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National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
757
Grants FY2024still arriving
42
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$4.7MFood & Nutrition$1.3MHuman Services$1.3MHealth$863kEducation$583kHousing & Shelter$376kYouth Development$334kArts & Culture$256kOther$0
02FY2024 · 757 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k705 grants · $1.3M
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $707k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $695k
$1,040
Median grant
42
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUNGER FREE VERMONT$125,000
VERMONT FOODBANK$125,000
LET'S GROW KIDS$125,000
CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST$60,000
HOWARD CENTER ATTN MIKE GLOD$55,000
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER$55,000
THE VERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS$50,000
BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$50,000
PARKLAND FOUNDATION$50,000
CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL$40,000
THE FAMILY PLACE$35,000
VOGEL ALCOVE$35,000
SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES$30,000
VERMONT FOODBANK$29,048
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY$25,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $539k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MINNESOTA ELDER JUSTICE CENTER: $4k → 14%HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $5k → 5%TGTHR: $4k → 12%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $5k → 9%ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $3k → 9%CAMP KESEM: $4k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $8k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $5k → 14%TREASURED VESSELS FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%WOMEN IN NEED OF GENEROUS SUPPORT: $8k → 14%CITYSQUARE: $8k → 14%CITYSQUARE: $8k → 14%CENTRAL VERMONT HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE: $5k → 9%AGE WELL: $8k → 10%ELEVATE YOUTH SERVICES: $5k → 9%CENTRAL VT HOME HEALTH HOSPICE: $3k → 9%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $10k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $5k → 14%KING STREET CENTER: $25k → 10%LUND FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 10%HOPE SUPPLY CO: $10k → 14%HOPE SUPPLY CO: $10k → 14%METROCREST SERVICES INC: $5k → 14%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 10%LUND FAMILY CENTER: $15k → 10%NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $10k → 14%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $10k → 10%NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $10k → 14%GREATER BURLINGTON YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA): $10k → 10%FAITH IN ACTION NORTHERN COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP: $6k → 9%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 10%JANET S MUNT FAMILY ROOM: $8k → 10%THE JANET S MUNT FAMILY ROOM: $8k → 10%CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: $4k → 14%STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $5k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 10%WASHINGTON COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: $6k → 9%METROCREST SERVICES: $10k → 14%GOOD BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL VT: $5k → 9%THE FAMILY PLACE PARENT CHILD CENTER: $35k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $35k → 14%HEART HOUSE: $5k → 14%HEART HOUSE: $5k → 14%AGE WELL: $5k → 10%VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK: $15k → 10%VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK: $12k → 10%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

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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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 302 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

302 repeat relationships: 296 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 388 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

302
603

Total granted

$3.7M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+12%

Still filing today

70%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $876k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • VF
    VERMONT FOODBANK
    2× · 2023–2024 · $302k · revenue +6%
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
    2× · 2023–2024 · $128k · revenue +29%
  • CH
    CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • VF
    VERMONT FOODBANK
    one grant, 2022 · $130k
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOODBANK
    one grant, 2022 · $106k
  • PF
    PARKLAND FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
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
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
2
Upper Valley Humane Society Inc

UVHS improves quality of life for people and pets through an innovative animal shelter and adoption center and through services that reduce suffering, support wellness, and foster compassion.

Animals
3
Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc

Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.

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4
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Cvph medical center's mission is to provide quality health care for the north country region in upstate new york.

Health
5
Vermont Network Against Domestic an Sexual Violence Inc

The vermont network aims to uproot the causes of domestic and sexual violence in vermont and create a world free of oppression where actions, beliefs and systems support all people to thrive. we accomplish this through our key programs…

Human Services
6
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Southwestern vermont health care exists to provide exceptional health care and comfort to the people we serve. see schedule o for additional details.

Health
8
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Veic is a sustainable energy company on a mission to generate the energy solutions the world needs (continues in schedule o). (continued), working to combat the climate crisis, boost community resilience, and lower energy costs. for nearly…

Environment
9
Vermont Council On World Affairs Inc

See schedule othe mission of the vermont council on world affairs is to promote awareness and understanding of the world and its people, places and cultures through education and engagement. the future of vermont depends upon the world…

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10
Alliance for a Better Vermont

Conducts and coordinates research of critical issues affecting vermonters. also conducts public opinion research.

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Vermont Business Roundtable Inc

To sustain a sound economy and preserve vermont's unique quality of life by studying and making recommendations on statewide public policy issues.

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12
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc

The vermont center for ecostudies advances the conservation of wildlife across the americas through research, monitoring, and citizen engagement.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Catholic Charities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Michael Zemanek Memorial 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

554 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. 554 of the 1,298 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
542/554
Grantees still filing
331/554
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VERMONT FOODBANK: $130,136 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $128,400 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOODBANK: $106,242 · OtherCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST: $120,000 · OtherVERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC: $100,000 · Other+135 more: $2,126,457 · Other+135 moreTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $752,500 · PhilanthropyTHE VERMONT COMM…+4 more: $39,700 · PhilanthropyThe Family Place: $77,860 · Human ServicesThe Family …SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $73,800 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM YO…KING STREET CENTER INC: $53,000 · Human ServicesKING STREET…VOGEL ALCOVE: $49,856 · Human ServicesVOGEL ALCOV…VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesGREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesLund Family Center Inc: $21,200 · Human ServicesNETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOPE SUPPLY CO: $20,000 · Human Services+19 more: $199,900 · Human Services+19 moreVERMONT FOODBANK: $302,496 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY HARVEST OF CENTRAL VERMONT: $61,150 · Food & NutritionSalvation Farms Inc: $22,500 · Food & NutritionCommon Roots Inc: $14,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $14,100 · Food & NutritionHUNGER FREE VERMONT INC: $307,200 · Crime & LegalFAMILY COMPASS: $25,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC: $15,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $26,400 · Crime & LegalPARKLAND FOUNDATION: $118,339 · HealthCENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC: $93,200 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $50,400 · HealthVERMONTS CAMP TA-KUM-TA: $25,200 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $23,633 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,672 · HealthTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $12,500 · HealthRAINBOW DAYS INC: $12,500 · Health+2 more: $19,000 · HealthLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $259,100 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $22,800 · Youth Development+3 more: $27,500 · Youth Development
Other$2,711,235Philanthropy$792,200Human Services$565,616Food & Nutrition$414,246Crime & Legal$373,600Health$367,444Youth Development$309,400

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $752,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHUNGER FREE VERMONT INC: $307,200 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $302,496 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $259,100 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $128,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST: $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARKLAND FOUNDATION: $118,339 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC: $93,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Place: $77,860 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $73,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST OF CENTRAL VERMONT: $61,150 over 2y, 22% of budgetCHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $56,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC: $55,300 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetVERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC: $55,100 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetKING STREET CENTER INC: $53,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $50,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOGEL ALCOVE: $49,856 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $49,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE DALLAS REGIONINC: $48,775 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT: $43,640 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetOUTRIGHT VERMONT: $34,450 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCENTRAL VERMONT YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION DBA BLACK BEARS HOCKEY: $33,070 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetVERMONT FAMILY NETWORK INC: $28,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetVERMONTS CAMP TA-KUM-TA: $25,200 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY COMPASS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCIRCLE INC: $24,618 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetBARRE HOUSING SERVICES INC: $24,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $23,633 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $22,800 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSalvation Farms Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLund Family Center Inc: $21,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEQUEST: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE SUPPLY CO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERVALE CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDCAREGROUP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSARA M HOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetKELLOGG-HUBBARD LIBRARY: $19,508 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCENTRAL VERMONT HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $18,940 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS: $17,900 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $17,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: $17,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RELIEF INC: $17,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $16,700 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRIVER ARTS OF MORRISVILLE INC: $16,000 over 2y, 2.7% 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.

The Vermont Community…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Community Bank Na Fou…George W Mergens Foun…Oakland Foundation IncThe Windham Foundatio…Lintilhac Foundation …United Way of Northwe…The Rees-Jones Founda…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…Vermont Council on th…Vermont Foodbank
The Vermont Community FoundationVT120× affinity142 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · Oakland Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · The Rees-Jones Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Vermont Foodbank

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 Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 330%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • The Dream Program Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Elevate Youth Services Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Vermont Family Network Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Central Vermont Adult Basic Education Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Steps to End Domestic Violence Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Vermont Humanities Council: 67% of income from government
  • Good Samaritan Haven Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Age Well Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Circle Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Prevent Child Abuse Vermont: 58% of income from government
  • Mentor Vermont Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Janet Munt Family Room: 44% of income from government
  • King Street Center Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Vermont Rural Education Collaborative Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Maquam Bay of Missisquoi Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
  • Lund Family Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Montessori School of Central Vt Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: 31% of income from government
  • Salvation Farms Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Hunger Free Vermont Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Vermont Donor Milk Center Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Addison County Community Action Gro Inc D/B/a Hope: 18% of income from government
  • Vermont Council On Rural Development Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Governor's Institutes of Vermont: 15% of income from government
  • Champlain Housing Trust: 15% of income from government
  • United Way of Lamoille County Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Outright Vermont: 13% of income from government
  • Intervale Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • Kellogg-Hubbard Library: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Friends of Dog Mountain Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium: 7% of income from government
  • North Branch Nature Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Norwich University: 4% of income from government
  • Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chandler Center for the Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • People's Health and Wellness Clinic: 2% of income from government
  • Dailey Memorial Library: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • Central Vermont Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Public Co: 0% of income from government
  • Common Roots Inc: 0% of income from government
  • River Arts of Morrisville Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
33get no government money at all
52report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
13rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to National Life Group Charitable Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1298 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-PF 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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