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National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Inc

The mission of the national intramural-recreational sports association ("nirsa") is to be a leader in higher education and an advocate for the advancement of recreation, sport and wellness by providing educational and development opportunities, generating and sharing knowledge, and promoting networking and growth for our members.

$31k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 66% of NATIONAL INTRAMURAL-RECREATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATION INC’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 3 grants below total $29,454 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $31,154 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,700 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$9,793
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROWAN UNIVERSITY$13,800
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE$9,793
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$5,861
02The need
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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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $3k → 22%ADELPHI CAMPUS RECREATION: $7k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORDIA: $6k → 13%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY: $7k → 11%EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 20%KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA: $16k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS: $8k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA: $6k → 15%BUTLER UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $6k → 14%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 15%ROWAN UNIVERSITY: $14k → 8%RIDER UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE: $10k → 15%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 16%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%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.

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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
2
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
3
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
4
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
5
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
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Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
7
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
8
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
9
Benedictine College

Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.

Education
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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
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University of Miami

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

Education
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Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Central Florida Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is University of Southern Indiana Foundation 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

8 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA — $15,946 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIAROWAN UNIVERSITY — $13,800 · OtherROWAN UNIVERSITYMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — $11,888 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY — $10,017 · OtherEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM INC — $9,793 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM INCREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO — $7,518 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — $7,330 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — $6,663 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY — $6,146 · OtherKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITYNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUN…ADELPHI UNIVERSITY — $6,595 · EducationADELPHI UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $6,339 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATI…Butler University — $6,339 · EducationButler UniversityUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOUNDATION INC — $6,258 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOUNDAT…University of Dayton — $5,600 · EducationUniversity of DaytonRIDER UNIVERSITY — $5,100 · EducationRIDER UNIVERSITYDREXEL UNIVERSITY — $3,345 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY
Other$89,101Education$46,576

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADELPHI UNIVERSITY — $6,595 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $6,339 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetButler University — $6,339 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOUNDATION INC — $6,258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dayton — $5,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIDER UNIVERSITY — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY — $3,345 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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association 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.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Rider University1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

04Through Plinth

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How do I get to National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Inc?

Find your warmest path to National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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