christ "to make man whole" by: - educating ethical and proficient christian health…

Education
12
American Psychiatric Association

The american psychiatric association (apa) was incorporated in 2000 as a 501(c)(6) trade association. its 38,000 u.s. and international physician members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health and disorders, including…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc; the most unlike its peers is Eating Disorders Campaign 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

20 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. 20 of the 30 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $125,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIYale University: $125,000 · EducationYale UniversityUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $125,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation: $125,000 · EducationUniversity of Louisville Research Foundatio…PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC: $100,000 · EducationPALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INCTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFOR…TRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SC…+2 more: $33,583 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $165,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H…MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $125,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $100,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA …MISSOURI EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $88,386 · OtherMISSOURI EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATIONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYVCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUS: $50,000 · OtherVCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUSBE NOURISHED LLC: $34,417 · OtherEATING DISORDER NETWORK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $27,626 · Other+2 more: $28,434 · OtherPROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE: $100,000 · HealthPROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT …RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $100,000 · HealthRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR M…Multi-Service Eating Disorders Associations Inc: $91,094 · HealthMulti-Service Eating Diso…TEXAS EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $58,667 · HealthTEXAS EATING DISORDERS AS…The Eating Disorder Foundation: $45,463 · HealthThe Eating Disorder Found…EATING DISORDERS CAMPAIGN INC: $27,500 · HealthEATING DISORDERS CAMPAIGN…EATING DISORDERS COALITION FOR RESEARCH POLICY AND ACTION CO JAFFE MANAGEMENT: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $50,000 · Science & TechTREVOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Civil Rights
Education$783,583Other$718,863Health$447,724Science & Tech$50,000Civil Rights$25,000

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 budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMulti-Service Eating Disorders Associations Inc: $91,094 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetMISSOURI EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $88,386 over 3y, 40% of budgetTEXAS EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $58,667 over 3y, 17% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eating Disorder Foundation: $45,463 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $25,583 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEATING DISORDERS COALITION FOR RESEARCH POLICY AND ACTION CO JAFFE MANAGEMENT: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $8,000 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA8.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Eating Disorders Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Eating Disorders Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
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 30 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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