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· Public charity

National Marrow Donor Program

We save lives through cellular therapy.

$8.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$8.0M
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$34MScience & Tech$10kEducation$10kCivil Rights$6k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $8,138,987, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,512,573 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $373,586 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $93k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
  • $250k+1 grant · $8.0M
$30,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$475M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NMDP FOUNDATION$7,971,487
TIME USA$75,000
BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS$30,000
MASC HOSPITALITY GROUP$25,000
SUGAR LAND ASTROS$22,500
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$15,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CURA FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
GA
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42M · 8 repeat orgs$293k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$42M
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+4%

Still filing today

88%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationArts & 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

  • NF
    NMDP FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $42M · revenue +92% · 47% of their budget
  • CB
    CORD BLOOD ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue ×11 · 30% of their budget
  • AA
    American Association of Blood Banks
    2× · 2017–2018 · $33k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • CF
    CURA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue -96%
  • SC
    Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -32%
  • OE
    OPTUMHEALTH EDUCATION
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
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
Standards Coordinating Body for Gene Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Coordinate the accelerated advancement and improved awareness of standards that address teh rapidly evolving needs of the global regernative medicine and cell-based drug discovery community and facilitate the avialabilty of life-changing…

Science & Tech
2
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
3
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

To advance and disseminate the science and practice of hepatology, and to promote liver health and quality patient care.

Health
4
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center

The south texas blood & tissue center supplies blood to more than 100 hospitals throughout texas and supports tissue, research/new therapies, and umbilical cord blood/birth tissue donations.

Health
5
International Society for Stem Cell Rese

The international society for stem cell research is an independent, nonprofit organization. the mission is to promote excellence in stem cell research and applications to human health.

Health
6
Systemic Lupus International Collaborati ng Clinics
Health
7
American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network Inc

The american thrombosis and hemostasis network (athn) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by bleeding and clotting disorders. we're using technology to secure data, advance knowledge, transform…

Health
8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
Sickle Cell Transplant Advocacy and Research Alliance

Improve the bone marrow transplant process for sickle cell disease.

Health
10
American Society for Transplantation & Cellular Therapy

Astct is an international professional membership association of more than 3000 physicians, investigators and other health care professionals from more than 45 countries, who are dedicated to improving the application and success of blood…

Health
11
City of Hope National Medical Center

To make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. please see schedule o for a continuation of our mission.

Health
12
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America

To provide education, screenings, and counseling for persons suffering from sickle cell disease and to stimulate interest and further research for curing the disease.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cord Blood Association; the most unlike its peers is Pridefest Pride Fest. 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

18 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. 18 of the 24 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NMDP FOUNDATION: $42,026,218 · PhilanthropyNMDP FOUNDATIONTIME USA: $75,000 · OtherBOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS LLC: $30,000 · OtherMASC HOSPITALITY GROUP: $25,000 · OtherSUGAR LAND SPACE COWBOYS: $22,500 · OtherSickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc: $20,000 · OtherOPTUMHEALTH EDUCATION: $15,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $10,000 · OtherCORD BLOOD ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthAmerican Association of Blood Banks: $33,000 · HealthSICKLE CELL CONSORTIUM INC: $27,350 · HealthTRANSPLANT FINANCIAL COORDINATORS ASSOCIATION: $20,500 · HealthSICKLE CELL 101: $12,910 · HealthPARENT'S GUIDE TO CORD BLOOD FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · HealthNATIONAL BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT LINK: $10,000 · HealthONCOLOGY NURSING FOUNDATION: $6,710 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,000 · HealthCORD BLOOD ASSOCIATION: $79,000 · Community ImprovementCURA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $15,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationHEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA: $9,000 · EducationBLOOD & MARROW TRANSPLANT INFORMATION NETWORK: $7,500 · Arts & CulturePRIDEFEST PRIDE FEST: $6,050 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$42,026,218Other$197,500Health$177,470Community Improvement$79,000Human Services$50,000Education$34,000Arts & Culture$7,500Recreation & Sports$6,050

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 budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $42,026,218 over 9y, 47% of budgetCORD BLOOD ASSOCIATION: $79,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCURA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCORD BLOOD ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetAmerican Association of Blood Banks: $33,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSICKLE CELL CONSORTIUM INC: $27,350 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetTRANSPLANT FINANCIAL COORDINATORS ASSOCIATION: $20,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSICKLE CELL 101: $12,910 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPARENT'S GUIDE TO CORD BLOOD FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT LINK: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetHEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD & MARROW TRANSPLANT INFORMATION NETWORK: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetONCOLOGY NURSING FOUNDATION: $6,710 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPRIDEFEST PRIDE FEST: $6,050 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,000 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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE4.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation 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 Marrow Donor Program funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Marrow Donor Program. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • American Association of Blood Banks: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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