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National Grocers Association

Champion the independent grocery industry through advocacy, collaboration, education, services, and connections.

$91k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
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.

Food & Nutrition$543kPublic Benefit$119kEducation$98kCommunity Improvement$55kYouth Development$45kHealth$26kSocial Science$20kPhilanthropy$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $25,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $90,707 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $65,707 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSN$15,000
MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 21% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSN: $15k → 14%ROFDA: $55k → 16%FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOCATION: $8k → 9%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%NGA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $255k → 7%CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE: $15k → 9%NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $15k → 8%ALZHERIMER'S ASSOCIATION NAT CAPITAL AREA: $6k → 14%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%NGA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $255k → 7%CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE: $14k → 9%NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8k → 8%REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSN: $50k → 14%ASPARAGUS CLUB: $98k → 7%NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA BOY SCOUTS: $8k → 8%AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE: $20k → 14%NGA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA BOY SCOUTS: $8k → 8%REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSN: $25k → 14%NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8k → 8%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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$710k · 5 repeat orgs$218k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against -33% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
5

Total granted

$710k
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
-33%

Still filing today

80%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementHealthPhilanthropySocial ScienceArts & CultureOther
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

  • NR
    NGA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $535k · revenue +485% · 67% of their budget
  • NC
    NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    5× · 2019–2023 · $45k · revenue +8%
  • TC
    THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $29k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • AC
    ASPARAGUS CLUB
    one grant, 2019 · $98k
  • AO
    ASSOC OF FOOD & DAIRY RETAILERS WHOLESALERS & MANUFACTURERS
    one grant, 2019 · $55k · revenue -33%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -37%
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
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
Minnesota Grocers Association

The minnesota grocers association advances the common interest of those engaged in all aspects of the food industry of mn as a leadership resource. the mga encourages and sponsors educational seminars, conventions and fosters the exchange…

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4
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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5
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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6
International Foodservice Manufacturers Association

To empower, nurture, and connect the food away from home (fafh) ecosystem so it may thrive and responsibly meet consumer needs. to champion an inclusive fafh ecosystem that collaborates to build innovative solutions that advance the…

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7
American Culinary Federation Inc

Promoting excellence, education, professionalism and collegiality in the culinary profession

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8
The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers

The council was established to promote the interests of its members, who comprise leading insurance agencies and brokerage firms.

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9
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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10
National Association of Convenience Stores

The mission of nacs is to represent the convenience and petroleum retailing industry and to provide the knowledge, connections, and advocacy necessary to assist our members in maximizing their effectiveness and profitability.

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11
American Gastroenterological Association Inc

The purpose of american gastroenterological association, inc. is to promote the common business interests of its members by promoting the image of the industry as a whole; to serve as a central, unified voice for the specialty of…

Community Improvement
12
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Accelerate improvements in global health and well-being through food and nutrition.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union; the most unlike its peers is Kelly Cares Foundation. 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

9 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. 9 of the 12 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)
9/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NGA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $535,000 · OtherNGA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATIONASPARAGUS CLUB: $97,870 · OtherASPARAGUS CLUBRepublican Attorneys General Assoc: $75,000 · OtherRepublican Attorneys General AssocNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $45,000 · OtherNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICATHE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC: $28,750 · Other+2 more: $23,000 · OtherASSOC OF FOOD & DAIRY RETAILERS WHOLESALERS & MANUFACTURERS: $55,000 · Community ImprovementALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $26,000 · HealthTHE AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · Social ScienceKELLY CARES FOUNDATION: $11,818 · PhilanthropyTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$804,620Community Improvement$55,000Health$26,000Social Science$20,000Philanthropy$11,818Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetNGA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $535,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC: $28,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKELLY CARES FOUNDATION: $11,818 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Industry Association Executives: $8,000 over 1y, 5.4% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Edison Electric Insti…
Edison Electric Institute IncDC13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Grocers Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Grocers Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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 12 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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